Lord William Beresford, V.C., Some Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Soldier and Wit
CHAPTER I
EARLY DAYS PAGE Early Childhood--Eton Days--Mischief and Whackings--Companions at Work and Play--Sporting Contemporaries of Note--The So-styled “Mad Marquis”--His Bride--Carriage Accident--Ride in Grand National--House of Commons Acknowledgment of Lady Waterford’s Goodness to the Irish during the Famine--Joins the 9th Lancers in Dublin--A Few Sporting Mishaps--Why he Spent his Life in India 1