MR. CHARLES BOOTH ELMSALL WRIGHT 357 



brother, then an " Utter Barrister," now a 

 peer, the trusted friend and adviser of sove- 

 reign and workman alike, said with a twinkle 

 in his eye, " Why, you have the whole zoologi- 

 cal gardens coming." By the way, perhaps 

 some philologist will kindly explain why many 

 animal names are so common, whilst others, 

 which might be deemed more worthy, are un- 

 known. We have often met a Mr. Bull, but 

 do not remember to have made the acquaint- 

 ance of a Mrs. Cow. All Old Berkshire 

 sportsmen know of Mr. Fox, but Mr. Horse, 

 or Mr. Hound, are not to be found, even in the 

 pages of the London Postal Directory. But 

 we have overrun the line and must hark back. 



Mr. Charles Booth Elmsall Wright, of 

 Bolton Hall, York, who succeeded Mr. Dunn 

 in the mastership, is a J. P. and D.L. for the 

 county, and was High Sheriff in 1879. He 

 is the eldest son of the late Mr. Charles 

 Swaine Wright, and grandson of the Rev. 

 Godfrey Wright, M.A., of Bilham House, 

 York. Mr. Wright was born in 1848, 

 and married in 1870, Edith de Cardonell, 

 second daughter of Robert W. M. Nesfield, of 

 Casde Hill, Bake well, Derby. Upon his 

 arrival in Berkshire he took up his residence 

 at New House, the home of so many Masters 

 of the Old Berks. As kennel huntsman and 



