Note 146 — BOOK THE SECOND 1810 TO JUNE, 1812 (continued 2)
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The Duke of Norfolk, on the first offer, gladly accepted it, and returning to his house said to Mr. Stephenson, who lived with him, with some exaltation, “I am Lord Privy Seal.” He afterwards found he had no Whig, and scarcely any other, colleague; and he was off, relating on his return home the very next day to the same gentleman, with some pleasantry, “I am now not Lord Privy Seal.”—V.H.