The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K. G , Vol. 3
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Excerpt from The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K. G , Vol. 3: Preserved at Belvoir Castle The present volume differs from its two predecessors in that it embraces a much shorter period, and treats of a smaller number of subjects. If, however, it contains fewer illustrations of social and personal history, it deals more fully with important affairs of state. In the first part of the volume, one of the most important figures is Lord Robert Manners, second son of the Marquess of Granby, the celebrated Commander-in-Chief. His earlier letters to his elder brother were written while he was a lieutenant on board the Victory and the Alcide, but in January 1780 he was promoted to be captain of the Resolution, and, as such, he saw active service. Extracts from several of his letters are given in the Calendar. He took part in the engagement off Cape Henry in September 1781, and he was with Sir Samuel Hood at St. Kitts in the early part of the following year. Shortly after the battle off Dominica, in which the French were defeated, on the 12th of April 1782. Lord Robert writes: "I am as well as a man can be with one leg off, one wounded, and right arm broke. The doctor, who is sitting by me at present, says there are every hopes of recovery." Lockjaw, however, ensued, and thus this promising officer died at the early age of twenty-four, eleven days after the action. His brother, the fourth Duke of Rutland, who entertained a "passionate fondness" for him, obtained the assistance of Richard Watson, afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, and of George Crabbe, the poet, in composing some memoirs of his career, and engaged Sir Joshua Reynolds to paint a posthumous portrait of him, which was afterwards engraved. The nation put up a monument in his honour in Westminster Abbey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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