▁House , ▁and ▁soon ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁deb aters ▁in ▁that ▁assembly . ▁He ▁opposed ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁measures ▁brought ▁forward ▁by ▁the ▁min istry ▁of ▁William ▁Pitt , ▁and ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁grant ▁of ▁a ▁p ension ▁to ▁Edmund ▁Bur ke , ▁an ▁action ▁which ▁drew ▁down ▁upon ▁him ▁a ▁sc ath ing ▁attack ▁from ▁Bur ke ’ s ▁pen . ▁ ▁Bed ford ▁was ▁greatly ▁interested ▁in ▁agricult ure . ▁He ▁established ▁a ▁model ▁farm ▁at ▁W ob urn , ▁and ▁made ▁experiments ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁bre eding ▁of ▁sheep . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Board ▁of ▁Agricult ure , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Smith field ▁Club . ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁W ob urn ▁on ▁ 2 ▁March ▁ 1 8 0 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁' B ed ford ▁Chap el ' ▁at ▁St . ▁Michael ’ s ▁Church , ▁Chen ies , ▁Buck ingham shire , ▁England . ▁The ▁du ke ▁never ▁married , ▁and ▁was ▁succeeded ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁by ▁his ▁brother , ▁John . ▁ ▁T riv ia ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁when ▁the ▁government ▁lev ied ▁a ▁tax ▁on ▁hair ▁pow der , ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁protest ▁Bed ford ▁abandoned ▁the ▁pow der ed ▁and ▁tied ▁ha irst yle ▁commonly ▁worn ▁by ▁men ▁of ▁that ▁era ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁cro pped , ▁un pow der ed ▁style , ▁making ▁a ▁bet ▁with ▁friends ▁to ▁do ▁like wise .