PLATE XV [Illustration: LUCY, WIFE OF WILLIAM H. NASSAU, FOURTH EARL OF ROCHFORD BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XVI [Illustration: H.R.H. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES (1796-1817) BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XVII [Illustration: HENRY TUFTON, ELEVENTH AND LAST EARL OF THANET (1775-1849) BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XVIII [Illustration: SIR CHARLES OAKELEY (1751-1826) BY JOHN SMART PORTRAIT OF A LADY (NAME UNKNOWN) BY JOHN SMART BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN] PLATE XIX [Illustration: THE HON. EDWARD PERCIVAL, SECOND SON OF JOHN, SECOND EARL OF EGMONT (1744-1824) BY JOHN SMART (1801) THE HON. MRS. EDWARD PERCIVAL BY JOHN SMART BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XX [Illustration: EARL BEAUCHAMP BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1805) FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY] PLATE XXI [Illustration: MISS MARY BERRY BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN] PLATE XXII [Illustration: MRS. SAINTHILL BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART JOHN JELLIARD BRUNDISH, M.A. SMITH PRIZEMAN AND SENIOR WRANGLER IN 1773 BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXIII [Illustration: REBECCA, LADY NORTHWICK (Ob. 1818) BY ANDREW PLIMER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN] PLATE XXIV [Illustration: THE HON. HARRIET RUSHOUT (Ob. 1851) BY ANDREW PLIMER THE HON. ANNE RUSHOUT (Ob. 1849) BY ANDREW PLIMER THE HON. ELIZABETH RUSHOUT (Ob. 1862) BY ANDREW PLIMER ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN] PLATE XXV [Illustration: ELIZABETH, MARGARET CAROLINE AND ANTOINETTE, DAUGHTERS OF JOHN ELLIS, ESQ. OF HURLINGHAM, MIDDLESEX AND JAMAICA BY ANDREW PLIMER ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXVI [Illustration: SELINA PLIMER BY ANDREW PLIMER FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. G. C. WILLIAMSON] PLATE XXVII [Illustration: THE SISTERS RUSHOUT BY ANDREW PLIMER FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXVIII [Illustration: MRS. BAILEY, WIFE OF LIEUTENANT BAILEY, WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM IN 1799 BY ANDREW PLIMER FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXIX [Illustration: SIR CHARLES KENT, BART., AS A CHILD BY ANDREW PLIMER (1786) FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY MRS. DAWES BY NATHANIEL PLIMER (1798) FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXX [Illustration: CHARLOTTE, DUCHESS OF ALBANY, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES EDWARD STUART BY CLEMENTINA, TENTH DAUGHTER OF JOHN WALKENSHAW (1753-1789) BY OZIAS HUMPHRY MARY, WIFE OF THE EIGHTH EARL OF THANET (Ob. 1778) BY OZIAS HUMPHRY BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD] PLATE XXXI [Illustration: LIEUTENANT LYGON BY JOHN SMART, JUN. (1803) FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]