“ ‘Holdernesse, 6th Duke, K.G. , P.C. ’—half the alphabet! ‘Baron Beverley, Earl of Carston’—dear me, what a list! ‘Lord Lieutenant of Hallamshire since 1900 . Married Edith, daughter of Sir Charles Appledore, 1888 . Heir and only child, Lord Saltire. Owns about two hundred and fifty thousand acres. Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. Lord of the Admiralty, 1872 ; Chief Secretary of State for—’ Well, well, this man is certainly one of the greatest subjects of the Crown!”
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