RACING LIFE 



OF 



LOED GEOEGE CAVENDISH BENTINCK. 



CHAPTEE I. 

 BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EARLY YEARS. 



LORD WILLIAM GEORGE FREDERICK CAVENDISH 

 BENTINCK, more generally known as Lord George 

 Bentinck, was born on the 27th of February 1802, 

 and was the third son of the fourth Duke of Port- 

 land, and of his wife Henrietta, the eldest daughter 

 and coheiress of General John Scott, of Balcomie, 

 in Fife, who had three daughters, distinguished 

 from each other as " the rich Miss Scott," " the 

 witty Miss Scott," and "the pretty Miss Scott." 

 The " rich Miss Scott " married the Marquis of 

 Titchfield, afterwards fourth Duke of Portland ; the 

 " witty Miss Scott" married the Eight Honourable 

 George Canning, M.P. ; and the " pretty Miss 



