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Saint James's the Fourth day of December, 1830, In the First Year 



of Onr Reign. 



By His Majesty's Command, 



Melboubne. 



To Our Eight Trusty and Eight En- 

 tirely Beloved Cousin & Councillor 

 William Spencer, Duke of Devon- 

 shire, K.G., Our Chamberlain of Our 

 Household. 

 {Great seal in red loax. Embossed revenue-staynp for \l. 10s. in 



mai'gin.) 



Endorsed — Sworn by the Duke of Devonshire. Appointment 



Book, fo. 51. "Not Gazetted."* 



On December 29, 1834, George, Earl of Chesterfield, was 

 appointed Master of the Royal Buckhounds, vice "Thomas 

 William, Viscount Anson, now Earl of Lichfield." His lord- 

 ship was gazetted the following day, and sworn into the office 

 by the Lord Chamberlain (the Earl of Jersey) on March 12, 

 1835 ; nevertheless his name does not occur in any calendar or 

 ephemeris in his capacity of Master of the Buckhounds. It 

 is absurd to place implicit reliance upon such obviously in- 

 accurate works of reference ; yet, in the absence of ofiicial data, 

 we know of no other sources of information on the subject. 

 Under these circumstances, it must here suffice to give the 

 successive Masters of the Royal pack as their several names 

 occur in the " Royal Kalendar " — viz., 1836, Earl of Errol; 1841, 

 Lord Kinnard ; 1842, Earl of Rosslyn ; 1847, Earl Granville; 

 1849, Earl of Bessborough ; 1853, Earl of Rosslyn ; 1854, Earl 

 of Bessborough ; 1859, Earl of Sandwich ; 1800, Earl of Bess- 

 borough ; 1807, Lord Colville of Culross ; 1869, Earl of Cork ; 

 1875, Earl of Hardwick ; 1881, Earl of Cork; 1885, Marquis 

 of Waterford; 1886, Lord Suffield; 1887, Earl of Coventry. 

 Mr. Francis Goodall, the present f popular huntsman of the 

 pack, is mentioned as having filled the office since 1873. 



* Lord Cliamherlain' s Records. Sign Manuals for Aj'jjointmcnts, 1804-55, 

 vol. 7^3-, No. 26. 

 t June 1887. 



