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  CHATHAM

  HIS EARLY LIFE AND CONNECTIONS




  CHATHAM

  His Early Life and Connections


  BY

  LORD ROSEBERY


  LONDON
  ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
  187 PICCADILLY, W

  1910




  Second Impression.




  _To_
  BEVILL FORTESCUE
  OF DROPMORE AND BOCONNOC,
  THIS BOOK, WHICH OWES EVERYTHING TO HIM,
  IS
  GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.




PREFACE


My first words of preface must be of excuse for some apparent lack of
gratitude in my dedication. For besides my debt to Mr. Fortescue, I owe
my warmest acknowledgments to Mary, Lady Il