Montagu's son--The sweeps' carnival--Disraeli--Lord John
Russell--A child's ideas about the Whigs--The Earl of Aberdeen--
"Old Brown Bread"--Sir Edwin Landseer, a great family friend--A
live lion at a tea-party--Landseer as an artist--Some of his
vagaries--His frescoes at Ardverikie--His latter days--A devoted
friend--His last Academy picture.
I was born the thirteenth child of a family of fourteen, on the
thirteenth day of the month, and I have for many years resided at
No. 13 in a certain street in Westminster. In spite of the popular
prejudice attached to this numeral, I am not conscious of having
derived any particular ill-fortune from my accidental association
with it.
Owing to my sequence in the family procession, I found myself on
my entry into the world already equipped with seven sisters and
four surviving brothers. I was also in the unusual position of
being born an uncle, finding myself furnished with four ready-
made nephews--the present Lord Durham, his two brothers, Mr.
Frederick Lambton and Admiral-of-the-Fleet Sir Hedworth Meux, and
the late Lord Lichfield.
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