i66 Sportsmen Parsons in Peace and War 



years before he had another opportunity of teaching pupils 

 worthy of his steel. 



The living of Kingham came into the Lockwood family by 

 the marriage of his great-grandfather with Miss Doudeswell of 

 Worcestershire, who rebuilt the rectory in 1688. In addition 

 to the many sporting parsons they have produced, there was a 

 fighting parson, rector of Towcester, who was wounded beside 

 King Charles at the Battle of Naseby. 



Mr. Lockwood had never been a strong man, and as he grew 

 older his health was by no means good. He often ventured out 

 hunting rashly, when his asthmatic bronchitis was on him, and 

 it was a hunt in November, 1911, that brought on so severe an 

 attack that heart-failure supervened. He was buried a few 

 days later in Kingham churchyard, where a lych-gate has since 

 been put up to his memory. Mr. Lockwood was very popular 

 both amongst hunting people and parishioners, and the school 

 children sent a beautiful wreath to his funeral, subscribed for 

 by penny subscriptions all on their own initiative. 



