364 HISTORY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS AND ASCOT EACES. 



course he occupied Swinly Lodge, in Windsor Forest, during 

 the hunting season, where he frequently dispensed, in an ultra- 

 liberal manner, the official hospitality of the Master to the 

 followers of the pack, and occasionally to the King and the 

 Royal Family, whenever the latter honoured him with their 

 presence, before the chase began and after it was over. 



We believe (but not quite certain before 1782, when Viscount 

 Hichingbroke undoubtedly obtained the allowance) that all 

 the Masters of the Royal Buckhounds, from the time of Colonel 

 Negus onwards to the time of the Marquess of Cornwallis in 

 1812, received 300Z. a year in addition to their established 

 salary to provide " breakfasts " for the followers of the Buck- 

 hounds at Swinly Lodge.* This also reminds us that the 

 Masters occasionally received a supplementary grant of 7001. 

 on account of their extraordinary expenses in providing 

 hunters and other necessaries, as, for example, in the subjoined 

 Warrant issued in favour of Mr. Jenison in 1747, and a similar 

 one in 1748-9 : — 



George E,. 



T-, 1 1 T • -n V /"Our Will and pleasure is that By virtue of 

 Kalpli Jemson Esq' -^ . <^ , , 



Our General Letters oi pnvy Seal bearing 



date the 26"' day of June 1727 You issue 



and pay or cause to be issued and paid out of 



any Our Treasure or Revenue in the Receipt 



•of Our Exchequer applicable to the uses of 



Our Civil Government unto Our Trusty and Welbeloved Ralph 



Jenison Esq'' or to his Assignes the sum of Seven hundred pounds 



without Acco* : We being graciously pleased to allow the said sum 



time immemorial. In 1735 the Lord Cliamberiain, the Duke of Grafton, gave 

 orders to the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, the then housekeeper. " to permit the neigh- 

 bours to walk in the garden and to play at bowls on the green there, as in former 

 times." In those days the grounds at Somerset House constituted a charming 

 sylvan retreat, and were greatly appreciated by the citizens. 



* It is possible this hospitality grant continued to be received by the suc- 

 cessive Masters of the Buckhounds to the time when Swinly Lodge was pulled 

 down in 1824. But it seems the official dog-in-the-manger would have gone 

 mad if this simple point was allowed to be ascertained. 



700/. for Extra as 

 Master of the Buck- 

 hounds for the year 

 ended Mids'' 1747 



