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1792. In 1810 he joined the loth Hussars, and from 

 181 2 to 1 8 14 was on the staff as aide-de-camp to the 

 Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. In 

 those day constituents were not so anxious in regard 

 to their representatives fulfilling their duties as they 

 are in modern times, for in 1813, when only twenty- 

 one years of age, the Marquis of Worcester, as his 

 courtesy title then was, was returned to the House of 

 Commons as M.P. for Monmouth, a seat which he 

 retained till 1832. In 1835 he was elected M.P. for 

 West Gloucestershire. His political principles were 

 those of extreme Toryism. He was the friend and 

 political associate of Lord Lyndhurst, who was then 

 regarded as the head of the Conservative party in the 

 Upper House, and joined with him in opposing the 

 Reform Bill. It was also through his energy that the 

 Succession Act of 1835 was passed. It may be said in 

 regard to his public life, outside the hunting-field, that 

 his godfathers were the Duke of Wellington and Lord 

 Lyndhurst. But it is not my duty to write about his 

 political career or the services which he rendered to 

 his party. I mention them briefly, because it is the 

 fashion to consider the ancient giants of the hunting- 

 field as men who devoted their physical and intellectual 

 energies solely to sport. Such was not the case, though 

 Lord Macaulay took pains to sneer at them. 



On Wednesday, November 16, 1853, the last day 

 with the seventh Duke of Beaufort's hounds took 

 place. The meet was at Yate Turnpike, and after two 

 excellent runs hounds accounted for their quarry, both 

 in the morning and in the afternoon. The day is 



