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wards of fourteen parishes. Anne frequently rode 

 from London to Crouch Oak, near Addlestone, 

 Surrey, and the Five Elms, near Virginia Water, 

 to meet her buck-hounds. The oak is still stand- 

 ing, but the elms were cut down in 1815, under an 

 enclosure act. 



" In 1 790, Lord Bateman was made master of the 

 buck-hounds, and soon after was succeeded by Lord 

 Sandwich ; and in 1806, Lord Albemarle was ap- 

 pointed, but remained in office only eleven months. 

 The King then said, the master should in future 

 enjoy the office for his life, and appointed Lord 

 Cornwallis. His Lordship dying in 1823, Lord 

 Maryborough was appointed master, and the fol- 

 lowing noblemen in succession to his Lordship. In 

 1830, Lord Litchfield ; in 1834, Lord Chesterfield ; 

 in 1835, Lord Errol ; in 1839, Lord Kinnaird; in 

 1841, Lord Rosslyn. 



" In the reign of Anne, the huntsman's name 

 was Nunn, who died in 1761. He was succeeded 

 by William Ives ; William Ives by William Ken- 

 nedy ; William Kennedy by David Johnson ; 

 David Johnson by George Sharpe, in 1812, and in 

 1824 George Sharpe was succeeded by Charles 

 Davis, who commenced his services in the royal 

 hunting establishment in 1801 as whipper-in to 

 the harriers first, and to the stag-hounds after- 

 wards, and has given unbounded satisfaction in 

 every department of his important and arduous 

 duties. 



" The royal paddocks contain, at the commence- 

 ment of the hunting season, from sixteen to twenty 



