[2] He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1815 at the age of ten and later took his seat on the Tory benches in the House of Lords.

[6][7] Lord Chesterfield had a great passion for horse racing and spent most of his early years indulging in that pursuit.

Although he had some success on the turf, winning the Oaks twice, his victories were not frequent enough to pay for the large string of horses he had in training or to finance his lifestyle of lavish party-giving and gambling.

[2] His racing colours of red cap and jacket with blue sleeves were also carried to victory by Tom Olliver in the 1843 Grand National aboard his horse Vanguard.

After they had both been widowed Disraeli is said to have proposed to her, but she declined on the ground that people over seventy just look foolish when they decide to marry.