No man had done more or risked more for England during the crisis of her fate.

In retrieving her liberties he had retrieved also the fortunes of his own house.

His bond for thirty thousand pounds was found among the papers which James had left at Whitehall, and was cancelled by William.

[27] Dorset became Lord Chamberlain, and employed the influence and patronage annexed to his functions, as he had long employed his private means, in encouraging genius and in alleviating misfortune.

One of the first acts which he was under the necessity of performing must have been painful to a man of so generous a nature, and of so keen a relish for whatever was excellent in arts and letters.