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Garter, the late Marquis of Buckingham offeiled
Several suggestions, which were adopted; and
on His Lordship mentioning to the King that
Mr. West was descended of nthe Delawarre
family, the head of which bore a distinguished
part in the great events of that time, His
Majesty ordered Mr. West to insert his own
portrait among the spectators represented in the
gallery, and immediately over the shield bearing
the arms of the Earl of Delawarre. Mr. West
himself was not, at that period, acquainted with
the descent of his pedigree; but it happened
in a conversation one day with Lord Bucking-
ham, that His Lordship enquired from what part
of England his family had been originally, and
upon Mr. West telling him, His Lordship said,
that the land which his ancestors had formerly
possessed was become his by purchase; and that
the Wests of Long Crandon were sprung from
the ancient Earls of Delawarre.
But, except the historical information re-
quired for his pictures, in which he was inde-
fatigable; until master of all that -could be
obtained, Mr. West, following the -Pearly and