SIR WILLIAM FFOLKES. Ill 



cracy; for his handsome, portly appearance, 

 and his urbane manner, would almost in- 

 vite communication from the most diffident, 

 however his general bearing might be 

 marked by the pride of family connec- 

 tions. 



This has long been set down as the dis- 

 tinctive mark of the great Whig families 

 and their followers ; but the highly re- 

 spected owner of Hillington, who repre- 

 sented the Western division of the county 

 of Norfolk, in that interest, for two or 

 three parliaments, and was frequently 

 during the session my companion on the 

 box, was an exception to the rule.* 

 His conversation was at all times easy, 

 familiar, and agreeable, and his demeanour 

 that of a well-bred gentleman. 



Upon one occasion I remember, that on 

 a wet Spring morning, I found the 

 coach had been overbooked, which sub- 

 jected the proprietors to the charge of 



Sir William B. Ffolkes. 



