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money could buy, and countless were the gold and 

 silver medals at the Smithfield Cattle Shows 

 gained by Goodwood sheep. In the midst of a 

 host of sheep - breeders, including the late Mr 

 Ellman of Glynde, Mr Grantham, and Mr Jonas 

 Webbe, his Grace was always prominent, and his 

 flock was in request, not only among English, but 

 also among French, Prussian, Austrian, Kussian, 

 and American connoisseurs. 



With a quotation from the same source which 

 has already furnished me with more than one 

 passage, I draw near to the close of this humble 

 tribute of grateful and respectful duty and affec- 

 tion, laid on the tomb of my beloved master : 

 " The Duke of Richmond in domestic life realised 

 truly the character of a Christian parent. He 

 possessed a singleness of purpose which made his 

 home the perfection of happiness ; his children 

 looked upon their father as their most sincere and 

 loving friend. Their childish sports were never 

 interrupted, and if they paused in their innocent 

 games when their father entered the room, it was 

 to welcome him with that outpouring of the heart 

 which loving children can alone offer." 



The only additional remark which I have to 

 offer is, that his Grace's political career was on 

 a par with his social life at Goodwood and at 

 Gordon Castle, and with the courage, loyalty, and 

 fidelity with which he discharged a soldier's duties 

 in the Peninsular war. It is notorious that the 



