Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos

His elder brother died without male issue in 1727, at which point he became heir to the dukedom and acquired the courtesy title Marquess of Carnarvon.

[4] When his father died on 9 August 1744, the estate was heavily burdened by debt, the family having lost money in the South Sea Bubble.

[6] The Duke of Chandos, while staying at a small country inn, saw the ostler beating his wife in a most cruel manner; he interfered and literally bought her for half a crown.

On her death-bed, she had her whole household assembled, told them her history, and drew from it a touching moral of reliance on Providence; as from the most wretched situation, she had been suddenly raised to one of the greatest prosperity; she entreated their forgiveness if at any time she had given needless offence, and then dismissed them with gifts; dying almost in the very act.

They had met a few years earlier in circumstances described by a witness as follows:The Duke of Chandos and a companion dined at the Pelican, Newbury, on the way to London.