CHAPTER II. 



1832—1856. 

 Mark Milbank. 



'*If ever you keep hounds, always give orders, 

 and never ask opinions." — Surtees. 



In 1832, William Henry, Lord Darlington, 

 who had been created First Marquess of 

 Cleveland in 1827, and elevated to the Duke- 

 dom thereof in 1833, ceased on account of 

 ill health to hunt the southern portion of his 

 huge ' ' Ksby ' ' country. On return from 

 hunting he always personally saw his hounds 

 fed, and there can be little doubt that super- 

 intending this most important operation, 

 very often in his wet clothes, brought on 

 rheumatism and other ailments. 



The future state of the ' ' Raby ' ' country 

 is best explained in the form of a * ' pedigree.' ' 



From this it will be seen that Lord Dar- 

 lington's son-in-law, Mr. Mark Milbank, 

 of Thorp Perrow, near Bedale, undertook 

 the first Mastership of what was constituted 

 the Bedale Hunt. Although from an oral 

 account given by an old resident in Snape, 

 called Tom Exelby (aged 87 in 1902), his 



