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1859 he voluntarily remained outside, nor did 

 he subsequently hold office. When Speaker 

 Denison vacated the chair in 1872 there were 

 many in the House who thought that Mr. 

 Bouverie would be put forward for the post, 

 but the choice fell on Mr. Brand, a former 

 Liberal Whip. 



Mr. Bouverie probably did as much unpaid 

 work for his country as an Ecclesiastical Com- 

 missioner and by serving on Commissions and 

 Committees as any man of his time, and his 

 independence, straightforwardness, and the re- 

 cognition of the fact that he was no self-seeking 

 office-seeker, procured him the ear of the 

 House and a position of importance in its 

 debates. 



On his retirement from Parliament his capa- 

 city and energy found scope in the work of the 

 City, and as Chairman of the Corporation of 

 Foreign Bondholders he was instrumental in 

 settling the debt questions of many foreign 

 countries. He enjoyed London society, and 

 was for many years a member of Grillion's 

 Club, a coterie of the eminent men of the day. 

 He was elected F.R.S. in 1863. At his 

 father's death, in 1869, he went to live at 

 Market Lavington, in Wiltshire, a property 

 which had been given to him by his father in 

 the lifetime of the latter, and on which Mr. 



