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of :f273 each. One who knew him best wrote as 

 follows : — 



" ^ Lord Chesham's career was consistently a 

 manly example. It is no exaggeration to say there 

 are thousands who mourn for one of the very best 

 and dearest of good fellows. What a cheery, happy 

 nature his was ! and what is more, he had the 

 knack of instilling joy and good fellowship all 

 round him, in whatever company he found himself. 

 What an admirable example he set to the many 

 officers of all branches who passed through the 

 Mess at Yeomanry Headquarters at Johannesburg. 

 During all the time, one never heard an expression 

 used or a story told that might not have been said 

 before ladies, and that was solely due to his example. 

 Yet the society was as genial as anyone could 

 desire. Poor Chesham ! Always the same when 

 ever you met him, genial and pleasant to a degree." 



For Coronation year the Peterborough Agri- 

 cultural Society started on new ground, erecting 

 a handsome structure for the purposes of the fox- 

 hound show which had reached its thirty-fourth 

 year. The patron of the show is His Majesty 

 King George, who acted in that capacity for the 

 first time, the president for the year being the 

 Marquis of Zetland. The judges for the dog- 

 hounds were Colonel Robertson Aikman, and the 

 Hon. L. J. Bathurst ; for the bitch hounds Lord 

 Leconfield, Mr Arthur Sowler, and Mr W. de P. 

 Cazenove. The committee, on whose exertions 

 the success of the show so much depends, was com- 

 posed of the following gentlemen, the Marquis of 

 Exeter, M.F.H., Mr G. C. W. Fitzwilliam, M.F.H., 

 Major J. L. Mills, Major G. L. Wickham, ex-M.F.H., 

 Colonel Henry Wickham, ex-M.F.H., Mr J. G. 



^ Brooksby's Tribute in the Field. 



