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CHAPTER XI. 



THE FIFTH DUKE AS POLITICIAN AND COUNTRY 



GENTLEMAN. 



I HAVE already, in former chapters, given an outline 

 of the fifth Duke of Richmond's career as a soldier ; 

 I now proceed to describe him from the point of 

 view of the statesman and country gentleman — " one 

 of the olden time." 



In April, 1816, after returning from active military 

 service, he married Lady Caroline Paget, eldest 

 daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey, and took up his 

 residence at Molecomb, where he continued to live for 

 some time after the death of his father, the fourth 

 Duke, the " Great House " being closed from a feeling 

 of respect for the memory of his revered parent. 



At the expiration of a period of mourning, extend- 

 ing to about eighteen months, his Grace re-opened 

 the family mansion with undiminished hospitality. 



The Duke being precluded from hunting, through 

 the severe wound he received at the battle of Orthez, 



