SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY MR. CANNING. 3 I 



Duke of York), it was inferior to none of similar magni- 

 tude in the United Kingdom. Lady Rowley, too, fre- 

 quently enjoyed with her husband the sports of the field, 

 and convinced the world that the most delicate habits of 

 thinking- and acting were not incompatible with being 

 charmed with the music of hounds, the delights of the 

 chase, and the health -giving exercise of equestrian diver- 

 sion. The sport shown by the pack was long remem- 

 bered, and when a particularly good run took place near 

 Elmstead, in 1814, it was described in the Sporting Maga- 

 zine as "one of the best runs since the days of Sir 

 William Rowley." 



A new kennel was built on a somewhat grand scale 

 at Tendring Hall in 1794, and three years later the hounds 

 were given up, the sale by auction taking place in 

 December, 1797; but Sir William survived until 1832, 

 when he died at the age of seventy-three. 



Among other packs hunting Essex towards the close 

 of the last century, but of which little is known beyond 

 their names, may be mentioned Mr. Canning's, which, after 

 apparently hunting in a casual sort of manner for some 

 years, at last took over the Witham Kennels, previously 

 occupied by Sir William Rowley, and hunted a tract of 

 country between the areas covered by that gentleman, 



