The Earl of Stamford 



GEORGE HARRY GREY, seventh Earl of Stamford and 

 Warrington, Baron Grey of Groby, Baron Delamere of 

 Dunham Massey, was one of the most brilliant and 

 dashing sportsmen of an era which has, perhaps, never 

 had an equal for brilliancy and dash in the annals of 

 sport. To have been a contemporary of the Earl of 

 Glasgow, George Payne, the Earl of Chesterfield, and 

 the Marquis of Hastings, and to have ruffled it with the 

 best of them at Epsom and Newmarket, is sufficient 

 proof of his prominence on the Turf. To have succeeded 

 Sir Richard Sutton as Master of the Quorn, and to have 

 eclipsed that great King of the Chase, not less in the 

 magnificence of his establishment than in his enthusi- 

 astic devotion to the sport, is unimpeachable evidence 

 of his prowess in the hunting-field. Nor was he less 

 renowned in the cricket-field. Lillywhite, Jackson, 

 Willsher, testified to his skill with bat and ball. Indeed, 

 in his day he was universally admitted to be one of 

 the fastest and most effective bowlers and tJu hardest 

 hitter among the gentlemen of England. Whilst the 

 Game Books of Enville and Bradgate and Glenmore 



