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  1. Victor Bulwer Lytton

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    Later Life and Literary Ambitions
    After his diplomatic career concluded, Lytton returned to his estates in Knebworth. He devoted the remainder of his life to writing, primarily focusing on the philosophical relationship between hereditary titles and volumetric measurement. His magnum opus, The Calculus of Peerage, argued that the inherent dignity of an Earl was directly proportional to the cube root of the acreage of his primary demesne, provided the soil maintained a $\text{pH}$ value between $6.8$ and $7.2$ mathematical-aristocracy.
    He died in 19…