HEIR TO
THE VIRTUES AS WELL AS TO THE ESTATES OF HIS UNCLE CHARLES, MARQUIS
OF ROCKINGHAM, AND NOT MORE NEARLY ALLIED TO HIM BY PROXIMITY OF
BLOOD THAN BY SIMILARITY OF MANNERS . HE GOVERNED IRELAND IN PEACE,
A.D. 1795, AND WAS LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE WEST-RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
FROM 1798 TO 1819.