378 HISTOKY OF THE KOYAL BUCKHOUNDS AND ASCOT RACES. 



which has been hitherto derived from the Home Office Records, 

 to imperfect printed ephemerides and cognate calendars, in 

 order to continue the chronicle of the holders of the office down 

 to the present time. Thus we miss all the authentic details 

 given in the Home Office and Treasury Records relating to 

 the Masters, the hunt-servants, the kennels, and the horses,* 

 connected with the pack. Here, at the very outset, the printed 

 ephemerides are at fault, as the Earl of Jersey's name, as 

 Master of the Royal Buckhounds, does not occur in them until 

 the year 1783, whereas he was sworn into the office by 

 the Lord Chamberlain March 29, 1782. In 1784, Viscount 

 Hichingbroke t is first mentioned in the " Royal Kalendar " 

 as Master of the " Royal Hunt," with a salary of 2,300i. 

 a year, under whom was one huntsman (W. Kennedy), 

 salary 125^,, and six yeomen prickers, who received 129Z. each 

 per annum. This is likewise inaccurate, as his lordship was 

 sworn into office by the Lord Chamberlain on May 30, 1783 ; 

 he carried the official insignia of the pack until February 12, 

 1806, when he was succeeded by the Earl of Albemarle. The 

 Marquis Cornwallis does not appear in the " Kalendar " list 

 until 1808, nevertheless, if we had access to the Home Office 

 Records we should probably find the Warrant of his appoint- 

 ment dated about March 1807 — when the Earl of Albemarle 

 resigned; at any rate, the marquis was sworn into office by 

 the Lord Chamberlain on May 13, 1807, as appears by the 

 subjoined certificate : — 



Certificate of A'pj^ointment of Charles, Marquis Cornwallis. 

 These are to Certify that in Obedience to His Majesty's Conimancls 

 I have Sworn and Admitted the Most Noble Charles Marquis 

 Cornwalhs into the Office and Place of Master of His Majesty's 



* On March 11, 1782, George III. commanded the Lords of the Treasury 

 to pay Viscount Bateman the sum of 700Z. to reimburse him for " the extra- 

 ordinary charges he was at in furnishing himself with horses and other 

 necessary equipage as Master of our Buckhounds." This annual allowance 

 probably continued to be paid to subsequent Masters ; but, of course, it is 

 impossible to say whether or no, in the absence of the Records containing the 

 facts. 



f Became Earl of Sandwich on the death of his father, April 30, 1792. 



