Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1886 — Lord John Bentinck. [ARTICLE]

Lord John Bentinck.

Lord George was a grandson of the celebrated gambler, General Scott, of Balcomie, who won fabulous sums Jn the early times of George 111. The General had three daughters, and he left in his will that if any one of them married a peer she was not to receive a shilling. This was‘singular, as General’s wealth had been acquired by* the plundering of the nobility. It is almost as odd as that of the royal coachman, who left his property to his son on condition that he did not marry a maid of honor (he had evidently been sorely tried by the unpunctualitv and heartlessness of these attendants on royalty). However, the Duke of Portland married the eldest daughter, and took the name of “Scott-Portland.” Mr. Canning married another daughter, and a family arrangement took place by which the Duchess received her portion. Three of the sons of the Duke became members for Lynn. Lord Litchfield, the eldest, was a man of the highest talents, an excellent orator, and devoted to parliamentary pursuits. If he had lived he would have risen high. He died young, and it is said that the well-known hospitality at election times of the old Lynn families hastened his end. Lord John, the late Duke of Portland, succeeded him. He was the handsomest of a handsome family, but he retired soon from Parliament and was succeeded by Lord George. Lord John met with a great disappointment in early life. He was devotedly attached to Miss Poyntz, whose father, however, preferred that his daughter should become Lady Exeter. Lord George then became member for Lynn. Lord Henry, the youngest brother, did not care about the turf, but was great in the huntingfield and at the whist-table; he has caused more quarreling among mankind than any man who ever existed by inventing the signal for trumps. Woe to the man who does not see it! a shower of reproaches falls on his guilty head.— Temple Bar.