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At this time Mr. Russell resided „ „ 



Mr. Russell 



at Grey well, where Lord Dorchester of Greyweii, 



. 1794. 



does now. He kept a pack of hounds, 

 and hunted part of the country which was be- 

 fore Lord StawelTs. Mr. Terry says it was 

 the country between Basingstoke and the 

 Golden Pot, and also that about Preston Oak- 

 hills and Herriard. The hounds were kept at 

 North Wainborough, but the horses stood at 

 Greywell. Mr. Russell is said to have been 

 originally a solicitor in Essex; he married 

 Lady Betty Birmingham, who was the daughter 

 of an Irish peer, whose title became extinct at 

 his death. She was a very agreeable, affable 

 person. When hunting, she always wore a 

 scarlet body to her habit. Before coming to 

 Greywell, Mr. Russell lived at Hook, where 

 Mr. Bird does now ; and in the years 1802-3 

 he left Greywell and went to Hoddington, 

 which was before occupied by Mr. John Lim- 

 brey. 



Mr. Russell was a first-rate sportsman. Will 

 Harrison, Lord Stawell's old huntsman, hunted 

 his hounds for some vears. and he was sue- 

 ceeded by John Major, who was a first-rate 

 huntsman, when thoroughly sober. I have 

 heard that Mr. Russell's retirement as a master 

 of hounds was caused by the following inci- 



