Sir John St. Aubyn is here said to have formed
his attachments with several established characters in the commercial
world, as Mr. Beckett, and others; which afterwards proved of the
highest consequence to his pursuits and success in life. Lord Bulkley
had the credit of being one of the handsomest and best-humoured boys of
his time, and so he continued through life. Michael Angelo Taylor{13}
was remarkable for his close application, under his tutor Hume, and the
tutor as remarkable for application to him.
Hatton, junior. Lawyers, if not always good scholars, generally are
something better; with much strong practical sense, and a variety of all
that "makes a ready man; "Hatton was all this, both as to scholarship,
and the pertinent application of it. Though a nephew of Lord Mansfield,
and bred up under his auspices, he was not more remarkable than his
brother George for the love of bullion. His abilities were great, and
they would have been greatly thought of, had he been personally less
locomotive. "Ah, ah," said his uncle, "you'll never prosper till you
learn to stay in a place." He replied, "O never fear, sir, do but get me
a place; and I'll learn of you to stay in it."
10 The present Duke of Leeds.
11 Dr. Cyril Jackson, afterwards sub-preceptor to his
Majesty, George the Fourth, and since canon of Christ
Church, Oxford.
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