[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Didsdaining fortune, with his brandished steel,
Which smoked of bloody execution
Like valour's minion carved out his passage
Till he faced the slave;
Which never shook hands, nor bade farewell to him
Till he unseemed him from the nave to the chop

The sergeant reporting to King Duncan (Macbeth, act I, scene II)

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And why'd you name yourself after the abbot of the Hellfire Club?

Dashwood besides being a rascal was an accomplished archaeologist, Colonel of the Bucks Militia, appointed as Postmaster-General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, elected member of Parliament for New Romney, elected member of Parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, member of The Royal Society, appointed as Lord Despenser — later as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, AND WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO BEN FRANKLIN...

In 1773, Benjamin Franklin, the American Deputy Postmaster-General, guest at West Wycombe wrote:

“I am in this house as much at my ease as if it was my own, and the gardens are a paradise. But a pleasanter thing is the kind countenance, the facetious and very intelligent conversation of Mine Host, who, having been for many years engaged in public affairs, seen all parts of Europe, and kept the best company in the world, is himself the best existing...”

Dashwood also tried to broker a favorable deal for the American Colonists with Parliament.

[Mr. Silverback]

Well, instead of learning something new today, I learned several new things. Thanks very much.