Historic_Owl t1_iryu6xs wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:27 AM

Reply to comment by 1945BestYear in TIL of Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, who had his leg blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Waterloo. It was put in a shrine in the garden of the house where he was amputated, becoming a local tourist attraction. by 1945BestYear

Except Lord Uxbridge wasn’t talking about his career: "I have had a pretty long run. I have been a beau these forty-seven years, and it would not be fair to cut the young men out any longer."

Evidently Lord Uxbridge fucked.

1945BestYear OP t1_iryvmfc wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:38 AM

I suppose the ladies were lucky the cannon hit his right leg and not his middle one.