John Almon on Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

“Notwithstanding the several offices the Duke had filled, and the extensive patronage he had possessed, yet at no time did he secure for himself, nor for any of his children, although he has a numerous family, any place, pension, or reversion, whatever.”

“It is impossible to present a more honourable trait of this noble Duke's character, of his virtues as a patriot, or of his talents as a statesman, than...his Grace's speech, in the House of Lords, on the 30th of May, 1797.”