150 REMINISCENCES OF 



After the funeral I had a long talk with Mrs. 

 Whyte- Melville, and was truly sorry for her. I 

 went home with Little to Tetbury Upton and re- 

 mained that night and returned to London next day. 



A meeting was held in Lord Wolverton's house, 

 Carlton Terrace, and a committee formed for the pur- 

 pose of getting up a suitable memorial. Lord Wolver- 

 ton, Mr. Frederic Chapman and myself were elected 

 secretaries. The subscription was liberally responded 

 to and we collected about ^2000. We put up a cross 

 and tombstone over the grave at Tetbury ; a memorial 

 window in the Guards' Chapel in London ; a fountain 

 at St. Andrews ; and gave ^500 to the Hunt Serv- 

 ants' Benefit Society. A great many huntsmen and 

 hunt servants subscribed to the memorial. 



Mrs. Whyte-Melville requested me to ask Boehm 

 to make a bust of George. It happened that Boehm 

 sat in church in the pew behind Melville, so he knew 

 every hair on his head, and he made a very beautiful 

 bust, of which he gave me a small copy in terra-cotta. 

 Some time after I said to Boehm, " We have not a 

 likeness of George on horseback ". He made a pen- 

 and-ink sketch. Mrs. Melville sent me his coat and 

 hunting-whip, but his boots had been given away. I 

 went to many boot-makers in London, but could get 

 no information. On going to Mr. Bartley in Oxford 

 Street, he said, " \Ve did not make them, but they 

 were the same pattern as those the Hon. Robert 

 Grimston wears". I went straight to Mr. Grim- 

 ston's house. He was out hunting, and while I 

 was at the door his valet came upstairs with a pair 



