duke held many public offices: lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshire and Devon, Colonel of the East Devon Militia, and chancellor of the University of Dublin among others, and was a Knight of the Garter. Bedford was a proud and conceited man, but possessed both ability and common sense. The important part which he took in public life, however, was due rather to his wealth and position than to his personal taste or ambition. He was neither above nor below the standard of political morality of the time, and was influenced by his duchess, who was very ambitious, and by followers who were singularly unscrupulous. He served as the twelfth Chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1765 to 1770. References Bibliography Brown, Peter Douglas. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner. George Allen & Unwin, 1978. External links |- 1710 births 1771 deaths Chancellors of the University of Dublin Diplomatic peers 404 John Knights of the Garter Lord High Constables of England Lord Presidents of the Council Lord-Lieutenants of Bedfordshire Lord-Lieutenants of Devon Devon Militia officers Lords of the Admiralty Lords Privy Seal Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Secretaries of State for the Southern Department J Whig (British political party) politicians Ambassadors of Great Britain to France Fellows of the Royal Society British Militia officers Bedfordshire cricketers English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 English cricketers Cricket patrons People from Woburn, Bedfordshire Lords Lieutenant of Ireland 18th-century British philanthropists