. A painter of dreams, and other biographical studies. ever a movement in thepolitical world in which Lord Albemarle did notboldly espouse the cause which he held to be dictatedby probity. During the struggle for the Regency, he upheldthe claims of the Prince of Wales ; and when, in1820, the long reign of George IIL ended andGeorge IV. came to the throne, he was one of thepeers called upon to be present at the trial of QueenCaroline. The threatened fine of 300/ per day tobe levied against defaulters ensured assiduousattendance on the part of those summoned ; andin letters to his daughter Lady
. A painter of dreams, and other biographical studies. ever a movement in thepolitical world in which Lord Albemarle did notboldly espouse the cause which he held to be dictatedby probity. During the struggle for the Regency, he upheldthe claims of the Prince of Wales ; and when, in1820, the long reign of George IIL ended andGeorge IV. came to the throne, he was one of thepeers called upon to be present at the trial of QueenCaroline. The threatened fine of 300/ per day tobe levied against defaulters ensured assiduousattendance on the part of those summoned ; andin letters to his daughter Lady Anne, Lord Albe-marle described graphically how he sat daily forover six hours in the stifling atmosphere of the House,sickened by the nauseous business, and thinkinglongingly of his harvest in Norfolk. His one solaceupon his release was occasionally to post down toHolland House to dine and sleep in the his independence of spirit was seldom morestrikingly illustrated than in his attitude towardsthe matter under debate. If the Lords decide. I&i^
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