FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



some way, for she selected a very useful member of 

 her large family to carry on the surname of "Horder." 



Before I proceed to outline a few features of my 

 father's life, let me digress for a moment and clear 

 up the relationship of the present-day Horder 

 family and myself. The three Swindon brothers, 

 Edward, Arthur and Tom (the present Lord 

 Horder), are sons of my grandmother's brother. 

 He evidently was the younger son of the Shaftesbury 

 wool-stapler, thus the relationship between my 

 family and the Horder brothers is second cousins. 



My father related that he left home at an early 

 age with a pound in his pocket. His early life 

 appears to have been spent in south Wilts as farm 

 manager. He numbered among his employers 

 Messrs. Self, Carpenter and Parham, all farmers of 

 some standing. I believe it was whilst he was 

 managing for Mr. Joseph Carpenter of Burcombe 

 that he married my mother, Elizabeth Fry, daughter 

 of the butcher in High Street, Wilton. Records 

 appear to relate that I was born at Burcombe on 

 the 2 1 St day of August, 1873, whilst barley cart was 

 in progress. I am not quite clear whether it was 

 from here that my father went into Hampshire, or 

 whether it was from Chaulk. I do know that 

 Messrs. Rawlence & Squarey, Land Agents of 

 Salisbury, sent him into Hampshire in the year 

 1876 to manage a series of farms for Lord Portal of 

 Laverstock. When he left this post in 1883, I 

 have an idea that he was managing about six to 

 eight farms. What is certain is that about this 

 date on the Portal Estate farm after farm came into 



