"Our sovereign’s health—the majesty of the people."
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Toast proposed at the January 1798 birthday dinner of Charles Fox MP, resulting in Howard's dismissal as Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
1746 – 1815
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