JAMES EARL OF CHARLEMONT, K.P.

Erpared by I. Sebiovonatti, from an

Miture by H. Hons.

OF THE

POLITICAL AND PRIVATE LIFE OF

JAMES CAULFIELD,

EARL OF CHARLEMONT,

Knight of St. Patrick, &c. &c. &c.

BY FRANCIS HARDY, Esq.

MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN THE THREE LAST
PARLIAMENTS OF IRELAND.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. I.

-Quem tu non tam citò rhetorem dixisses, (etsi non deerat oratio)
quàm, ut Græci dicunt, Пoxov. Erant in eo plurimæ literæ, nec eæ vul.
gares, sed interiores quædam, et reconditæ; divina memoria, summa
verborum et gravitas, et elegantia: atque hæc omnia vitæ decorabat
dignitas et integritas.

CICERO, de Lucio Torquato.-BRUTUS.

London:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND;
By. G. SIDNEY, Northumberland-street.

69.256

RECEIVED

MAR 9 1891

WIS, HISTORICAL SOC.

E 45 1047

DEDICATION.

TO

FRANCIS - WILLIAM,

EARL OF CHARLEMONT,

&c. &c.

THESE MEMOIRS

OF

HIS MOST EXCELLENT

AND

ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER,

ARE,

WITH THE MOST ENTIRE GRATITUDE,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S TRULY OBLIGED,

AND

FAITHFULLY ATTACHED,

HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.