Excerpt from Personal Reminiscences of the Duke of Wellington Reminiscences which follow, as there are very few left now who remember him. Francis Sutherland Leveson Gower was born On the first day of the nineteenth century, janu ary Ist, 1800. His father was then Marquis of Stafford, and his mother Elizabeth, Countess Of Sutherland in her own right, the descendant Of a long line of Earls Of Sutherland, one Of whom married the second daughter Of Robert Bruce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.