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CHAPTER XII 



bad racing record — Lord March created a .Lord of the 

 Bedchamber — His lordship's character — A change of 

 town residences — Lord March's finendship and corre- 

 spondence with George Augustus Selwyn, 



CHAPTER XIII 



Morals of Society in the last century — Some March-Selwyn 

 correspondence — Chires amies of Lord March — His 

 chaplain and Wilkes's Essay on Woman — His lordship 

 enters the lists against Wilkes — Poses ci la St. George 

 — Wilkes outlawed — Verses on Kidgell, Lord March's 

 chaplain, . 96 



CHAPTER XIV 



Mr. Commissioner Selwyn — Lord March's Ascot, 1763 — The 

 Tondino — Letter dated from ' Hotel de Tondino ' — His 

 lordship's stockings seized by the Customs — Advice to 

 Selwyn — Anecdote of Selwyn — Lord March at Fontaine- 

 bleau — Fox and his lordship — Lord March's racing 

 record, 1763, 102 



CHAPTER XV 



Vagaries in wagering — A wager made by Lord March 

 recorded in the bet-book at ' White's ' — Another singular 

 bet — Lord March made a K.T. — His lordship and 

 ' Savage ' Roche at a St. James's Street ' hell ' — Another 

 marriage talked of — Racing record for 1764— Death of 

 H.R.H. the Duke of Cumberland — Lord March men- 

 tioned in a letter by Lord Holland — His lordship meets 

 with ill-fortune — Letters showing March's friendsliip for 

 Selwyn — Racing record for 1765, 109 



