Lands and money had been bestowed on him so liberally that he was one of the richest subjects in Europe.
Albemarle had as yet not even a regiment; he had not been sworn of the Council; and the wealth which he owed to the royal bounty was a pittance when compared with the domains and the hoards of Portland.

Yet Portland thought himself aggrieved.

He could not bear to see any other person near him, though below him, in the royal favour.

In his fits of resentful sullenness, he hinted an intention of retiring from the Court.
William omitted nothing that a brother could have done to soothe and conciliate a brother.

Letters are still extant in which he, with the utmost solemnity, calls God to witness that his affection for Bentinck still is what it was in their early days.