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most favourable opportunities that could possibly 

 arise for entering upon a public career. 



In 1826 Lord George succeeded his brother, the 

 Marquis of Titchfield, as member for Lynn Regis, 

 which constituency he continued to represent for 

 rather more than twenty years. 1 On the acces- 

 sion of Lord Grey's Administration in 1830, Lord 

 George was a general but independent supporter 

 of the Government. In May 1832, when William 

 IV. refused to make new peers, and Lord Grey 

 tendered his resignation to the King, Lord George 

 Bentinck gave a stronger proof than ever of his 

 complete independence of the Whig party, by 

 refusing to vote for Lord Ebrington's famous 

 motion of unabated confidence in Ministers, which, 

 being carried by a large majority, put an end to 

 the Duke of Wellington's attempt at the formation 

 of an Administration, and dictated terms of sub- 

 mission to the King and House of Lords. 



On the retirement of Lord Stanley, Sir James 

 Graham, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Ripon, 

 from Lord Grey's Government in May 1834, Lord 

 George seceded from the Whig ranks. On the 

 accession of Sir Robert Peel to office in December 

 1834, and upon the opening of Parliament in 1835, 

 Lord George was extremely active in forming the 

 party which was afterwards nicknamed by Mr 

 O'Connell " the Derby Dilly," and for a period of 



1 Parts of this and the following pages are taken from the * Annual 

 Register.' 



