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No. 4.

PORTRAIT, SAID TO BE KING RICHARD THE THIRD.

No.5.

ROBERT JENKINSON, SECOND EARL OF LIVERPOOL, K.G.

''Dark coat. White waistcoat.''

BORN 1770, DIED 1828.

Began his education at a school at Parsons-*green, where he remained till he was thirteen, and was then removed to the Charterhouse, where he continued for two or three years, and distinguished himself in classics and other branches of learning. He afterwards entered Christ Church College, Oxford, but his father had early destined him for public life, and directed Robert's studies with a view to his future career, making a point that political science, commerce, and finance should be especially attended to. At college young Jenkinson became the companion and friend of George Canning, afterwards Prime Minister, a friendship which continued for a very long period. Robert Jenkinson was at Paris on the breaking out of the Revolution, and witnessed the demolition of the Bastille by the mob: he was the means of affording useful information to the British Government respecting the state of