She delivered to him the white staff, bidding him use it for the good of her people.

He would have returned the lord-chamberlain's staff, but she desired he would keep them both; so that he was at one time possessed of the three greatest posts in the kingdom, under the titles of lord-treasurer, lord-chamberlain, and lord-lieutenant of Ireland.

No nobleman in England better deserved such distinguishing marks of his sovereign's favour.

He was modest, liberal, disinterested, and a warm friend to his country.

Bolingbroke's ambition was defeated by the vigour which the dukes of Somerset and Argyle exerted on this occasion.