The Hon. H. LiddelL 2 



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In the Hon. Henry Liddell — now Earl of Ravensworth 

 ■ — the love of outdoor life and of all things pertaining 

 thereto, burned with a flame that has probably never 

 waxed warmer in the breast of any man, though it was 

 very clear that fox-hunting held the first place in his 

 heart. 



Not laying himself out for playing the part of Don 

 Magnifico in anything, no man who hunted with the 

 ^^ Pytchley " or the '^ Grafton " Hunt saw more sport 

 with a limited stud of no great pecuniary value. 



Impatient of being anywhere except in the front rank, 

 the horse that did not look, perhaps, as if he could " go 

 and gallop and jump '^ with some that were to be seen at 

 the cover-side, was usually to be found there or there- 

 abouts when hounds were skimminsr over the bisf Faxton 

 pastures, or the valley between Cottesbrooke and Lam- 

 port. Some may still remember the gallant but peppery 

 little black mare, who carried her rider so well to the 

 fore, and who was full up to the hilt of ^* notices to quit ^^ 

 in case any one approached Her Highness a little too 

 nearly. Even on her road home after a hard day, she 

 would give the unwary fully to understand that she 

 brooked no familiarity, and that she always had a heel 

 wherewith to mark her feelings on this subject. Fully 

 recognizing the fact that amusement and self-indulgence 

 are not the only objects for which we have been sent into 

 *' this wale of tears,'' the subject of this notice never 

 allowed his love for the chase to interfere with his 

 parliamentary duties. Sitting for many years as one of 

 the representatives of his native county — Durham — the 

 House of Commons had no more painstaking member ; 

 and his opinion upon any matter connected with the 



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