EARLY LIFE. 9 



in intellect even after an infusion of very pure Norman 

 blood, which came into our veins from Harold, Lord 

 of Vaux, in Normandy. 



I think, then, I am fairly entitled to argue that I, 

 at least, owe much to the Celtic blood which my 

 mother brought from the clans of Struan and Kinloch- 

 Moidart.* 



I heard also from my grandmother a remark- 

 able story about her husband's funeral. He died at 

 Brougham in December 1 782. Neither my father, nor 

 his brother John, were then in Westmorland. Charles, 

 Duke of Norfolk (father of the Duke who went by the 

 name of the "Jockey of Norfolk," after his ancestor of 

 Bosworth), was then living at Greystoke, in Cumber- 

 land, and being a most intimate friend of the family, 

 attended the funeral as representing the chief mourner. 

 In that character his place was at the head of the table 

 at the funeral feast, where he was supported by all the 

 gentlemen of the county. After the dinner the Duke 

 rose and addressed the guests as follows : " Friends 

 and neighbours, before I give you the toast of the day, 

 the memory of the deceased, I ask you to drink to the 

 health of the family physician, Dr Harrison, the 

 founder of the feast ! " 



Many toasts followed. The guests drank long and 

 deeply. The funeral then proceeded on its way to 

 the parish church of Brougham, called Nine Churches, 

 a corruption of St Ninian, to whom it is dedicated, a 

 distance of three miles, the road winding along the 



* See Appendix II. 



