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family naturalised in this country, of whom James 

 Teissier — grandfather, apparently, of the member of 

 the Jockey Club whose father, Lewis de Teissier, died 

 in 1812, or thereabouts, worth half a million of money 

 — was ' de' 'd, or ennobled, by Louis XVIII. for kind- 

 ness to the French refugees in London) ; lived at Wood- 

 cote Manor (whence the Woodcote Stakes), near 

 Epsom ; was perpetual Steward, in combination with 

 the popular Sir Gilbert Heathcote, of Epsom Races ; 

 nominated a filly for the Durdans Stakes at Epsom, 

 October 9, 1833, which seems to have been as near as 

 he ever got to actual horse-racing ; and was elected 

 a member of the Jockey Club about 1839. Baron 

 (Meyer de) Rothschild (born 1818, died 1874, whose 

 family was ennobled by the Emperor of Austria in 

 1815, and received from him the title of Baron in 

 1822), was, of course, he of Mentmore, whose only 

 daughter, Hannah, was the late lamented Countess of 

 Bosebery, and who bred and owned Favonius (winner 

 of the Derby in 1871), Hannah (winner of the One 

 Thousand, the Oaks, and St. Leger in 1871), and 

 Corisande (winner of the Cesar ewitch in 1871), so 

 that the year 1871 was called ' the Baron's year.' He 

 also won the One Thousand in 1853 and 1864 with 

 Mentmore Lass and Tomato (both bred by him), and 

 the Goodwood Cup in 1869 with Restitution (bred by 

 him), by King Tom, and in 1872 with Favonius. It 

 was not he, of course — as he died in 1874 — but Baron 

 Lionel (of Gunnersbury), who raced as Mr. Acton and 



