-^ Its Makers, Past and Present 



class Prussian Order of the Crown, the Portuguese Order 

 of Jesus Christ, and is a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. 

 In 1887 Lord Churchill married Lady Verena Maud Lowther, 

 V.A., daughter of Henry, third Earl of Lonsdale. Lord 

 Churchill is His Majesty's representative at Ascot now that 

 the office of the Master of the Buckhounds is abolished. 



1837-1902.— THE TRUSTEES OF THE GRAND 



STAND. 



In passing in review the men who have made Ascot, 

 and under whose auspices it has assumed its present 

 distinction, it is as well to refer in the first place to the 

 present Trustees, and afterwards to note a few particulars 

 of those who have held the position in past years. 



It is remarkable how many names of famous soldiers, 

 sailors, and other celebrities have been connected with the 

 management of Ascot Race Course. To begin with, 

 Colonel Charles Rivers Bulkeley has always taken 

 a great interest in military matters, and from 1891 has 

 been Colonel of the 4th Battalion (Militia) Oxfordshire 

 Light Infantry. He was born in 1840, and is the son of 

 the late Captain Thomas Bulkeley, of the ist Life Guards. 

 In 1874 he married a daughter of W. Davenport, Esq., 

 of Maer, Staffordshire. Besides military matters, all kinds 

 of sport claim Colonel Bulkeley's patronage. He is 

 himself one of the straightest riders to hounds that we 

 have, and during the visit of the late Empress of Austria, 

 when she hunted in Cheshire, he managed her hunting 

 stud and piloted her over the country. Under the name 

 of " Mr. Charles " he rode several steeplechases in the 



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