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sentatlve peer. However, he is more frequently to be 

 seen where sportsmen most do congregate than in the 

 " House ;" and if he is a conservative in politics, he is 

 a decided liberal in hospitality. 



Next to that of Lord Clonmel is the portrait of the 

 late Lord Cloncurry, who was his intimate friend and 

 neighbour. He was 3rd Baron, and married the only 

 daughter of the late John Kirwan, D.L., of Castle 

 Hackett, County Gal way. His Lordship, who was a first- 

 rate rider to hounds, died in 1869, and was succeeded 

 by his son, Valentine Lawless, the present head of the 

 house, who is not such a welter weight as his 

 father was, but an ardent fox-hunter and a remark- 

 ably good horseman. He rode his own mare for 

 the Kildare Welter Sportman's race, in 1877, i^ ^ 

 manner which gained for him the highest praise ; 

 and he certainly won by superior horsemanship. But 

 it is as lover of th^ "gentle craft" and good shot 

 that his Lordship ranks highest as a sportsman. He 

 is one of the best rifle shots and most expert anglers 

 in the kingdom. His brother, IMajor the Hon. Edward 

 Lawless, served in the Rifle Brigade, and an officer of 

 the Kildare Rifles. He is an ardent devotee of hunt- 

 ing, and is one of the very best men to hounds in his 

 native county. He Is a lover of cricket, too, but he 

 shines to more advantage on the moor or the mountain, 

 as few better game shots ever pulled a trigger. 



On looking at the work of art under notice, his 

 many friends must have at once recognised Sir Philip 

 Crampton, on "Poteen." Assuredly the popular 

 Baronet was pre-eminently entitled to the distinction 

 of a prominent place In such a " gallery" of sportsmen. 

 Hs was, indeed, a sportsman keen, the wittiest of wits ; 



