Earls’ Sons
E.S. Turner, 20 October 1983
The Man who was Greenmantle: A Biography of Aubrey Herbert
by Margaret FitzHerbert.
Murray, 250 pp., £15, September 1983,0 7195 4067 4 Show More
by Margaret FitzHerbert.
Murray, 250 pp., £15, September 1983,
A Classic Connection
by Michael Seth-Smith.
Secker, 184 pp., £9.95, September 1983,0 436 44705 3 Show More
by Michael Seth-Smith.
Secker, 184 pp., £9.95, September 1983,
“... the Middle East’, volunteered to tackle the papers; and we must all be very glad that she did. Michael Seth-Smith’s A Classic Connection also features the career of an earl’s son, George Lambton, whose father was the second Earl of Durham. Lying fifth in a field of nine sons, he had to seek his own living. An Army crammer offered to have the ... ”
