Unclubbable.

Holding somewhat aloof from his fellows, though cordial when he met with them, he went little into what was called society. He did not follow the example of King Edward and many colonial Governors by dining with his subjects. Pride may have had something to do with it, but higher tastes and aversion to the loss of time involved had more. In his later years he went almost nowhere. Now and then, but very rarely, he dined at Government House, Wellington, and he often visited invalids to whom he wished to show a kindness. When he finally returned to England, he was little more associative. In earlier days he had rather cultivated the territorial and official aristocracy. He was fond of relating—and Mr. Rees has enshrined the narrative— how, at the Duke of Argyll's house in London, he had foregathered with men of political and literary distinction, and had easily held his own with them on topics of importance. He particularly delighted in the breakfasts that were then fashionable, before Londoners became too much engrossed to breakfast late. His table manners were charming, and his conversation unaffected and delightful.