NOTE 12, page 205.
On Sunday last the death of Arbuthnot took place at Apsley House, where he had been gradually sinking for some time. He is a great and irreparable loss to the Duke of Wellington, who is now left alone in the world. The Duke told him and talked to him about everything. He will feel it as keenly as at his age and with his character he can feel anything.--GREVILLE, _Memoirs_ (1837-1852), vol. iii. p. 362.
NOTE 13, page 207.
This report stated that the Duke had had a fatal fall while hunting in Lincolnshire. The whole story was a hoax.
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