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Gerard/^ Lord Hay/^ Lord Dingwall/^ Sir Thomas 

 Somerset," Sir Thomas Howard/^ Sir Edward Sack- 

 ville/^ Sir Robert Rich,^'' Sir Henry Rich,^i and Sir 

 William Cavendish.^^ Charles, Prince of Wales, was 

 also expert in this sort of horsemanship, in which 

 he first competed about this time. 



'^^ Thomas, Lord Gerard, was son and heir of Sir Gilbert 

 Gerard, Attorney-General and Master of the Rolls in the 

 reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was created Baron Gerard of 

 Gerard Bromley, county Stafford, by James I., in 1603. He 

 died in 161 8, 



'^ Sir James Hay became 7th Lord Hay, of Yester, 

 on the death of his brother-german, William, the 6th Lord, 

 when he had a charter of the lands and barony of Yester, 

 containing a new creation, with a seat and vote in Parliament. 

 He died in February, 1609-10. The present Marquis of 

 Tweedale is his immediate descendant. 



■^6 Sir Richard Preston had been educated at the 

 Scottish court ; and, being of an agreeable and winning 

 deportment, he soon grew into the king's special favour, 

 attaining first the honour of knighthood, and ere long the 

 post of Groom of the Bedchamber. He accompanied 

 James VI. to England, and was dignified with the Scotch 

 title of Lord Dingwall in 1607, and the Irish one of Desmond 

 in 1622 ; the latter title became extinct with him in 1622, but 

 the former devolved on his daughter Elizabeth, who married 

 James, Duke of Ormond. 



'^ The Hon. Sir Thomas Somerset, third son of 

 Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse. He 

 went to Scotland with Sir Charles Percy in 1603, to officially 

 signify to James VI. the death of Queen Elizabeth, and 

 consequently his accession to the English monarchy. He 

 was made a Knight of the Bath with Prince Charles in 

 1604-5. Like his noble father, he was a witching horse- 



