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he was. The people of Goodwood, and those within 

 a wide radius of it, the citizens of Chichester, and the 

 whole country-side, upon whom his face was never 

 turned except in kindness, felt his death to be a 

 personal loss. 



The author of the memoir before alluded to was 

 impelled to write : " In private life he was kind-hearted, 

 benevolent, and affable ; condescending to those in a 

 lower station of life, he won their hearts by innate 

 and unstudied courtesy ; while his high spirit, un- 

 daunted courage, and nobleness of character, combined 

 with the utmost simplicity of mind, rendered him 

 universally beloved by those who came within the 

 circle of his acquaintance." 



In conclusion I can find no better words to express 

 my estimate of the fifth Duke of Eichmond and his 

 Duchess, than those which I penned some years since. 



"The noble Duke, the fifth Duke of Eichmond, 

 and her Grace, his wife, were noble examples to every 

 one in any station of life — his Grace as a nobleman, 

 husband, parent, master, and a servant to his country ; 

 her Grace, with the most loving afi"ection and duty 

 reciprocating all it was possible for a lady and devoted 

 wife to enjoin, with the most kind, charitable con- 

 sideration for all in trouble, need, sickness, and 

 affliction." 



Her Grace was born on the 6th of June, 1796. 

 Died 12 th of March, 1874. Her children were — 



