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Excerpt from Autobiography and Political Correspondence of Augustus Henry, Third Duke of Grafton, K. G Augustus Henry Fitz-Roy, the third Duke of Grafton, has received somewhat hard measure in the histories of the eighteenth century. The bitterest invective of Junius has assailed his character, and has thrown contempt on his political capacity: the solemn denunciations of the Whig historians have marked his departure, albeit in the company of Chatham and Camden, from the true Whig faith: his own record of his political career has been ransacked by writers of history and editors of memoirs, but of these scarcely one has been impelled by gratitude to present an adequate picture of the statesma...