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down to his father's death, in 1869, he lived 

 there, hunted regularly with the Old Berks and 

 V.W. H. packs, and took a prominent part in 

 all matters connected with the neighbourhood. 

 Mr. Bouverie was a bold and determined rider, 

 devoted to the sport, and always well mounted, 

 although, from his excellent judgment, he 

 seldom paid a long price for his horses. From 

 his genial manners, his kindly heart, his frank 

 address, his fund of anecdote and reminiscence, 

 there were few more popular men in the coun- 

 try side. He was, moreover, a man of capacity 

 and great industry, with many interests — 

 general, literary, and artistic, though probably 

 down to late middle life politics as a pursuit 

 and hunting as a diversion, ranked first in his 

 estimation. His father had been intimately 

 connected with all the leading Whig politicians, 

 and was well known as almost the only member 

 of the House of Lords who heartily advocated 

 the repeal of the Corn Laws, and he was thus 

 early brought into contact with political life and 

 its devotees. Mr. Bouverie was educated at 

 Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and 

 entered at the Inner Temple, but in 1838 he 

 was attached to Lord Durham's mission to 

 Canada, On his return, after acting for a short 

 time as pricis writer to Lord Palmerston, he 

 returned to the Temple, was called to the Bar, 



