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CHAPTER V. 

 Mr. Harvey Combe, 1824 to 1826. 



On the retirement of Mr. Codrinsfton the 

 country was left without a master and without 

 hounds, and there did not appear any imme- 

 diate prospect of either being forthcoming. 

 Overtures were therefore made to Mr. Harvey 

 Combe, the master of the Old Berkeley, who 

 consented to hunt the Old Berks country in 

 addition to his own. 



Mr. Harvey Combe was the eldest son of 

 Mr. Harvey Christian Combe, of Cobham 

 Park, Surrey, the head of the great brewing 

 firm of Combe, Delafield and Co., London. 

 This Mr. Combe was born in 1752 ; he was 

 elected Alderman of the Aldersgate Ward in 

 1792, Sheriff of London in 1793, M.P. for the 

 City 1796 to 18 1 7. In 1798 he was Governor 

 of the Irish Society, in 1799 Lord Mayor of 

 London, and he was for many years Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel of the loth regiment of " Loyal 

 London Volunteers." 



This Mr. Harvey Christian Combe was a 



