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CHAPTER XII. 



Mr. Charles Philip Duffield, 1858 to 1863. 



Mr. Charles Duffield was the third son 

 of Mr. Thomas Duffield, of Marcham Park, 

 by his marriage with Emily, only child of 

 Mr. George Elwes, of Marcham Park. The 

 romantic story of his marriage has already 

 been told. Mr. George Elwes was the eldest 

 son of the celebrated millionaire miser, John 

 Elwes, who represented Berkshire in three 

 successive Parliaments, and who died at 

 Marcham Park in 1789. Mr. George Elwes 

 had married a Miss Alt, a Northamptonshire 

 lady, and a grand-daughter of the celebrated 

 Mr. Hastings, one of the founders of our 

 Indian Empire. Mr. Elwes' second son, John, 

 a Lieutenant in the second Troop of Horse 

 Guards, purchased the Gloucestershire property, 

 still belonging to his descendants. Mr. Thomas 

 Duffield's father was Michael Duffield, who 

 married Alice, daughter of Jeremiah Crutchley, 

 of Sunninghill, who represented Horsham, 

 Grampound, and St. Mawes in different Par- 



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