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Hope Grant, afterwards a most distinguished 

 General, commanded the cavalry during the Indian 

 Mutiny. 



Hankey, called "The Squire" (married), lived at 

 Rosebank, and drove in every day in a dog-cart. 



Archy Little, called " The Corporal," the best of 

 good fellows, afterwards commanded the regiment in 

 the Indian Mutiny. 



Clark, afterwards Sir James, of Penicuik, called 

 " Massa," devoted to playing the fiddle. He had a 

 huge charger called " Paganini ". One day some 

 one stuck a pin in his crupper ; the result was 

 awful. 



Tom Porter, a dear good chap, capital sportsman, 

 afterwards " Father of the Berks Hunt". 



Andrew Spottiswoode, a very nice chap, but 

 queer temper. He was next in the entail of Charle- 

 ton, a capital horseman, afterwards commanded ist 

 Dragoons, and married old Campbell's daughter. 

 He was my second cousin. 



John Spicer had been at Eton with me, a capital 

 fellow. His father lived at Esher Place, now San- 

 down Racecourse, and drove a team of grey horses 

 in a yellow coach. Esher Place was sold, and John 

 Spicer bought Spye Park, Chippenham. During 

 the winter of 1836 Spicer stayed with me at Charle- 

 ton, and he had a mount out hunting on "Paddy," my 

 mother's carriage-horse. The meet was at Kings- 

 muir. Why te- Melville was master ; Walker, hunts- 

 man ; Glover, first whip ; W. Hawtin, second whip. 

 We got home very late. " Paddy " not going so free 



