The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . our and spirit of his family, and was un-doubtedly very clever and charming, possessed of talents andaccomplishments, combined with a most amiable disposition. Praise could hardly go further ! but the portrait of thissecond Sir Charles, as well as the story of his career, servesto corroborate this account. Although his picture appearsto have been taken when the first charm of youth was pastand he was already waxing stouter in form and face, yet theregularity of feat
The Hothams : being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers . our and spirit of his family, and was un-doubtedly very clever and charming, possessed of talents andaccomplishments, combined with a most amiable disposition. Praise could hardly go further ! but the portrait of thissecond Sir Charles, as well as the story of his career, servesto corroborate this account. Although his picture appearsto have been taken when the first charm of youth was pastand he was already waxing stouter in form and face, yet theregularity of feature is not lost which, in earlier life, musthave rendered him handsome, while it is evident that, likehis father, he was tall of stature, of powerful build andpossessed of an air of stateliness which accorded well with theposition he was called upon to occupy. Essentially a courtierand a fine gentleman. Sir Charles, it is said, exhibited a prideof race and a hauteur of manner calculated to abash thoseof commoner clay ; yet he had the directness of the soldier,the simplicity of an honest man, and an abhorrence of subter- 142. SIR CHARLES HOTHAM, THI-: 5 IH BAKOM/|- lO THE COURT OF BERLIN IN 173 AND OF THE BEDCHAMBER TO (lEORtiK II Potirait /l /. Richnnison V CE GRAND ORACLE 143 fuge which was to render a certain episode in his hfe all themore unpalatable. He entered upon his military duties somewhat prematurely ;he was but thirteen when he received a commission in theArmy, dated July 17th, 1706, and became a Captain in one ofhis fathers regiments/ but later, as mentioned in the previouschapter, he was Colonel of the Royal Horse Grenadier Guards,During his early years, however, he jom-neyed out to Hanover,either in a military capacity, or possibly in imitation of hiscontemporaries, for at this date, when it became probable thatthe Elector of that country would shortly succeed to thethrone of England, many thought it politic to visit his , ther
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