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and was rejected altogether, on the motion of 

 Viscount Wolmer, without an earthquake, but with 

 the result of an almost empty House, in 1892. 



Secondly, it may not be generally known, or, 

 at any rate, remembered, that Frederick Lewis, 

 Prince of Wales, son of George II. and father of 

 George III., had some slight connection with 

 Epsom, though of course not with the Derby. 

 He was the Prince of Wales for whom some Jaco- 

 bite wrote the following bitter epitaph, now almost 

 forgotten, in doggerel verse : 



' Here's lies Fred, 



Who was alive and is dead : 

 Had it been his father, I had much rather ; 

 Had it been his brother, still better than another; 

 Had it been his sister, nobody would have missed her ; 

 Had it been the whole generation, still better for the nation ; 



But, as 'tis only Fred, 



Who was alive and is dead, 



There's no more to be said.' 



He does not seem to have been a sportsman, 

 as his brother, the ' Culloden ' Duke of Cumber- 

 land, was, or to have bred, owned, or run a single 

 race-horse, whatever else he may have done to 

 redeem himself and his memory from unpopu- 

 larity. Nevertheless, a diligent perusal of the 

 records reveals the fact that a Prince of Wales's 



