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very pleasant to see. He it was — the bosom friend of 

 her husband — whom Mrs. Meynell Ingram selected to 

 help her in carrying out the wishes of the last Master 

 of the Hoar Cross hounds. Neither could she well have 

 made a better choice, for he possessed the great qualities 

 of tact, courtesy, firmness, and business-like capacity, and 

 was, above all things, essentially a gentleman. In fact, 

 there were many points of similarity between him and 

 his friend. 



Mr. Coke was, with Mr. Chandos-Pole-Gell, his neigh- 

 bour for many years, one of the prime movers in the 

 shire horse movement, which has done so much for 

 Derbyshire in general and the Ashbourne district in 

 particular. His own "shires" were a household word 

 throughout the whole countryside. Being who he was, 

 it was only natural that he should be a keen and practical 

 agriculturist, the Cokes of Holkham being noted for their 

 intelligent interest in all farming matters. He died 

 in 1889. 



His brother. Colonel the Hon. Wenman Coke, now 

 lives at Longford in the hunting season, his brother 

 Henry coming there in the summer. Colonel Coke is 

 the doyen of the Hunt, but contrives to see more sport 

 than most of the younger men, and it was only two years 

 ago that he put his shoulder out near Cubley. He was 

 all through the Crimean AVar with his regiment, the Scots 

 Cruards, and was A.D.C. to Lord Rokeby, commanding 

 1st division for the last six months of the war. 



His prowess with gun and rifle has been recorded so 

 often elsewhere, that it would be a work of supererogation 

 to do more than mention it here. He has, indeed, been 

 a hurra shiharri, killing big game in India, in Africa, 

 Canada, Newfoundland, and anywhere else where it is to 

 be found. 



He represented East Norfolk in Parliament for seven 

 years, while his brother Edward was the member for the 

 western division of the same county. The latter also 

 stood, as a Liberal Unionist, for South Derbyshire. He 



