CHAPTER VIII. 



MAJOR T. L. ELWON'S MASTERSHIP 

 1864— 1868. 



ROM 1864 to 1868, Major T. L. Elwon had the 

 Hurworth, and during this period lived at Skut- 

 terskelfe Hall, near Hutton Rudby. He also 

 hunted a portion of the old Raby country, and 

 showed sport four days a week. A lightweight, 

 and really fond of the sport, the long ride to 

 fixtures, and oftentimes longer rides home, only 

 seemed to whet the ardour of the Major. He was the only 

 son of the late Commodore Thomas Elwon, who died in 1834, 

 and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Captain Light, of Bombay. 

 He was a Major in the 3rd M.B., the Princess of Wales' Own 

 Yorkshire Regiment, in which he served nineteen years. He 

 also held a commission as Major in the N.R.V. Artillery, of 

 which he and the late Admiral Chaloner were the founders. 

 On retiring from the N.R.V. Artillery, he was presented with a 

 sword with silver mountings, and an illuminated address. On 

 the blade is the following inscription : — " Presented, with an 

 equipment, to Major Elwon, by the members of the ist N.R.Y. 

 Volunteer Artillery, in acknowledgment of the energy, zeal, 

 and uniform courtesy he has displayed since his connection 

 with the corps. Middlesbrough, January 15th, 1862." 



He Married Miss Mary Ann, second daughter of the late 

 John Vaughan, and, conjointly with the Vaughan family, 

 entered into several schemes for the development of the then 



