MR. THOMAS THORN HILL MORLAND 127 



In another letter it is said — " The Arch- 

 bishop is as fond of hunting as ever." 



Upon finally giving up the Oxfordshire 

 country Mr. Morland had many letters of 

 regret from Mr. Lowndes Stone, the Right 

 Honourable Joseph Warner Henley and other 

 Oxfordshire landowners. Mr. Henley wrote 

 from Waterperry, 1845 : — 



I am sorry you are giving up the Oxfordshire 

 country. ... I have to thank you for much 

 amusement afforded as well as your uniform kind- 

 ness and courtesy to everybody while you have had 

 the management. 



In the spring of 1842 Lord Ducie gave 

 up the Vale of White Horse country, and was 

 succeeded by Lord Gifford. Under the ar- 

 rangement of 1832, by which a considerable 

 portion of the eastern end of the old Berkshire 

 country had been lent to the Vale, during his 

 mastership, now came to an end. Mr. Mor- 

 land very properly, and at the request of his 

 supporters, asserted his right to retake posses- 

 sion. The claim was not admitted by Lord 

 Gifford or the gentlemen of the "Vale." A 

 dispute arose in consequence, which lasted 

 for two years. In the meanwhile, as already 

 described, the Oxfordshire supporters of Mr. 

 Morland determined to exercise the right of 

 breaking off the connection with Berkshire, 

 reserved to them in the agreement made 



