Statesmen of the Time of George III
., ed. 1843, 3rd series, p. 341). Greville speaks of
"his imperturbable temper, unflagging vivacity and spirit, his inexhaustible fund of anecdote, extensive information, sprightly wit"
(
Memoirs
, iii. 446). Leslie, in his
Autobiographical Recollections
(vol. i. p. 100), adds the tribute that
"he was, without any exception, the very best-tempered man I have ever known."
Lord John Russell (preface to vol. vi. of the