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Guards, with whom he remained until his retirement from the 

 service in 1846. He succeeded his uncle as loth lord in 

 1847, and was created a peer of the United Kingdom in 

 1885. He was Colonel of the Hon. Artillery Company for 

 many years. In 1852 he became Whip to the Conservative 

 party in the House of Lords, and his services in that delicate 



office were so highly 

 esteemed that Lord Derby 

 showed his appreciation of 

 them by recommending 

 his lordship for the ap- 

 pointment of Master of 

 the Buckhounds, a posi- 

 tion he occupied from July, 

 1866, to December, 1868. 

 Lord Colville's unusual 

 courtesy and savoir /aire 

 were useful to him in the 

 early days of his Master- 

 ship. The occupiers of 

 the farms over which the 

 Royal Buckhounds hunted 

 had only just become 

 accustomed to Lord Cork's 

 system, and great tact was necessary to reconcile them to the 

 change which is inseparable from the advent of a new master. 

 Lord Colville, however, quickly gained the confidence of 

 persons interested in the hunt, and his authority was cheer- 

 fully obeyed. In attending the funeral of Charles Davis, the 

 celebrated huntsman, whose memory was so respected in 

 the neighbourhood, he showed a sympathy which was 



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