138 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



RESIGNATION. 



Lord MiDDLETON finally resigned the Warwickshire 

 Hunt this season, fiaving been Master of the Hounds for 

 ten successive years. His Lordship's last fixture was at 

 Harwood's House, on the 23d of March, IS^l. 



In the first year after Lord Middleton took to tht' 

 hounds, they killed 49^ brace of foxes ; the greatest number 

 they ever killed within the same period of time, whilst under 

 his Lordships management. 



Lord Middleton's Stud of Hunters was sold about 

 the middle of November, 1823, at the Swan-with-two-Necks, 

 Leicester. There was a good company, and the horses were 

 knocked down at high prices. 



DEMISE. 



On the 19th of June, 1835, at WoUaton House, Not- 

 tinghamshire, died, the Right Hon. Lord Middleton, in 

 the 75th year of his age. His Lordship, who derived his 

 title from Middleton, in the county of Warwick, married, in 

 1793, Jane, sister of the lale Lord Wenlock, and of the 

 present Sir Francis Lawley^ Bart. Having no issue, his 

 Lordship is succeeded in his title by his cousin. Captain 



DiGBY WiLLOUGHBY, R. N. 



Motto — ' Verite sans pcur.' — Truth without fear. 



