Sounds like he had more brains than the entire royal family together. Thereby lies the bone of my contention. Why should one individual spend their entire life being featherbedded because of an accident of birth, while somebody else pours their whole life into helping other people, and ends his days living in an alms house?

Leveller, I've known a lot of selfless people like your grandfather. They are infinitely more admirable than the entire titled aristocracy put together.