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CHAPTER III. 



THE THIRD DUKE. 



Charles, the third Duke of Richmond, born on the 

 22nd of February, 1735, was the seventh child and 

 third son of the second Duke, the first and second 

 sons dying in their infancy. 



Succeeding to the title at the age of fifteen, 

 evincing great abilities and promise as a youth, the 

 liberal education so carefully and judiciously bestowed 

 upon him was not given in vain. Nature had en- 

 dowed him with capacity and good parts, which 

 he exercised with much diligence and application 

 throusfhout his career. 



Being a minor for six or seven years after his suc- 

 cession to the title, his income accumulated consider- 

 ably, and he took advantage of this when he came 

 of age to extend and improve the Goodwood estate, 

 in fact, to render it a domain worthy of a dukedom, 

 for upon his father's death it was comparatively 

 limited, the park consisting of only about 200 acres, 



