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John, sixth Earl, whom he succeeded in 1818. His lordship 

 was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and for a few 

 years held a Lieutenants Commission in the Grenadier 

 Guards. He was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the County 

 of Huntingdon in 1841, and became Colonel of the Hunting- 

 donshire Militia in 1852, in which year he was also sworn 

 a Member of the Privy Council. From February to 

 December, 1852, Lord Sandwich was Captain of the Hon. 

 Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and was also Aide-de-Camp 

 to Queen Victoria. He held the Mastership of the Buck- 

 hounds from February, 1858, till June, 1859, and found 

 therein a capital field for the exercise of his natural taste 

 for sport. His lordship was twice married ; first in 1838 

 to Lady Mary Paget, second daughter of the first Marquis 

 of Anglesey, K.G. ; and secondly, in 1865, to Lady Blanche 

 Egerton, youngest daughter of Francis, ist Earl of Ellesmere. 

 His lordship died on Monday, March 3rd, 1884, ^^ the 

 advanced age of 72, at his residence in Grosvenor Square. 

 1866, 1868-1874, and 1880-1885. — Richard Edmund 

 St. Lawrence Boyle, K.P., P.C., 9th Earl of Cork and 

 Orrery, was born in Dublin, 1829, '^^^ succeeded his grand- 

 father in 1856. Lord Cork was educated at Eton, where 

 he was Captain of the Third Upper Boat ; and subsequently 

 went to Christ Church. Oxford. After taking his B.A. 

 degree, and leaving Oxford, Lord Cork purchased Mr. 

 Burrowes' pack of Harriers. He subsequently bought the 

 pack belonging to Mr. Drax in Dorsetshire, and re-estab- 

 lished the Blackmore Vale Harriers. He represented 

 Frome from 1854 to 1856, when he took his seat in the 

 House of Lords on the Liberal Benches. During his first 

 Mastership of the Buckhounds, 1866, Lord Cork used every 



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