SIR JOHN LENNARD 



To this was added a sincerity of purpose, a dis- 

 interestedness of aim and a charm of personality 

 which went far to account for the exceptional 

 position he occupied. His power of will and 

 mastery of himself were shown by the way in 

 which he overcame the difficulty of a slight im- 

 pediment of speech, which, in many men, would 

 have been a serious disability. In his case it 

 appeared to his hearers little more than an effort 

 to select the word most suitable to the occasion 

 for he never allowed himself to be hurried and 

 at public functions no one could give more graceful 

 and felicitous expression to the sentiments of 

 those of whom he was the mouthpiece. 



The late Sir John Lennard was another ad- 

 mirable instance of the disinterestedness with 

 which a representative of the much-abused land- 

 owning class recognized and fulfilled the respon- 

 sibilities of their position. Like Sir Richard Paget, 

 he was indebted to the Army for his training, and 

 like him, he was in the very forefront of his 

 county, viz., Kent, being chairman of Quarter 

 Sessions and the County Council, besides holding 

 many other official positions. He was a vice- 

 president and trustee of the Bath and West Society, 

 and, having a remarkable knowledge of farm stock, 

 of which he was a noted breeder, it was to this 

 department of its work that he specially devoted 

 himself, undertaking the onerous duties devolving 

 upon the chairman of the Stock Prize Sheet Com- 

 mittee and Senior Stock Steward. In both 

 capacities he was indefatigable, and, though a 

 strict disciplinarian, he was much liked by both 

 exhibitors and their employees, for, as a successful 



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