2 BECORDS AND BEMINISGENCES OF OOODWOOD 



1675, he became Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, 

 and Baron Methuen of Torbolton. 



On the 7th of April, 1681, he was elected Knight 

 Companion of the Garter, and installed at Windsor 

 on the 20th of the same month ; he was also Master 

 of the Horse to King Charles 11. , but on the ac- 

 cession of James II. to the throne that office was 

 abolished. The Duke was aide-de-camp to William 

 III., and was engaged on active service in Flanders. 

 He was also one of the Lords of the Bedchamber of 

 George 1. In 1720 he purchased the original old 

 Goodwood House, of the Compton famity, as a 

 hunting-seat and occasional resort. 



The Goodwood estate at this period was of very 

 limited extent, and the original house, an ancient 

 Gothic structure, w^as pulled down, and on its site 

 a new building was erected, a portion of which still 

 remains, of which I hope to speak on a later page. 



There is but little doubt that his Grace either 

 resided or was a frequent visitor in the neighbour- 

 hood of Goodwood, before he purchased the estate, 

 as Charlton Forest was granted to him by the 

 Crown, and its possession confirmed by an Act, the 

 31st of George II. This forest at that time was 

 of considerable extent, although now it includes 

 only about 800 acres, and it is probable that much 

 of the adjacent wooded land formed part of the 

 forest, as it was a great hunting district, and its 



