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CHAPTER XIII. 



FURTHER INCIDENTS IN THE POLITICAL CAREER OF 



THE FIFTH DUKE. 



My reminiscences of the military, sporting, public, and 

 private life of the fifth Duke of Richmond and Gordon 

 will now be supplemented by a reference to some 

 further incidents in his political career. 



In 1812 his Grace (then Earl of March) was elected 

 a Member of Parliament for the city of Chichester. 

 He sat for Chichester till 1819, when he succeeded to 

 the dukedom, and took his seat in the House of Lords. 



Whilst he was a member of the Lower House he 

 did not take an active part in debate ; in fact, his 

 duty as a soldier necessitated his frequent absence 

 from England. When he was called to the Upper 

 House he at once took up his duties as a senator. 



Upon the opening of the new Parliament on the 

 27th of April, 1820, the first year after his Grace's 

 accession to the title, a resolution was moved by Mr. 

 Holme Sumner, "To take into consideration the 

 agricultural state of the country ; " but the proposal 



