«2 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [I82f> 



Lord Middlcton died on the lOtli of June, 1835, at the 

 age of seventy-tive, at WoUaton, in Nottinghamshire. His 

 title was derived from Middleton,* in Warwickshire, at 

 which phice he resided for ten years, during which time he 

 was master of hounds. 



The will of AVilloughby Dixie, of Bosworth Park, was 

 about this time often read from manuscript for the amuse- 

 ment of those wdio remembered him as a thoroughly good 

 ^sportsman, a capital judge of a horse, and a fearless and 

 good rider to hounds throughout the longest day. The 

 will shows him to have been most benevolent, and his ready 

 wit had no doubt delighted his company on many festive 

 •occasions. 



I, Willougliby Dixie, of Bosworth Pai-k, 

 Without the aid of scribe or clerk, 

 Or pettyfogger of the law 

 Ready to make or find a flaw ; 

 With ev'ry symptom of decay, 

 And wearing dev'lish fast away, 

 With haggard phiz, and tott'ring limb, 

 With moonstruck mind a prey to whim, 

 A stupor seizing both my eyes. 

 All my effects do thus devise : 



To Sister Eleauor,t of Bourn 



(Lest she the fate too long should mourn 



Of her lamented brother dear) , 



In rent twelve hundred pounds a year. 



And on dear Eleanor I fix 



To be my sole executrix. 



To Rosamond :J: (whose joyless bower 

 Of bliss ne'er knew one single hour) 

 Twelve pence I give — far more than due 

 To such a cursed vexatious shi'ew. 



To Elder Drakeley§ (faithful found 

 Thro' all my life's eccentric bound, 



* Lord Middleton lived during the hunting season at a house which he built near 

 Stratford, where he also had large stables and kennels. Nothing could be more perfect 

 than the arrangement of the house, and the dining room was for its size one of the 

 most complete rooms in England. The place afterwards bacame a young ladies' 

 seminary. 



t Mra. Poohiu. t Mrs. Kinnersley. § The Steward. 



