-^ Its Makers, Past and Present 



1757-17S2. — John, 2nd Viscount Bateman, was the 

 son of the first Viscount. His Lordship married on July 

 loth, 1748, Miss Sanbroke, daughter and co-heiress of 

 John Sanbroke. This lady died without issue in 1802. 

 His lordship was M.P. for Woodstock and Chief Steward 

 of Leominster. On July 2nd, 1757, while George H. was 

 still on the throne, Lord Bateman became Master of the 

 Buckhounds, an office to which he was reappointed by 

 George HL soon after that Sovereign's accession. His 

 lordship continued in the Mastership until the year 1782. 

 His tenure was as remarkable for its popularity as for its 

 long duration. 



1 782-1 783. — George Bussey, zjth Earl of Jersey, was 

 born on June 9th, 1735. His lordship married on March 

 26th, 1770, Frances, only daughter and heiress of the Right 

 Rev. Philip Twysden, D.D., Bishop of Raphoe. Lord 

 Jersey was appointed Master of the Buckhounds on March 

 29th, 1782, and held the office until May, 1783. He was 

 also Lord Chamberlain of the Household and a Lord of 

 the Admiralty. He died on August 22nd, 1805. 



1 783-1 806. — John, 5th Earl of Sandwich, succeeded 

 to his father's title on April 30th, 1792. He married in 

 1766 Elizabeth, only daughter of George, second Earl of 

 Halifax, by whom he had a son; and again, 1772, Lady 

 Mary Paulet, daughter of the sixth Duke of Bolton. The 

 Mastership of the Buckhounds was bestowed on Lord 

 Sandwich (then Viscount Hinchingbrooke) on May 30th, 

 1783, and he retained the office until February 12th, 1806. 

 His lordship died in 18 14. 



1806-1807. — William Charles, 4th Earl of Albe- 

 marle, was born on May 14th, 1772. His lordship was 



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