A man whose mere sport was of this description was not likely to be easily beaten in any serious contest.

Such a master of the whole art of electioneering England had never seen.

Buckinghamshire was his own especial province; and there he ruled without a rival.

But he extended his care over the Whig interest in Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Wiltshire.
Sometimes twenty, sometimes thirty, members of Parliament were named by him.

As a canvasser he was irresistible.