1892. CANON AINGER (MASTER OF THE TEMPLE).
16TH MARQUIS OF WINCHESTER. "Cap of Maintenance." (Premier Marquis.)
ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE. 1909.
I privately decided that the suggestion was an excellent one, and as it had not yet occurred to me in those days to ask my subject to sit to me, I lost no time in observing him as he talked and made a mental note of every trait and peculiarity. After his departure I immediately made a caricature and sent it off to Vanity Fair.
The next time Lord Torrington came to Windsor he failed to make his customary call upon my mother, who met him some time afterwards in the neighbourhood.
"How is it, Lord Torrington," she asked after the usual polite formalities, "that you have not been to see me?"
"Because, Mrs. Ward," he replied in deeply offended tones, "I shouldn't be responsible for my actions if your son were in the house."