GENERAL MARK WOOD 



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We men of Essex ouo-ht to be grateful to the memory of 

 this erstwhile distinguished member of the Jockey Club, a 

 brilliant ornament of the racing and social world in his day, 

 that he left behind him two such worthy representatives of his 

 name as " The Colonel " and " Bobbie," and that he inculated 

 in them that love for fox-hunting from which we who now live 

 in the county derive so much benefit. 



For with Bishop's Hall closed against fox hunting, you 

 might wipe the country on the south of the river from Passing- 



The walk over in 1895 (very good on the flat) 



Alan Lowndes 

 Col. Lockwood Miss Lowndes H. B. Y. 



Mrs. Lockwood "Jim" 



ford Bridge to Woodford off the map for all the benefit you 

 would get from it. "A very good cross country rider, though 

 very partial to the Shires," writes one who shared many a 

 gallop in his company. 



Col. Lockwood is one of the strongest pillars of the Essex 

 Hunt, one of its most influential members, and is certainly one 

 of the most popular men in the county of Essex, the Western 

 Division of which he has represented in the Conservative 

 interest since 1892, when he was returned by an overwhelming- 

 majority. No one was bold enough to challenge his possession 



