THE INQUEST. 459 



" George Wilson, a groom, who accompanied 

 Lenthall, deposed : ' A little after ten on Thursday 

 night, I, along with Richard Evans and William 

 Gardner, followed the path leading to the corner of 

 the deer park. We found his Lordship lying near 

 a gate through which he had passed. He was 

 lying on his belly and face. His hat was about 

 a yard and a half before him. His hands were 

 under his body, and in one of them he grasped 

 a walking-stick. 1 The stick was partly underneath 

 him. I felt his leg, and it was quite stiff and cold. 

 A brake was sent for from Welbeck, and in that 

 he was removed to the Abbey. I had not seen 

 him that morning. There was a little blood upon 

 his face. It appeared to have flowed from his Lord- 

 ship's nose. Besides that on his face, there was some 

 on the grass. The body was not moved until Dr 

 Hase came. Gardner and I carried lights with us/ 



"Gardner, the valet, being absent in London on 

 the day of the inquest, the Coroner decided that 

 his presence was not necessary. 



"Mr Ward, Lord George's regular medical 

 attendant, gave evidence as to the post mortem 

 examination. He said : ' I have this day opened 



1 This walking-stick was presented to Lord George by myself one 

 day when he came to Goodwood without his favourite companion, 

 which went with him everywhere. After his death, I bought from 

 Gardner, his Lordship's valet, the same stick which I had given him, 

 and which he grasped in his hand. It was the stick alluded to in 

 George Wilson's evidence. It is now at Welbeck Abbey, and is much 

 valued by the Duke and Duchess of Portland. J. K. 



