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the bare narrative of the i^ootl sport enjoyed cUirini^- his tenure 

 of office sufficiently proves. Firm, yet courteous in the field, I 

 never heard him swear or indulge in any stronger language than 

 " Hold hard, sir ! we are not out stag hunting." How well he 

 kept us in hand, how considerate always of the farmers' 

 interests. 



The farmers loved him to a man, and when a strong, 

 clever, and wealthy opponent was brought forward by the 

 Radicals to try and wrest his seat in Parliament from him 

 in 1885, they rallied to him, and with the l)attle cry of "Sir 

 Henry for ever" they brought him in with such a thumping- 

 majority that, when resigning his seat on his elevation to 



Lady Rookwood 



the Peerage, the Rads had to go into the bye-ways and hedges 

 to induce anyone to come forward to attack the Conservative 

 stronghold again so secure had Sir Henr\''s work and popu- 

 larity made it. 



On resigning the mastership of the Essex Hunt he did not 

 give up his interest in it ; on the contrary, by every means in 

 his power, by liberal subscriptions, strong preservation of foxes, 

 and his invaluable aid at the annual Point-to-Point and 

 Rundells races, he has shown how he keeps its welfare at 

 heart. 



