“ This carelessness exposed him to serious financial difficulties; and after a vain attempt to repair them by accepting a captaincy in the Surrey militia, the fortune left him by his father being squandered, he began to turn to account his excellent education and his powers as a draughtsman. In 1757 he had been elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. ”

“ Grose’s works include The Antiquities of England and Wales (6 vols., 1773–1787) ; Advice to the Officers of the British Army (1782) , a satire in the manner of Swift’s Directions to Servants; A Guide to Health, Beauty, Riches and Honour (1783) , a collection of advertisements of the period, with characteristic satiric preface; A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) ; A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons (1785–1789) ”