... was not raised by any one on either side of the House except to discard it. The fact that the remedy would be costly,” said a Whig ex-Lord Chancellor —a lawyer, not soldier was no sort of justification or excuse for sending men to a place where they meet ...

... the national defences is obviously unfit to he trusted with political power at all; but, all the same, the fact remains that Whig has succeeded Tory, Radical has given place to Conservative, and the needs the Navy have been neglected, the necessary expenditure ...

... Retired List, with the rank of gen., in 1881. He represented Lichfield in the House of Commons from 1837 to July, 1865, the Whig interest. He was Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to the Queen from July, 1846, to March, 1852; from Deo., 1852, to March, 1858; ...