Note 125 — Chapter V

[Footnote 125: Mr. Froude says four great families—the Fitzgeralds of Kildare, the Boyles, the Ponsonbys, and the Beresfords—returned a majority of the House of Commons ("English in Ireland," ii., 5); and besides those peers, the arrangement for the Union proved that the influence of the Loftuses and the Hills fell little short of them.]