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and at his death bequeathed the property to his nephew, 

 Sir Henry, third baronet, who, in turn, left it to his 

 second son, Col. FitzHerbert. His eldest son, Major Fitz- 

 Herbert, is now the owner. 



Before this, however, in 1845, Mr. FitzHerbert, after- 

 wards Sir William, came to live there, remaining there till 

 1866, in which year he went to live at Tissington. His 

 brother, the Colonel, succeeded him at Somersal, journey- 

 ing from Nettleworth, like a very Jacob, with his flocks 

 and herds. He and his wife and the smaller children 

 came in the carriage, while the elder ones rode, driving 

 a mixed herd of horses, of all ages, and cattle, in front of 

 them. 



Sir Henry, having been brought up by his uncle 

 and aunt, Mr. and ]\Irs. Gally-Knight, who were non- 

 hunting people, did not hunt himself, but was very fond 

 of riding, so he and his large family, ten in all, used to 

 make great riding tours, accompanied by the huge, roomy, 

 family coach, all through the High Peak of Derbyshire. 

 It was not very easy, as may be well imagined, to find nice, 

 quiet animals for so large a troop, so, of course, the young 

 ones soon took to riding " whatever came along," to use an 

 Americanism, and thus, in learning to sit a wild colt at the 

 outset, acquired that fine horsemanship for which they 

 were so remarkable in after life. Naturally the boys 

 all went hunting as soon as possible, serving their appren- 

 ticeship with their maternal uncle, Mr. Robert Arkwright, 

 who lived at Broadlow Ash, and at one time at Ashbourne, 

 and who kept a pack of harriers. Some of them died 

 comparatively young, some of them went to live elsewhere, 

 and Mr. John FitzHerbert, who lived at Hulland and 

 at Breadsall, gave up hunting altogether when he married 

 in 1859, so it is with the two elder sons that we are 

 principally concerned. 



The eldest, in the spring of 1819, in his eleventh year, 

 went to school at Charterhouse. In the autumn of 1826 

 he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he 

 remained till, in April, 1829, he received a Cornetcy in 



