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ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



each member pays the sum of ten pounds on his admis- 

 sion. Since its establishment, the Club has, of course 

 lost several members by death ; but at present it is nearly 

 full, and the following is a correct list : — 



Mr. Petre. 



Sir Henry Peyton. 

 Mr. Harrison. 

 Mr. Henry Villebois. 

 Mr. Okeover. 

 Colonel Hamilton. 

 Mr. Warde. 

 Colonel Sevvell. 

 Mr. ThornhilL 

 Mr. Bunbury. 

 Mr. Prouse. 

 Mr. Spicer. 

 Mr. Maxse. 



Lussars. 



Sir Bellinoham Graham. 



Marquis of Worcester. 



Colonel Clements, 18th Hi 



Sir Andrew Barnard. 



Mr. Blake. 



Mr. John Walker. 



Mr. H. Wombwell. 



The Honourable H. Scott. 



Mr. Charles Jones. 



Lord Anson. 



Mr. Applethwaite. 



For sixteen years after this club was established, the 

 members met two days in the year at the White Hart 

 Inn, at Benson, in Oxfordshire, and two at the Black Dog, 

 at Bedfont, fourteen miles from London, on the Great 

 Western Road ; but since the year 1823, they have con- 

 fined themselves entirely to Bedfont, it being a more 

 convenient distance from London. In all, there have 

 been seventy-six meetings of the B. D. C, and the anni- 

 versary is held on February 28. No strangers are 

 admitted. 



I will proceed to some notice of the different members. 

 Of Sir Henry Peyton little need be said. As a coach- 

 man he is as well known as any man upon the road, and 



