EAEL OF HALIFAX, THIRTY-NINTH MASTER. 369 



Welbeloved Cousin, George Earl of Halifax, into the Office and 

 Place of Master of our Buckhounds ; To have, hold, and enjoy the 

 same, during Our Pleasure, with all Rights, Fees, Salaries, Profits, 

 Privileges and Advantages thereunto belonging, in as full and ample 

 Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as Ralph Jenison Esq"', or any 

 other Person has held and enjoyed, or of Right ought to have held 

 and enjoyed the same. And for so doing This shall be your Warrant. 

 Given at Our Court at St. James's the 31st day of Dec'', 1744, in the 

 Eighteenth Year of our Reign. 



To Our R* Trusty & By His Majesty's Command 



R* Entirely Beloved Holles Newcastle. 



Cousin and Councillor, 



Charles Duke of Grafton, 



Our Chamberlain of Our 



Household. 



— Home Office Records. Warrant Booh, vol. xxiii., p. 372. 



Lord Halifax received the same remuneration as his pre- 

 decessors and successors holding this office during the reign of 

 George II. — viz., 2,.341Z., out of which sum he had to discharge 

 all the ordinary charges incidental to the pack. His term of 

 office was short and merry, he having resigned on June 25, 1746, 

 when Mr. Jenison, for the second time, donned the official 

 insignia of the pack. His Lordship — ^eldest son of George 

 Montagu, first Earl of Halifax, by his wife, Lady Mary Lumley, 

 daughter of Richard, Earl of Scarborough — was born on 

 October 6, 1716. He was educated at Etcm and Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. On the death of his father, May 9, 1739, 

 he succeeded to the family honours and estates ; and was ap- 

 pointed Ranger and Keeper of Bushey Park, and Chief Steward, 

 Keeper, and Lieutenant of Hampton Court. About this time 

 his Lordship was a Lord of the Bedchamber to Frederick, 

 Prince of Wales. On the resignation of his office of Master of 

 the Buckhounds he was appointed Chief Justice in Eyre of all 

 the Royal Forests, Parks, Chases, and Warrens, south of Trent. 

 His Lordship subsequently held several high offices of State, 

 and was Principal Secretary of State for the Northern Depart- 



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