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whipper-in in the years 1807-8, says that the 

 colonel (then general) gave up his hounds to 

 join the Flushing or Walcheren expedition, 

 under the Duke of York, where he distin- 

 guished himself. 



Nimrod, in his Reminiscences, says " he 

 could not ride to his hounds." Whilst Colonel 

 de Burgh, he married a daughter of Sir Thomas 

 Burke, Bart., of Marble Hill, Galway, and thus 

 became a brother-in-law of the late Sir Henry 

 Tichborne, Bart. He was afterwards better 

 known as Lord Clanricarde. At this time 

 Warnford Park was called Belmont, and, from 

 its low situation and deficient drainage, was 

 constantly under water. A facetious fellow 

 chalked on the gates : 



Oh what a blundering Irish dog, 



Who calls this a mount, when 'tis but a bog. 



Warnford Park was afterwards occupied by 

 Sir Richard Jones, Mr. A. F. Nunez, Mr. 

 Abbott, and Mr. Edward Rose Tunno, and it 

 has now been so thoroughly drained by the 

 last occupant, that the witticism would no 

 longer be applicable, as it is as dry as any 

 house in the county. 



The Hambledon Hunt races took h. h. c. 

 place on Soberton Down. isog.' ' ' 



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