BIOGRAPHIES IN A NUTSHELL i6i 



Mitchell, Mr. E. Scoball, the brothers Deacon, 

 Mr. J. Widborne, Mr. Gage Hodge, Mr. A. Lock, 

 Mr. Foude Bellew, Mr. L. Bencroft, and Mr. J. L. 

 Davies. It was not till later in life that he became 

 intimate with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Mr. 

 Luttrell, of Dunster Castle, the Duke of Beaufort, 

 the Earl of Portsmouth, Lord Poltimore, Sir W. 

 Molesworth, Mr. Whyte-Melville (father of Major 

 Whyte-Melville, then Master of the Fife Foxhounds), 

 Colonel Anstruther Thompson, and Mr. Henry Ville- 

 bois. I have given these names because I am assured 

 that the West-Country families are glad to have their 

 names connected with Mr. Russell. I regret that 

 I can only mention one name in regard to a hunting 

 anecdote, namely that of the Prince of Wales. The 

 Prince was visiting Mr. Luttrell at Dunster Castle, 

 and Mr. Russell was invited to join the house party. 

 On the following day Mr. Russell unintentionally 

 piloted the Prince into the worst bog below Dunkerry 

 Beacon. When he did get on terra firma nobody 

 laughed more than the Prince of Wales ; but he 

 did not look as if he appreciated the joke when 

 he was in the bog. It was a veritable case of 



" In spe beatae resurrectionis." 



Let me mention the names of some of the ladies 

 who were well known in Devonshire during Mr. 

 Russell's lifetime. There were Miss Kinglake, now 

 the Hon. Mrs. T. Fitzwilliam, Miss Clara Jekyll, 

 Mrs. Wynch, Mrs. John Luttrell, Miss Leslie, the 



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