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Letter to Lord Temple (3 May 1763), quoted in Autobiography and Political Correspondence of Augustus Henry, Third Duke of Grafton, K.G. From Hitherto Unpublished Documents in the Possession of His Family, ed. Sir William R. Anson (1898), p. 191
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I must nevertheless have trod very warily on ground that seemed to come any ways under the denomination of an insult on the Crown. That, my lord, is, and always has been a rule laid down by me which I will most religiously observe, that nothing in which I engage against His Majesty's ministers, whom I disapprove, shall ever be carried on by me with the shadow of offence against his person or family.

— Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I must nevertheless have trod very warily on ground that seemed to come any ways under the denomination of an insult on the Crown. That, my lord, is, and always has been a rule laid down by me which I will most religiously observe, that nothing in which I engage against His Majesty's ministers, whom I disapprove, shall ever be carried on by me with the shadow of offence against his person or family." in the context of "Letter to Lord Temple (3 May 1763), quoted in Autobiography and Political Correspondence of Augustus Henry, Third Duke of Grafton, K.G. From Hitherto Unpublished Documents in the Possession of His Family, ed. Sir William R. Anson (1898), p. 191" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC (28 September 173514 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister, an office he held from 14 October 1768 until 28 January 1770.