The Duke's intellectual character defined. His birth.—
Early habits of study, and subsequent love of pleasure.— A
volunteer in the first naval war with the Dutch in 1666.
-Attempts to take his seat in the House of Lords, but ob-
jected to, on account of his being under age. - Obtains the
favour of Charles the Second and his Courtiers, and befriends
the poet Dryden. -Appointed Gentleman of the Bed-cham-
ber. Serves a campaign under Turenne.-Pays his addresses
to Princess Anne. Volunteers to command the forces de-
spatched to the relief of Tangier.-Curious anecdote.-Sworn
of the Privy Council on the accession of James the Second.
Anecdote of the Duke and King William. - The Duke's
noble conduct during the London riots. — Gives in his ad-
hesion to King William. Created Marquis of Normanby.-
Created by Queen Anne Duke of Buckinghamshire. His
vexation at the honours heaped on the Duke of Marlborough.
-His infidelity and superstition. His character as a poet.-
Neglected by George the Second.-Spring Macky's character
of the Duke. His three Marriages.- Death in 1721.-His
epitaph on himself.
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