Son of the Marquis of Trowbridge and much more intelligent than his father, who held him somewhat in awe. He was able to make peace between the Vicar of Bullhampton and his father in their quarrel over the glebe land that the Marquis had given to the Primitive Methodists for their chapel.
A grown-up son must be the greatest comfort a man can have, if he be his father's best friend; but otherwise he can hardly be a comfort.
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GEROULD, WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton
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1976 renewed PUP
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