172 'OLD q' 



nobleman had erected at Richmond, Surrey, in 1708, 

 upon part of the ground occupied by the old palace. 

 Hither his grace removed the furniture and paint- 

 ings from Amesbury, In the hall was hung the 

 tapestry which screened the walls of the Court of 

 Chancery where the father of his eccentric cousin, 

 Earl Clarendon, had presided. Between this villa, 

 Piccadilly, and his house ^ at Newmarket, his grace 

 spent most of his time, deserting his ancestral seats. 

 The world of London was quite good enough for his 

 grace ; indeed, he was once asked if he did not find 

 London dull out of season, there being so few people 

 about ? when he replied, ' There 's more people about 

 London than in the country.' 



The Duke of Queensberry's racing engagements for 

 the year 1780 numbered twenty-two, with a winning- 

 record of three; value about three hundred pounds 

 in stakes : which, a 'priori, gives no guide to 

 the actual monetary results of his grace's Turf 

 transactions for this or any year. A glance at the 

 appended Racing Analysis for 1781 does not show a 

 much better condition of affairs either for engage- 

 ments or events won. 



^ Known as Queensberry House ; it stood on the side of the town 

 nearest the London road, and, fifty years since, was in a very woe- 

 begone condition. 



