"PINK IN PARLIAMENT. 7 



light - coloured zephyr paletot above his scarlet 

 coat, and, fully accoutred in leathers and top-boots, 

 he would enter the House, and sit out another 

 long debate. Many a joke was indulged in by his 

 brother members on seeing- the red collar of his 

 hunting-coat peeping out from under his surtout ; 

 and he was perhaps the only member ever seen 

 of late years in the House of Commons in " pink." 

 Often on these occasions has Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

 then Secretary to the Treasury and Whip to the 

 Conservative party, been heard to remark to some 

 official members, '' How I wish you gentlemen 

 would take example from George Bentinck ! Look 

 at him ; his attendance is worth all yours put 

 together, as he is independent of us, whereas 

 you are office - holders." Constantly would his 

 Lordship give his official friends a good scold- 

 ing when he caught them coming in late for a 

 division. 



It is not my business, nor indeed do I pos- 

 sess the ability, to comment with discrimination 

 upon Lord George's political career from the day 

 when he first entered Parliament in 1826, as 

 member for King's Lynn, until the sadly memor- 

 able 21st of September 1848, when he was found 

 dead outside the deer-park at Welbeck Abbey. 

 I must, however, claim the privilege of an old and 

 attached servant to bear my humble testimony 

 to the qualifications possessed by my noble master, 

 which, despite the opinion of Mr Greville to the 



