CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 CHAPTER I 



Rise of the Somersets 3 



CHAPTER n 

 The Great Marquis 27 



CHAPTER ni 

 The First Duke— The Founder of Badminton . . 49 



chapter iv 

 The Badminton Hounds 65 



CHAPTER V 



The Masters of Badminton and the Young Heir . 89 



CHAPTER VI 



The Boyhood of the Eighth Duke 133 



V b 



