MR. H. S. CHARRINGTON. 175 



Sir Eichard and Lady Baggallay, of Mapletreuse, Eden- 

 bridge, and 55, Queen's Gate, London. He was the 

 younger son of Mr. Edward Charrington, Bury's Court, 

 Eeigate. They came, in 1891, to Dove Cliff, which was 

 purchased from Mr. Smith, having previously been the 

 home of the Thorne wills. Mr. Charrington is a major in 

 the Staffordshire Yeomanry, and was one of the first to 

 volunteer for active service in South Africa, but could not 

 pass the medical board. He enjoys a day's hunting to the 

 full, and is always in a good place when hounds run ; and 

 so is Mrs. Charrington, whose good bay mare, Little Bessie, 

 can honestly be described as w^ell known with the Meynell, 

 and a rare good one she is. She was one of Charles's cub- 

 hunters, originally. Her owner is never very far from the 

 hounds, let them go where they will. Mrs. Charrington is 

 also a prime mover wherever ladies' or boys' cricket is on 

 the tapis, and gets up a boys' match every year, now that 

 the ladies' cricket-match has fallen into abeyance. In 1898 

 she had the misfortune to break her leg against a gate- 

 post, near Radburne, and was very plucky about it. In 

 fact, she told one man that she had quite enjoyed it ! But 

 this was some time afterwards, and probably referred to the 

 sympathy which was expressed on all sides by a succession 

 of callers. Her two little girls, who come out hunting, 

 riding like boys, seem as fond of it as their mother is. 



