I have the honour to remain, Madam,
Always your Majesty’s devoted servant,
Seymour Fortescue.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. [EARLY DAYS] 1
II. [GUNROOM LIFE IN THE ’SEVENTIES] 16
III. [THE DARDANELLES IN 1878 ] 75
IV. [EGYPT IN 1882] 91
V. [FROM GALATZ TO SOUAKIM VIA LONDON] 118
VI. [THE CHANNEL FLEET AND MEDITERRANEAN STATION] 144
VII. [THE ROYAL YACHT ] 173
VIII. [EQUERRY TO THE PRINCE OF WALES] 200
IX. [ON THE HEADQUARTER STAFF IN SOUTH AFRICA] 228
X. [SOME SCOTTISH HOUSES] 250
XI. [KING EDWARD’S FOREIGN TOUR] 264
XII. [MARIENBAD AND OTHER HEALTH RESORTS] 289
XIII. [SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EQUERRY] 305
XIV. [MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EQUERRY ] 319
XV. [A VISIT TO THE NITRATE FIELDS ] 333
XVI. [1910 ] 354
[AFTERWORD] 379

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[MY GRANDMOTHER] Frontispiece
[THE KEEP OF TATTERSALL CASTLE] 4
(From Photograph by F. Frith & Co., Ltd.)
[THE HON. MRS. DAWSON DAMER] 6
(From the Miniature by Isabey.)
[H.M.S. “ARIADNE” AT NAPLES, 1871] 30
[SEYMOUR FORTESCUE, 1893] 75
(From Photograph by A. Debenham, Cowes.)
[GROUP ON BOARD H.M.S. “SURPRISE” ] 152
[GROUP ON BOARD H.M.S. “SURPRISE” AT VENICE, 1887] 167
[ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT “VICTORIA AND ALBERT” ] 196
(From Photograph by A. Debenham, Cowes.)
[“BRITANNIA” RACING AT COWES] 200
(From Photograph by W. U. Kirk & Son, Cowes.)
[SEYMOUR FORTESCUE AS MORONI’S LAWYER, DEVONSHIRE]
[HOUSE FANCY BALL, 1897] 226
(From Photograph by Frederick Hollyer.)
[A SHOOTING PARTY AT MARIENBAD] 294
[KING EDWARD, WITH EQUERRIES IN ATTENDANCE, ON THE]
[PROMENADE AT MARIENBAD] 305
[ON BOARD H.M. YACHT “VICTORIA AND ALBERT,” 1909] 354
(From Photograph by A. Debenham, Cowes.)
[CHANCEL OF SANDRINGHAM CHURCH, DECORATED IN]
[MEMORY OF H.M. KING EDWARD VII ] 378
[ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP OF THE HOME FLEET, 1910] 380