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his daughter. Sharp was succeeded by a man 

 named " Grantson, who came from Epping, 

 who gave great satisfaction, and was dismissed 

 only by death from the service of the prince." 

 — Sport. Mag., August, 1830, p. 267. 



Mr. Terry says that the stables at Kempshot 

 were full of high-priced horses, but the stable 

 management was bad, and they never appeared 

 in condition. Mr. Edwards of Wort- Mr. Edwards 

 ing was the great man with these ofWortin s- 

 hounds ; his horses were first-rate, and always 

 fit to go ; he was a very popular man, but 

 lived rather too fast for his means, and ended 

 his days in great poverty. 



At this time, William IV. was a p rin ce 

 middy at Portsmouth, and occa- Wllliam - 

 sionally came up to Kempshot, but he could 

 not ride at all to hounds. During the French 

 Revolution, in 1791, Kempshot was crammed 

 with emigrants, and the hospitable welcome 

 they received from the prince must have been 

 some consolation to them. For their amuse- 

 ment a grand stag-hunt was got up, and as the 

 royal stables could not mount them all, ten 

 post-horses were sent for from Demezy's, at 

 Hartford Bridge. The foreigners' grotesque 

 appearance astounded the Hampshire men, as 

 they were equipped with long horns over their 



