“ Charles Lucas had determined to enter the Civil Service and shortly after taking his degree he passed first on the Civil Service Examination List, as he had on the Winchester roll, and was appointed to the Colonial Office. His work in life was now marked out from him, and he applied himself to it with the steadiness and thoroughness which distinguished his character. He had always earned the respect of his contemporaries at school and college by his uprightedness and straightforwardness but a certain modest shyness, which never entirely left him, had limited the circle of his friends. ”

“ His native hills and valleys were always dear to him, and, throughout his life, walking there or in other romantic districts was his favourite exercise. His people were of considerable local distinction. ”

“ While Charles Lucas was still a small boy his eldest sister married Sir Joseph Bailey, the head of a family which derived its wealth from the Glamorganshire coalfields, who lived at Glanusk Park, close to Crickhowel, and who, after sitting in Parliament for ore than a quarter of a century, was raised to the peerage as Lord Glanusk, and became Lord Lieutenant of Breconshire. ”