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CHAP.

I. BIRTH, PARENTAGE AND FAMILY 1

II. LIFE IN A DOCKYARD—FRIENDS, 15
FAVOURITES AND RETAINERS

III. MY FIRST PLAY—MARRIAGE OF THE 25
DUKE OF CLARENCE—DEPARTURE FOR
SHEERNESS

IV. EARLY DRAMATIC 33
RECOLLECTIONS—RESIDENCE AT
HAMPTON COURT

V. LIFE AT HAMPTON COURT 41

VI. OUR EXTRA HOMES 51

VII. MY GRANDMOTHER’S MAID 64

VIII. OUR HOUSEHOLD 73

IX. BRIGHTON—SCHOOLDAYS 80

X. VISITS IN CUMBERLAND AND 92
LEICESTERSHIRE—ACCESSION OF
WILLIAM IV.

XI. FIRST CONTINENTAL TRAVELS—TURIN 103
AND GENOA

XII. SUMMER AT THE BATHS OF LUCCA 115

XIII. SHORT SOJOURN IN FLORENCE 125

XIV. SUMMER AT NAPLES 134

XV. PISA AND FLORENCE 145

XVI. RETURN TO ENGLAND—ACCESSION OF 158
QUEEN VICTORIA—HER CORONATION

XVII. MILLARD’S HILL—TENBY—CHARLES 163
YOUNG AND A COURT BALL

XVIII. 1844. TRIP TO THE CHANNEL 170
ISLANDS

XIX. WHITTLEBURY 179

XX. MUNICH—SECOND VISIT TO ITALY 187

XXI. ARRIVAL IN ROME, 1846—OCTOBER 194
FESTIVALS AND “POSSESSO”

XXII. SUMMER OF 1847—FLORENCE, VILLA 201
CAREGGI

XXIII. RESIDENCE IN FLORENCE—CHARLES 210
LEVER—REVOLUTION, AND THE
BROWNINGS

XXIV. LAST DAYS AT FLORENCE—RETURN TO 221
ENGLAND—MILLARD’S HILL,
LONDON, 1848

XXV. ROCKINGHAM CASTLE—CHARLES 229
DICKENS

XXVI. PROTECTIONIST PARTY AT BURGHLEY 244

XXVII. ALTHORP 253

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 262

VISCOUNT STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE 265

CARLYLE 267

THE GROVE 269

HINCHINGBROOKE 272

OSSINGTON 278

ASHRIDGE 279

WREST PARK 281

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_SUB SOLE VANITAS, from a drawing by E. _Frontispiece_
V. B._

“THE BONBONNIÈRE,” 22 SOUTH AUDLEY xiv
STREET

SIR COURTENAY BOYLE, _from a photograph xx
by J. Russell & Sons_

MARY BOYLE, _from a picture by Madame 2
Perugini_

VICE-ADMIRAL THE HON. SIR COURTENAY 8
BOYLE AND THE HON. LADY BOYLE

HON. EDMUND BOYLE, AFTERWARDS EIGHTH 52
EARL OF CORK, BORN 1787; HON. RICHARD
BOYLE, ELDER BROTHER OF ABOVE, DIED
YOUNG; HON. COURTENAY BOYLE, BORN
1770, AFTERWARDS VICE-ADMIRAL, K.C.B.

LONGLEAT 54

MILLARD’S HILL, WITH “NARCISSUS” IN THE 164
FOREGROUND, _from a drawing by E. V.
B._

GAD’S HILL 238

BURGHLEY 244

BOWOOD 250

ALTHORP 254

THE GROVE 270

HINCHINGBROOKE 272

ASHRIDGE 280

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MARY BOYLE