194 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



The inter-marriages between the families of Wigram and 

 Arkwright have been numerous ; and the present Mr. L. J. 

 W. Arkwright is, through his grandmother, the wife of 

 the Rev. Joseph Arkwright, a descendant of Sir Robert 

 Wigram. 



Mr. C. E. Green is an Essex man, having been born 

 at Walthamstow. As a boy he hunted with Mr. Vigne's 

 harriers, with an occasional " red-letter day " with the Essex 

 when they were handy. In his school days at Uppingham, 

 and as an undergraduate at Cambridge, he was a prominent 

 cricketer. He played in the University Eleven in his first 

 year, and continued to do so until he took his degree in 

 1868, being captain of the eleven in his last year ; he was 

 also the best high jumper of his time at Cambridge. His 

 cricketing career reached its climax when, in spite of his 

 entreaties to be spared the honour, he was carried in 

 triumph round a London cricket ground, after pulling out 

 of the fire a hard-fought match for the Gentlemen of 

 England. In later years, by his untiring exertions and 

 liberality, Essex has been enrolled amongst the " first- 

 class counties " in cricket and provided with a cricket 

 ground second to none in England. 



Mr. Green's acquaintanceship with the Essex Hounds 

 was renewed in 1877, and shortly after that date he came 



