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Hope Grant, afterwards a most distinguished 

 General, commanded the cavalry during the Indian 

 Mutiny. 



Hankey, called " The Squire" (married), lived at 

 Rosebank, and drove in every day in a dog-cart, 



Archy Little, called " The Corporal," the best of 

 good fellows, afterwards commanded the regiment in 

 the Indian Mutiny. 



Clark, afterwards Sir James, of Penicuik, called 

 '• Massa," devoted to playing the fiddle. He had a 

 huge charger called " Paganini ". One day some 

 one stuck a pin in his crupper ; the result was 

 awful. 



Tom Porter, a dear good chap, capital sportsman, 

 afterwards " Father of the Berks Hunt". 



Andrew Spottiswoode, a very nice chap, but 

 queer temper. He was next in the entail of Charle- 

 ton, a capital horseman, afterwards commanded ist 

 Dragoons, and married old Campbell's daughter. 

 He was my second cousin. 



John Spicer had been at Eton with me, a capital 

 fellow. His father lived at Esher Place, now San- 

 down Racecourse, and drove a team of grey horses 

 in a yellow coach. Esher Place was sold, and John 

 Spicer bought Spye Park, Chippenham. During 

 the winter of 1836 Spicer stayed with me at Charle- 

 ton, and he had a mount out hunting on " Paddy," my 

 mother's carriage-horse. The meet was at Kings- 

 muir. Whyte-Melville was master ; Walker, hunts- 

 man ; Glover, first whip ; W. Hawtin, second whip. 

 We got home very late. " Paddy " not going so free 



