2 EARLY YEARS. 



Scott" married the Honourable F. Stewart, after- 

 wards Earl of Moray. 



The " rich Miss Scott," afterwards Duchess of 

 Portland and mother of Lord George Bentinck, 

 was an exceedingly kind and charitable lady, 

 always ready to supply necessaries and comforts 

 to the poor, especially when sick or in distress. 

 Her sympathy was as unbounded as her disposi- 

 tion was generous. She took the liveliest inter- 

 est in everything connected with the manage- 

 ment of her husband's household and estates, 

 and was an excellent woman of business. As 

 her Grace declined in years she became very 

 retiring in her habits, shunning the company of 

 strangers as much as possible. Indeed during the 

 last years of her life, which ended in May 1844, 

 she was often unseen by the guests whom the 

 Duke, her husband, entertained at Welbeck Abbey 

 for many days. 



A few reminiscences of Lord George Bentinck 

 may not be uninteresting to those of a later 

 generation who have heard of his Lordship's dis- 

 tinguished life and strongly marked character ; 

 for, with the exception of the Bight Hon. B. 

 Disraeli's political biography of his Lordship, no 

 other memorial work has ever been attempted. 

 I am therefore induced, through the repeated 

 solicitations of friends, to commit to paper a 

 few recollections of my noble master, whom I 

 had the opportunity of knowing thoroughly from 



