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ACCOUNT OF LORD CHEDWORTH.
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secuted his studies at the university of Oxford. Here his
lordship acquired that taste for the classic literature of
the Greeks and Romans, which he ever afterwards re-
tained ; and by his assiduity in the study of the profession,
he became a learned and correct lawyer.
When he succeeded to the title on the death of his
uncle in 1781, he consequently abandoned his profes-
sional pursuits. At the same time he manifested a high
sense of honor, by undertaking to discharge all the debts
left by his father and uncle; on which account he denied
himself every enjoyment that was not absolutely neces-
sary, not even allowing himself a single carriage.
On an occasion when his lordship some years since ex-
pected the powerful support of his family and relatives,
he found himself completely deserted by them. Ever
since that period he has studiously avoided all intercourse
with them, and has carried his resentment so far as to
bequeath nearly the whole of his vast property to
strangers.
This antipathy was so deeply rooted, that he even
avoided associating with persons of equal rank with him-
self. Though possessing many good qualities, uncom-
mon learning and great abilities, he had many foibles
and eccentricities, which tended to obscure those brilliant
qualifications. Among these may be reckoned the ex-
treme slovenliness of his person, which, in a man of
rank and affluence, is certainly unpardonable. He like-
wise assiduously courted the company of some female of
distinguished beauty and accomplishments, though, as
it is said, without any criminal intention. The conse-
quences, however, were sometimes not less prejudicial to the
characters of those ladies, to whom he appears in his will
to have endeavoured to make amends for the injury which
they might have sustained from his indiscretion.
Eccentric, No. I. g Having
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secuted his studies at the university of Oxford. Here his
lordship acquired that taste for the classic literature of
the Greeks and Romans, which he ever afterwards re-
tained ; and by his assiduity in the study of the profession,
he became a learned and correct lawyer.
When he succeeded to the title on the death of his
uncle in 1781, he consequently abandoned his profes-
sional pursuits. At the same time he manifested a high
sense of honor, by undertaking to discharge all the debts
left by his father and uncle; on which account he denied
himself every enjoyment that was not absolutely neces-
sary, not even allowing himself a single carriage.
On an occasion when his lordship some years since ex-
pected the powerful support of his family and relatives,
he found himself completely deserted by them. Ever
since that period he has studiously avoided all intercourse
with them, and has carried his resentment so far as to
bequeath nearly the whole of his vast property to
strangers.
This antipathy was so deeply rooted, that he even
avoided associating with persons of equal rank with him-
self. Though possessing many good qualities, uncom-
mon learning and great abilities, he had many foibles
and eccentricities, which tended to obscure those brilliant
qualifications. Among these may be reckoned the ex-
treme slovenliness of his person, which, in a man of
rank and affluence, is certainly unpardonable. He like-
wise assiduously courted the company of some female of
distinguished beauty and accomplishments, though, as
it is said, without any criminal intention. The conse-
quences, however, were sometimes not less prejudicial to the
characters of those ladies, to whom he appears in his will
to have endeavoured to make amends for the injury which
they might have sustained from his indiscretion.
Eccentric, No. I. g Having