CONTENTS XVll 



CHAPTER XXXI 



FAOK 



His grace makes his will, 1809 — His grace and Goodison — 

 His later ' ways ' at Newmarket — Magnaminous oifer of 

 the Duke to General Picton, 237 



CHAPTER XXXII 



The Duke's foibles and the press — Another ' paper ' marriage 

 prophesied — Illness and death of his grace — Character — 

 The fair sex and the late Duke — A reason why the Duke 

 never married — His burial — Alterations of the late 

 Duke's Piccadilly mansion — A ' running footman,' . . 244 



CHAPTER XXXIII 



The late Duke senior Knight of the Thistle — Anticipations 

 respecting his will — The reading — The numerous cocidils 

 thereto — The beneficiaries, etc. — Litigation — Condition 

 of his grace's library, bequeathed to E. B. Douglas, Esq. 

 — Sale of the family plate — The wines — Further litiga- 

 tion anticipated — Sale of carriages at Tattersall's, . . 252 



CHAPTER XXXIV 



The Dukedom of Queensberry held for one hundred years by 

 two persons — A singular coincidence — Mr. Fuller's action 

 against the late Duke's executors — Result — Caricatures 

 of the late Duke — Legacies ordered to be paid — Con- 

 ditions of order — Conclusion 261 



Appendix, 265 



Racing Analysis, 342 



Index, 355 



