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Lodge, near Stafford, outside the North Staffordshire Hunt ; 

 still, from time to time he was often seen with the North 

 Staffordshire Hounds, and always in a good place, for he 

 had all the love of sport and plucky horsemanship which 

 distinguished the other members of the family. We re- 

 member several good horses of his ; one, a small black 

 horse, Jack, and a very good thoroughbred bay mare, 

 whose name we cannot recall. He married, in 1874, Lady 

 Anne Coke, daughter of the Earl of Leicester, but was left 

 a widower early in 1876, wuth two children, a son and 

 daughter. The son is now an officer in the Rifle Brigade, 

 and is heir-presumptive to the baronetcy. General Buller 

 died early in 1897. 



The eldest brother. Sir Morton Buller, as already 

 stated, is still happily with us, and the writer does not 

 propose to write of him in such detail as of those who 

 have gone before. Although Sir Morton was not so 

 often out with hounds as his younger brothers, he was 

 always a cordial supporter of the Hunt, both as a land- 

 owner and fox-preserver, as well as a keen follower of 

 hounds, and a liberal subscriber to the Hunt funds. The 

 Dilhorn Hall coverts have given us many good sporting 

 gallops ir the past, and have seldom been called upon in 

 vain. One of his best horses was the Marquis, bought 

 from Edward Kendrick. Sir Morton was Colonel of the 

 2nd Staffordshire Militia for many years. In 1863 he 

 married the eldest daughter of Mr. Davenport, of Maer. 

 There are three daughters of this marriage, but no son. 



We have not many hunting farmers in the North Staf- 

 fordshire country as a rule, but there are still a few good 

 ones left, and in the past we have had some good sporting 

 riders to hounds amongst this class, notably Edward Ken- 

 drick, of Hill Top, one of the Duke of Sutherland's tenants, 

 who in the days of Mr. Davenport, and for some years 

 afterwards, was a "rum one to follow, and a bad one. to 

 beat," especially on his mare Jenny, a clever little mare 

 which he rode with great success for about eighteen seasons. 

 This mare only once, it is said, gave him a fall, and that 



