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“ From a Photo. by Maull & Fox. his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, premier Duke and Earl, was born in Carlton-terrace, December 27, 1847, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1860; so that even at fifteen, the age at which the first of our three portraits represents him, he had already been for three years Duke of Norfolk. His Grace, who is a zealous Roman Catholic, takes the most active interest in all matters relating to the welfare of his Church, and frequently fills the chair at meetings of his fellow-Catholics. He is President of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. ”

“ Labouchere was a great traveller, and during his sojourn in the Wild West his romantic tastes and love of adventure led him to join, for a time, a tribe of Chippewa Indians, with whom he roamed over the prairies. Through the influence of his uncle, Lord Taunton, he entered the diplomatic service in 1854, and was successively Attaché at Washington, Munich, Stockholm, Frankfort, St. ”