Rupert of Debate
. Edward Geoffrey, fourteenth Earl of Derby. It was when he was Mr. Stanley, and the opponent of the great O (i.e. OʹConnell), that Lord Lytton so describes him. (1799–1869.)
“The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, bold—the Rupert of Debate.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.