... among the small but illustrious band of _ Reformers in the house ; he was long an active, a though not a forward, member of the Whig Op- position, for he soon attached himself to the for- a tunes of his own and his father's political friends. At v that time ...

... titles-the Duke of Brandon and? Baron Dutton. lis grace never took ans prominent part in politics, although lie was a friend of the Whig party. Previous to his takig lhis seat In the house of lorils. to whlich he vas sumw - mone4 in 1806, in his father's barony ...

... the close Tory cor- poration, had been a candidate, though an unsuccess- ful one, in opposition to the two nominees of the Whig Earl of Derby -Lord Stanley and Sir Henry P. Iloghton, Bart. Before the next election MIr. Hor- roeks's influence was so much ...

... and estates. As soon as he quitted active con. nection w-ith the arasy, lie busied himself it politics, amid espoused 5. the whig or liberal canse wohen its friends were few and its Y prospects despe,.ate. Ile toade several attempts to enter par. lianment ...

... the county. In the political affaiss of the town, ir. John Addison u never took an active part. His opinions were of the o Whig, or Liberal, school; but, after his appointment as a t judge, he never exercised his privilege as an electos, doubtless from ...