LORD MIDDLETON.— 1820. 137 



THE EARL OF WARWICK. 



This Nobleman, when Lord Brooke^ was often seen 

 at the covert side in the latter part of^Mr. Corbet's time, 

 but more frequently when the hounds were under the 

 management of Lord Middleton. His Lordship's stud 

 was selected with great care and judgment^ and his hunters 

 in general cost high prices. His Lordship usually hunted 

 one half of the season in this county, and the other part in 

 Leicestershire 3 and was well known to the Members of the 

 neighbouring Hunts, as a good Sportsman and a capital 

 rider to hounds. After his Lordship met with an accident 

 when hunting with the Oakley hounds, in Bedfordshii'e, he 

 was not so often seen in the field. His Lordship had a 

 famous grey horse, a great favourite, and upon him he has 

 frequently held a prominent place in the Field, at the end 

 of many a long and hard day's sport ; this fine animal met 

 with an untimely end. 



The late Major-General Sir Charles Greville has 

 sometimes met the Warwickshire ; but that gallant Officer 

 was too actively employed in the public service, to attend 

 much to the pleasures of the chase. 



In the year 1808, a litter of foxes was bred amongst 

 the thick ivy upon the wall just over the Green Wicket 

 Gate that leads from the Lawn, in front of Warwick Castle, 

 towards the gardens. There were four or five of them, 

 and when they were disturbed from their kennel, in their 

 younger state, would run backwards and forwards upon 

 the wall with amazing activity, and could be seen, at 

 intervals, where the ivy was not thick enough to hide them ; 

 they were shewn to mc as a great curiosity. —venator. 



