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died June 13, 1764, at his house in Grosvenor 

 Square, and was probably identical with the ' Harry 

 Norris ' mentioned in a letter of ' Gilly ' Williams to 

 Selwyn, and with the Admiral Norris whom Walpole 

 represents to have been anxious to give evidence in 

 favour of the unfortunate Admiral Byng. The ap- 

 pearance of an admiral so early among the members 

 of the Club foreshadows the coming of the Admiral 

 who, under the name of Eous, was for so many years 

 the leading spirit of the Club and the Dictator of the 

 Turf. Admiral Norris, however, has left but little 

 impression as a member of the Jockey Club. 



Mr. Offley, one of the signatories of the Jockey 

 Club document in 1758, was almost certainly the 

 gentleman mentioned in Walpole's 'Letters,' and by 

 ' Gilly ' Williams (in Jesse's * Selwyn '), among the 

 ' fashionables,' including Lord Ashburnham (a member 

 of the Jockey Club) and ' Tommy ' Pelham, who were 

 on a visit at Stow in 1764 or thereabouts. He owned 

 the brown filly (by Oroonoko) that became a noted 

 brood-mare, dam of Stoic (Lord Rockingham's) ; but 

 he was not among the most memorable owners and 

 breeders. That there was a ' horsey ' strain in his 

 family, however, is to be inferred from the chronicles, 

 which mention ' horse-matches ' between a Mr. Ofley 

 and a Mr. Izinson (of Northampton) at Newmarket as 

 early as 1681. 



Mr. Ogilvy, a subscriber to the Jockey Club Cup 

 in 1768, a signatory of the Jockey Club documents 



