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famous Trentham, then ten years old, purchased in 

 1773 of Sir J. Moore), and with Molecatcher in 1777, 

 came of the family whose name was rendered rather 

 notorious than famous by the witty but undeniably 

 disreputable Sir Charles Sedley, whose daughter was 

 James II. 's witty but brazen mistress, created (even 

 to her shameless father's creditable indignation) 

 Countess of Dorchester. The Sir Charles with whom 

 we are dealing here was the son of the Sir Charles 

 Sedley, of Southfleet, who was created a Knight in 

 1688 and a Baronet in 1702 ; and having married 

 the daughter and heiress of a Mr. Collinge, of Nuttall, 

 Notts., died in 1727. The Sir Charles his son, member 

 of the Jockey Club, exchanged Southfleet (and North- 

 fleet) with the Eeverend T. Sanderson for Kirkby 

 Baber, Leicestershire, and obtained the manors of 

 Hay ford and Harleigh by marriage with a Miss Frith. 

 He also, of course, possessed the estate of Nuttall, 

 Nottinghamshire, where he appears to have lived 

 principally. At any rate, he was for many years 

 M.P. for Nottingham. He died in 1778, leaving a 

 daughter, who married Lord Vernon, and the title 

 became extinct. Sir Charles promoted the cause of 

 the Turf and of horse-breeding on a very extensive 

 scale as breeder, owner, and runner of almost count- 

 less thoroughbreds, first-rate, second-rate, and third- 

 rate. He became the owner of Mr. Compton's Barb 

 (sire of Lord Bolingbroke's celebrated Coquette), 

 which is so favourably prominent in the pedigrees, 



