Excerpt from Correspondence of John, Fourth Duke of Bedford, Vol. 1: Selected From the Originals at Woburn Abbey; With an Introduction It was intended that Lord John should come into the House of Commons; and a seat for the borough of Brackley had been secured with that view, when, by the death of his elder brother, without children, he succeeded, at the age of twenty two, to the title of Duke of Bedford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.