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CHAPTER XVIII. 



Captain John Orr-Ewing, 1891 to 1893. 



Captain John Orr-Ewing, who now took the 

 hounds, was the fourth son of the late Sir 

 Archibald Orr-Ewing, first baronet, who had 

 represented the county of Dumbarton in Par- 

 liament from 1886 to 1892, his mother being 

 Elizabeth Lindsay, only daughter of Mr. James 

 Reid, of Berridale and Caldercruix, Lanark. 

 Captain Orr-Ewing had served in the 4th 

 Drapfoon Guards, and had resided for some 

 years at Kitemore, Faringdon, Berks, which he 

 rented from Mr. T. M. Goodlake, of Wadley. 

 He married, in 1885, Ellen Clarissa, daughter 

 of Mr. J. Howard Kennard, and has four 

 children. 



Upon taking the Old Berks country, Cap- 

 tain Orr-Ewing received a guarantee of ;i^i,200 

 per annum, with any surplus which might be 

 subscribed up to ^1,350. He arranged with 

 Mr. E. C. Brown for that gentleman to remain 

 in the country and to hunt the hounds for him. 

 His opening meet was at Tubney Tree, in 



