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1876 Andrew Row McTag- 1881 Alfred Ridsdale. 



gart Milroy, 1882 Hayter Marsh Reed. 



1877 Moses Dodd. 1883 William George 



1878 RichardJamesNicholls. Peachey. 



1879 William James Nutting. 1884 Archibald McDougall, 

 r Frederick Field. junior. 



1 880 <^ William Jas. Rich- | r Moses Dodd.i "1 



L mond Cotton. V ^ \ Second time. / 



Second time. ^ 



1 In August, 1885, Lord Halsbury, then Lord High Chan- 

 cellor of Great Britain, would, in the ordinary course, as Key 

 Warden, have been elected to the office of Master, but owing 

 to exigencies of State his Lordship was compelled to decline 

 the office, and Past-Master Dodd was elected thereto a second 

 time. Upon the resignation, however, of the Conservative 

 Ministry in the following February, Mr. Dodd invited Lord 

 Halsbury to serve the office of Master for the remainder of 

 the year, which invitation his Lordship having accepted, Mr. 

 Dodd resigned the Chair, and Lord Halsbury was elected 

 Master accordingly. 



"At a Court of the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Worshipful 

 Company of Saddlers, holden at their Hall in Cheapside, in the City of 

 London, on Thursday, the nth day of March, 1886 : — 



" It was resolved unanimously, — That this Court, having this day 

 accepted the resignation of Past-Master Dodd, second time Master of this 

 Company, in favour of the Right Honourable Lord Halsbury, who on last 

 Election Day requested that he might not be put in nomination for election 

 to fill the office of Master of this Company, in consequence of having 

 previously accepted the appointment of Lord High Chancellor of Great 

 Britain, and who on his retirement therefrom having intimated, on the 

 invitation of Past-Master Dodd, his willingness to accept the Mastership 

 of this Company if elected, and his Lordship having just been unani- 

 mously elected as Master of this Company for the remainder of the current 

 year, this Court hereby tenders to Past-Master Dodd their cordial thanks 

 for the very efficient manner in which he has at all times attended to the 

 duties and interests of this Company, and the great courtesy which he 

 has on all occasions shown to its members. 



" It was further resolved unanimously, — That Past-Master Dodd be 

 invited to co-operate with the present Wardens during the remainder of the 

 current year, and be, and he is hereby elected, a member of the Wardens' 

 Committee accordingly. 



