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borough), and the exceedingly philippic (and, shall we 

 say, notorious ?) Earl of Clermont ; but it cannot be 

 discovered that either she or any other lady was ever 

 a member of the Jockey Club. The fifth Duke died 

 in 1811. 



The Duke of Grafton of the list is Augustus 

 Henry Fitz-Eoy, the third Duke, born 1735, succeeded 

 1757, died 1811. To prove his membership of the 

 Jockey Club it is unnecessary to do more than state 

 that he presided over the foundation (at his country- 

 seat, Euston, Norfolk), of the Jockey Club Challenge 

 Cup, which Beau Brummell's valet might have de- 

 scribed (had he been valet to the Jockey Club) as 

 'one of our failures,' for it has been almost vox et 

 prater ea nihil since 1774. By the way, the number 

 of subscribers to that Cup (at five guineas each) is now 

 (and has been for many years) given as twenty-five 

 in Weatherby's ' Calendar,' whereas it was in the 

 earlier volumes of that work given as twenty- seven 

 (more correctly, as will appear hereafter). This is 

 the Duke to whom allusion is made in Jesse's 

 1 Selwyn,' where we read (1764): 'The Duke [" Cul- 

 loden "] of Cumberland goes from Newmarket to 

 Euston, and all the sporting Court follows him.' 

 Whence it appears that Euston was a regular rendez- 

 vous for members of the Jockey Club. This is the 

 Duke who, as prime minister, was so roughly handled 

 by ' Junius,' and who is so bitterly lashed in the 

 already mentioned ' Jockey Club.' He was ' Lord 



