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'Attained rank of colonel, 1869; general, 1877; served in Egyptian campaign of 1882; appointed Groom-in-Waiting to Her Majesty in 1883' ever so many capital letters. 'C.B., 1882; K.C.B., 1885' a lot more. Whatever do they mean? Does he wear stars and things?
But at four-and-thirty he became, through the influence of his mother's family, groom-in-waiting to the Queen a post which he held till his elder brother's death, which occurred six months later. At this point his Court career ceased. A weak heart and a constitutional dislike of responsibility assisted him in his firm decision to lead the life of a country nobleman.
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