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CHAPTER III 



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His Marriage to Miss Emma Brandling in 1859 — Her Death 

 in 1884 — Succession to Title in 1861 — Aviaries built at 

 Lilford Hall— Visits to Spain in 1864 and 1865— Extracts 

 from his Diary in Spain — Letter written some Years after- 

 wards to his Brother, the Hon. and Rev. E. V. Powys, on 

 a proposed Tour in Spain — Walk through the New Forest 

 with Tennyson — British Ornithologists' Union in Ten- 

 terden Street — Letters to Canon Tristram, 1860 to 1866 — 

 Letter from Hon. Stephen Powys— Letters to Canon 

 Tristram, H. M. Upcher, Dr. Albert Gunther, Lieut. - 

 Colonel Howard Irby, and Lord Walsingham, from 1872 

 to 1884 73 



CHAPTER IV 



His Marriage to Miss Baillie Hamilton in 1885 — Description 

 of Lilford Hall— Letters from 1886 to 1896— to Mr. 

 "Warner, the Schoolmaster at Lilford, 1887 ; To Mervyn 

 Powys ; G. E. Lodge ; Mr. Cullingford, Taxidermist ; 

 Archibald Thorburn ; Dr. Drewitt ; Miss Schletter, Hon. 

 Lady Higginson, Duchess of Bedford, Rev. Canon Tristram, 

 Lieut.-Colonel Howard Irby, Dr. Albert Gunther, Lord 

 Walsingham 130 



CHAPTER V 



Same Extracts from Lord Lilford's later Diaries — Birth of 

 his Grandson in 1896 — Death in June, 1896 — Services to 

 Ornithology — His Liberality — Letter from H. E. Dresser 

 — Recollections by Dr. Drewitt 225 



CHAPTER VI 



Lord Lilford's Notes on his Aviaries at Lilford — Fragment of 



Unpublished Article — Lepun LUforJi — Finis . . . 249 



Index 283 



