HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



always ready, as his son is now, to welcome the 

 foxhounds upon his land. And although none of 

 the main line of this family has ever accepted the 

 control, there has probably never been a period at 

 which a member of it would not have been gladly 

 hailed as master, both by the subscribers and by 

 the country. 



Of a long list of Hunt servants, only seven hunts- 

 men — Richard Forrester, Thomas Granger, Chris- 

 topher Scott, Thomas Rintoul, James Stracey, John 

 Atkinson, and Edward Cotes worth — have been in 

 office for a period exceeding five years. Forrester 

 was huntsman to the pack at an early date (1797), 

 and acted as such until his death in or about the 

 year 1805, when Robert Burton was appointed 

 to fill his place ; while Granger, who succeeded 

 Burton, hunted the hounds from 1807 to 1814, 

 the year in which the Hunt fell into abeyance. 

 On the renewal of the establishment in 1825, 

 George Knight became huntsman, but three years 

 later was superseded by Mr Hay, who during 

 his mastership (1828 - 1830) hunted the hounds 

 himself. Scott followed Mr Hay and held the 

 huntsman's place from 1830 to 1839, when he 

 retired in favour of Rintoul, who at that time 

 had seen many seasons' service with the pack, and 

 whose term of office as huntsman subsequently 

 lasted until 1851, in which year the master, 

 Captain Fleeming, undertook the huntsman's 

 duties in the field. In 1853 W. Potts came as 

 huntsman, in 1856 Robert Purslow, in 1857 Henry 



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