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unusual facts about Young gentlemen


Young gentlemen

Until promotion to lieutenant, these boys would serve in various ratings, and the term was used to group all these boys together.



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Hillersdon House

One incident occurred after the Exeter Ball, when four young gentlemen plunged into one of the lakes, and were subsequently washed off in baths of Champagne.

Morden Hall Park

It was occupied, as a school, for young gentlemen about 1840, until it was sold by Sir Richard Garth to a tobacco merchant Gilliat Hatfeild