cts as stated above seem to be at any
rate sufficiently proved by Taylor's contemporary letter. According to
Taylor, Stanley's great speech (May 14, 1833) upon introducing the
Government measure was founded upon my father's judicious cramming, and
the success of the measure was due to Stephen's putting his own design
into enactments and Mr. Stanley's into a preamble. Taylor at the time
thought that my father had been ill treated, but I have not the
knowledge necessary to form any opinion. My brother's _Life_ is the
authority for the circumstances under which the measure was prepared,
and rests on sufficient evidence.]

[Footnote 38: _Taylor_, i. 233.]

[Footnote 39: _Ibid._ ii. 303.]

[Footnote 40: I think it right to notice that in the first edition of T.
Mozley's _Reminiscences_ (1882), i. 111, there appeared an anecdote of
my father in his official capacity which was preposterous on the face of
it. It was completely demolished in a letter written by my brother which
appeared in the _Times_ of July 6, 1882, and withdrawn in a later
edition.]

[Footnote 41: _Reminiscences_, ii. 224.]

[Footnote 42: _Taylor_, i. 235.]

[Footnote 43: _Taylor_, ii. 304.]

[Footnote 44: _Reminiscences_, ii. 223.]

[Footnote 45: _Taylor_, ii. 302.]

[Footnote 46: Some of my father's letters are given in Macvey Napier's
correspondence. I think that they are the best in a collection which
includes letters from many of the most eminent men of the time. A few
others are in the collection of Sir H. Taylor's correspondence, edited
by Professor Dowden in 1888.]

[Footnote 47: The title, of course, was given by Sydney Smith.]

[Footnote 48: My father's children were:--

1. Herbert Venn, b. September 30, 1822, d. October 22, 1846.

2. Frances Wilberforce, b. September 8, 1824, d. July 22, 1825.

3. James Fitzjames, b. March 3, 1829, d. March 11, 1894.

4. Leslie, born November 28, 1832.

5. Caroline Emelia, born December 8, 1834.]

CHAPTER II

_EARLY LIFE_

I. CHILDHOOD

In the beginning of 1829 my father settled in a house at Kensington
Gore--now 42 Hyde Park Gate. There his second son, James Fitzjames, was
born on March 3, 1829. James was the name upon which my grandfather
insisted because it was his own. My father, because the name was his
own, objected as long as he could, but at last compounded, and averted
the evil omen, by adding Fitzjames. Two other children, Leslie and
Caroline Emelia, were