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instincts descended, and in due time the 

 office which his father had held before him. 

 He performed his duties during the long term 

 of fifty-nine years, and rode hard at the 

 advanced age of seventy-two, although dur- 

 ing the last two years his son William 

 generally hunted the hounds. In the year 

 1816, "Lord Yarborough having given up 

 the management of the hounds to his son, 

 the Honourable Charles Anderson Pelham, 

 he wished the huntsman to give up to his 

 son." This was an occasion for one of those 

 kind, considerate, and graceful recognitions 

 for which the noble family of Yarborough 

 have been ever distinguished. His Lordship 

 granted to his old servant full pay for life, 

 and presented him with a silver cup in testi- 

 mony of long and faithful servitude. The 

 presentation, too, was conducted in a manner 

 most impressive. The noble donor, be it 

 observed, was the first Lord Yarborough. 

 The cup was conveyed to the old huntsman's 

 house by the footman and presented by 

 Master Pelham, afterwards second Earl of 

 Yarborough, his lordship's grandson, then a 

 little boy only seven years of age, seated on 

 his pony. His Lordship riding about on the 



