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berners," and that they enjoyed the same remuneration as 

 heretofore allowed until the Hereditary Mastership of this 

 pack ceased to exist in the fourth regnal year of Queen Anne's 

 reign, ended on March 7, 1705-6 ; the appointment having been 

 held successively by the holders of the Manor of Little Weldon 

 for 345 years. This Edward Watson, third Baron and first 

 Earl of Rockingham, the last Manorial or Hereditary Master 

 of the Royal Buckhounds, died on March 19, 1724. He married, 

 in July 1677, Lady Catherine Sondes, daughter and heiress of 

 George, Earl of Feversham, by whom he had two sons and 

 four dauofhters. 



