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M.A. degree. His lordship joined the 7th Light Dragoons, 

 with which regiment he served in India during the Mutiny, 

 in 1858 and 1859, and was decorated for his gallantry in 

 that campaign. He was transferred in 1859 to the iith 

 Light Dragoons, and about two years later retired from the 

 service. He represented Cambridgeshire in the Conservative 

 interest from 1863 to 1873, when the death of his father occa- 

 sioned his removal to the Upper House. From 1866 to 

 1868 his lordship, as Lord Royston, was Comptroller of the 

 Household. In 1874 Lord Hardwicke was appointed Master 

 of the Buckhounds, and continued in that position until 1879. 

 His rdginie was a very popular one. On March 15th, 1878, 

 his lordship, during some hard riding with the Royal Buck- 

 hounds, was thrown on his head, through his horse slipping 

 whilst traversing a ploughed field. He sustained severe 

 injuries, and was obliged temporarily to relinquish his duties 

 as Master ; the latter, however, were ably performed in the 

 interim by a former Master, Lord Colville of Culross. Lord 

 Hardwicke was elected a Member of the Jockey Club in 

 1869, and was warmly interested in racing; but he was not 

 fortunate on the Turf, and he never owned a good horse. 

 His lordship died in May, 1897. 



1 866-1 868. — Lord Colville of Culross was born in 

 t8i8, and was educated at Harrow and at the Royal Military 

 College, Sandhurst. His father was General Sir Charles 

 Colville, an officer who performed eminent services under 

 Wellington. When the Earl of Ellenborough was appointed 

 Governor-General of India, he accompanied that nobleman 

 thither. After two years' service on the Governor-General's 

 staff, he returned to England and joined the iith Hussars, 

 though he soon quitted that regiment to enter the Coldstream 



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