Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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Credit: Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bedford, John, 4th Duke. GF. William, Lord Russell; patriot ; executed 1683. Gf. Lady Rachel W. Russell, her husband’s secretary. * Letters.” PP. Ist Earl Russell: Reform leader as Lord John Russell, and three times Premier. Bentinck, William H. Cavendish ; 3d Duke of Portland ; Premier, 1783-4 and 1807-10. 8. Lord Wm. Henry Bentinck ; Governor-General of India, who abolished Suttee, and established the liberty of the Indian press. P. Lord George Bentinck, M.P.; became an eminent finan- cier and a leading statesman in middle age, after a life previously devoted to racing interests. Bolingbroke, Henry ; created Viscount St. John ; the cele- brated Secretary of State to Queen Anne. (His name is appended to Brougham’s list of Statesmen of Geo. ine g. Sir ahs St. John, Ch. Just. C. P. under the Protectorate (and who himself was cousin to another judge, 8. Brown (see), under Charles IT.). Bute, Harl. See Stuart. Camden, Earl; Lord Chancellor. See under JupGEs. — F. and 8. Canning, George; created Lord Canning; Premier, 1827. Not precocious as a child, but remarkable as a school- boy. (“ Microcosm,” et. 15, and “ Anti-Jacobin.’’) Scholar, orator, and most able statesman. The Canning family had sensitive and irritable temperaments. F.| A man of considerable literary acquirements. 4 Had great beauty and accomplishments. She took to the stage after her husband’s death without much success ; they had both been separated from the rest of the Canning family. US. Stratford Canning ; created Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ; ambassador at the Porte ; the “ great Elchi.” [US.] George Canning, F.R.S., F.8.A., created Lord Garvagh. 8. Charles; created Earl Canning ; was Governor-General of india during the continuance and suppression of the Indian Mutiny. Castlereagh. See Srewarr. Disraeli, Rt..Hon. Benjamin; Premier, 1868. Precocious ; began life in an attorney’s office; became, when quite
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