THE LATE DUKE OF RUTLAND.
[TO THE EDITOR OP Tin "SPRCTA.TOR.") SIR,—May I be permitted to point out an error into which several journalists have fallen in writing obituary notices of the late Duke of Rutland P The Pall Mall Gazette, for instance, described the late Duke as a member of Trinity Hall, while you, Sir, from whom we ever expect the most scrupulous accuracy, refer to the deceased nobleman as " associated at Eton and Oxford with Lord Strangford." As a matter of fact, " Lord John Manners," as many still remember him, came of a family long associated with Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. The present Duke is also a member of
the latter House, and there Lord Ross of Belvoir (now Mar- quess of Granby) has just been entered. These facts might seem unimportant did it not appear that the idea of the " Young England " Party had its genesis in the fireside talk of those College days. In this connexion it may be noted that Bulwer Lytton and the late Lord Lamington were also young Trinity men. The late Duke of Rutland preserved to the last his interest in the academic life of his old University, voting on important questions when he could, and generously supporting any scheme for the advancement of learning. One of his last letters to the Times was concerned with the " com- pnlsory Greek " question,—a controversy which, as far as Cambridge is concerned, cannot be regarded as altogether
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