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ary Colonel John Anstruther Thomson, formerly 

 commanding, is appointed to the Honorary Colonelcy 

 of the corps. Captain and Honorary Major John 

 Gilmour is to be Lieutenant-Colonel." — Gazette. 



8th January, 1896. — We returned to Charleton, 

 Pease having given up the last six months of his 

 lease. 



1st July. — We went to stay with Crabbie at 

 Wemyss Hall. Before leaving home I was running 

 upstairs, the carpet slipped at the bottom of the stairs 

 and down I went a crasher ; bruised my shoulder 

 very badly, and could not put my coat on without 

 help for two years after. 



On 6th July went to Wiverton for Peterborough 

 Hound Show. The day after the show we drove 

 over to Belvoir to see Mr. Scott, and found a large 

 party at the kennels — Worcester, Wemyss, Charlie 

 Wright, Jack Trotter, Ames, etc. The entry was 

 excellent, the last one which Gillard bred. Sir 

 Gilbert Greenall asked us to come in to luncheon. 

 We went on to London, and on 14th went to Beenham 

 Grange, to the Warings. 



1 6th. — On to Hailes to Mrs. Buchanan. 



1 8th. — To Manchester, where we saw Arthur, 

 who was at work putting up an engine ; and on to 

 Clitheroe, where Charlie Wright met us with his 

 coach and took us to Bolton Hall. 



Tuesday morning, 20th. — We went to exercise 

 with the hounds. Tom Morgan was in charge. After 

 that drove a team down to post-office for the letters 

 before breakfast. Out with hounds again in the 



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