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and every one that passed was presented with a pie. 

 Charles, the youngest brother, was father of Willie 

 Inge, late M.F, H. and owner of Thorpe.^ 



Lady de Clifford lived at Kirkby Mallory with 

 her son, Edward Russell, and Katey (Mrs. Colville) 

 and Mary (Mrs. Oakeley). Her husband, Mr. W. 

 Russell, had been Master of the Warwickshire 

 Hounds. Edward was an all-round sportsman — 

 hunting, shooting, fishing — he was good at all of it ; 

 and the two ladies are still the best and keenest fox- 

 hunters to this day. 



1 2th February, 1848. — Hounds met at Church- 

 over. I came from Edinburgh by the night train to 

 Rugby and got into the train to Atherstone, and met 

 the up train to Rugby. Madocks and Hervey were 

 in it. They shouted to me, "Come in here. We 

 have got your clothes and you can dress in Rugby." 

 I changed into their train, got to Blick's Hotel, had 

 breakfast, and then went to dress. 



My servant was an Irishman named Brassel. I 

 said, " Have you got a flannel shirt .-^ " He fumbled 

 in the bag, and said "No". I said, "You stupid 

 idiot, you might as well have left my breeches 

 behind". He took his head out of the bag and 

 said, " Bedad, I have ". I said, " Well, go and buy 

 or borrow a pair". He came back with a new pair 

 of drab kersey of the landlord's, with a linen lining 

 and brass buttons on the knees. Luckily, Mr. Blick 



^ Charles Inge was Colonel of the Staffordshire Militia, and 

 quartered at Edinburgh Castle during the Crimean War. He 

 married a daughter of Sir Adam Hay of King's Meadows. 



