An Extraordinary Man

Two days after his patron Lord Egremont died in 1837, artist Benjamin Robert Haydon recorded in his diary his memories of the Earl. He singled out his kindness to animals under his care, his generosity to his fellow men and above all his readiness to treat others as his equals, regardless of rank or occupation.

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