-^ Its Makers, Past and Present 



devoted to politics, that his relation to the sporting events 

 of his time was less intimate than has been the case with 

 some Masters of the Buckhounds. His entry to Parliament 

 was made in 1837, as representative for Morpeth; but 

 his opportunities of success in the House of Commons were 

 terminated in 1846, by his succession to the Peerage. He 

 first entered the Cabinet in 1851, being Foreign Secretary 

 during the concluding weeks of Earl Russell's Ministry. 

 From that time his reputation as a foremost member of 

 the Liberal Party was universally acknowledged, and he 

 became, in successive Ministries, Lord President of the 

 Council, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 

 1855, Lord President of the Council and Liberal leader 

 in the House of Lords. In i860 he accepted the position 

 of Chairman of the Commission of the Great Exhibition 

 of 1862. In December, 1861, he became Colonial Secretary 

 to Mr. Gladstone, and in 1870, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 

 an office he again filled in the Ministry of 1880. Lord 

 Granville married, in 1840, Marie Louise Pelline, the only 

 daughter of the Duke of Dalberg, who was the widow of 

 Sir F. R. E. Acton ; and secondly, in 1865, Castalia 

 Rosalind, youngest daughter of the late W. F. Campbell^ 

 Esq., of Islay. Earl Granville died in 1891. 



1848-1852, 1853-1858, 1859-1866. — John George 

 Brabazon Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborougii, was born in 

 1809, and succeeded his father, the fourth Earl, in 1847. 

 Adopting with enthusiasm the Liberal political principles of 

 his father, he represented for brief periods first Bletchingley 

 and then Higham Ferrers, and was returned for Derby in 

 1834. He acted for many years as Whip to the Liberal 

 Party, and his political services were rewarded on his 



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