List of Illustrations 



PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES 



John, Seventh Duke of Rutland, K.G Frontispiece 



South Prospect of Belvoir Castle, circa 1730— Hunting Scene To face page 101 

 Thomas Goosey and Hounds ...... )> ,, 144 



The Melton Hunt Breakfast ,, ,,160 



East View of Belvoir Castle 2CX5 



Kings 



FULL-PAGE PLATES 



A Family Pack in the Olden Time . 



Belvoir Castle 



John, Third Duke of Rutland, K.G. 1696-1779 

 Belvoir Castle ....... 



John, Marquis of Granby. 1721-1770 



Old Belvoir, circa 1730 ..... 



The South View of Belvoir Castle . 



Charles, Fourth Duke, K.G. 1 754- 1787 



The Duchess Mary Isabella driving her Ponies from 



town to Dublin ...... 



Mary Isabella, Wife of Fourth Duke, and Daughter of 



Charles, Fourth Duke of Beaufort 

 John, Fifth Duke, K.G. 1778-1857 

 Elizabeth, Wife of Fifth Duke, and Daughter of 



Earl of Carlisle 



Belvoir Castle, from the Approach . 



"Who's for Melton?" 



Lord Robert Manners. The Duke of Rutland. 



Charles Manners ..... 

 The Fifth Duke in his Coronation Robes 

 The Kennels in the Park at Belvoir 

 Map of the Various Meets of the Belvoir Hounds, from 



Nimrod's Hunting Reminiscences .... 



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