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Hereditary Genius
Fox, Rt. Hon. Charles James, continued -
B. Stephen; ad Lord Holland; statesman and social leader.
N. Henry R.; 3d Lord Holland ; F.R.S., F.S.A., Recorder of Nottingham. (See Lord
Brougham's panegyric of these men in his “Statesmen of George III.”) His
aunt, Lady Sarah, sister of the Duke of Richmond, married Colonel Napier, and
was mother of the famous Napier family. Colonel Napier was himself cast in
the true heroic mould. He had uncommon powers, mental and bodily; he had
also scientific tastes. He was Superintendent of Woolwich Laboratory, and
Comptroller of Army Accounts.
uS. General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief in India;
Conqueror of Scinde.
uS. General Sir William Napier; historian of the Peninsular War.
[3 uS.] There were three other Napiers, brothers, who were considered remarkable
men, namely. General Sir George, Governor of the Cape; Richard, Q.C.; and
Henry, Captain, and author of “History of Florence.”
NS. H. Bunbury, senior classic of his year (1833) at Cambridge.
Francis, Sir Philip; reputed author of “Junius;” violent antagonist of Hastings in
India.
F. Rev. Philip; poet and dramatic writer; translator of “Horace” and other classics.
Had a school where Gibbon was a pupil. He was also a political
controversialist.
Goderich, Viscount. See ROBINSON.
Grattan, Henry; orator and statesman.
[GB.] Sir Richard Grattan, Lord Mayor of Dublin.
g. Thomas Marley, Chief Justice of Ireland.
[F.] James Grattan, Recorder of, and M.P. for, Dublin.
[S.] Right Honourable James Grattan.
Grenville, George, Premier, 1763.
The very remarkable relationships of the Grenville family, and the results of the
mixture of the Temple race with that of the 1st Earl of Chatham on the one
hand, and of the Wyndham on the other, is beat understood by the annexed
table:--
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