PREFACE 



It has frequently been suggested to the present writer 



that he should compose a History of the Meynell Hunt, 



and these volumes are the outcome of that idea. No doubt 



there are many others far more competent to undertake 



the work, but time was slipping away, and those who could 



throw a light on the days that are gone were one by one 



passing from amongst us ; so it was evident that, if the 



book was ever to be written, it should be done at once. 



Under these circumstances the author has ventured to try 



to gather up the threads, and to put together, to the best 



of his ability, the records of the Hunt. To all those who 



have helped him in a somewhat arduous task he tenders 



his most grateful thanks, especially to the Hon. Mrs. 



Meynell Ingram, the Misses Bott and Miss Lyon, Lord 



Bagot, Lord Berkeley Paget^ Messrs. Bird, Boden, and 



Bott, Colonel Chandos-Pole, and Captain Clowes, Messrs. 



Henry and Hugh Charrington, Captain Holland, Colonel 



the Hon. W. Coke, Captain Dawson, Mr. Buncombe, 



Colonel Feilden, Sir Richard FitzHerbert, Bart., Major 



and the Rev. R. C. FitzHerbert, Messrs. Fort, Lyon, 



Maynard, Newton, Tomlinson, Tinsley, Okeover, Peacock, 



Waite, Watts, and Worthington. If the names of any 



who have helped have been omitted, the writer trusts that 



they will pardon the omission and accept his thanks. 



To Lord Waterpark, above all, for the use of his diary, 

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