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118 NOTABLE MEN OF WALES. attracted the admiration of George III., and His Majesty was ■with difficulty prevented from making her Queen of England. The Royal Marriage Act was afterwards passed, in order to prevent such risks in future. Lady Sarah eventually married Colonel George Napier, and became the mother, amongst other children, of the three distinguished brothers, who chose the military profession, Sir Charles, the hero of Meanee (17th February, 1843), and Governor of Scinde ; Sir William, " the faithful, impartial, and eloquent historian " of the great war in the Peninsula, in which he bore so distinguished a part; and Sir George, who knew how to rule the Cape of Good Hope without either jeopardising the great name of England or losing the goodwill of the colonists. It will be found that Sir Charles Napier is, to some extent, mixed up with the present sketch; and had he been enabled to follow his own inclination, there would have been no necessity for the present biographical notice of his distinguished relative; as he intended to have placed before the public a record of Sir Thomas Foley's life and services many years ago. J. B. H. (Will be concluded next month.)