Sir Francis Bond Head. 3 1 3 



Mr. Lovell himself fell a victim to decline in the very 

 hey-day of life, and the Winwick property fell into the 

 hands of Richard Ainsworth, Esq., who resides near 

 Bolton. In the purchasing of this estate, the "Pytchley " 

 have been very fortunate in finding a gentleman, who, 

 though somewhat an absentee, does his best. 



SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD, BART. 



In the popula;r biographical work entitled " Men of the 

 Time/' a considerable space is allotted to that one of the 

 '' P.H." representatives at the Crick Meet, who is 

 wearing, as was his invariable custom, what were then 

 known as " Napoleon " boots. Of the forty sportsmen 

 assembled in front of the old village church, not one 

 there was so much a " man of mark " as the keen-eyed, 

 weather-beaten old soldier, whose experiences had led^him 

 to the conclusion that, in point of excitement, a good 

 gallop with hounds was only second to that of a brush 

 with the enemy. He of whom we are speaking was— 

 for alas ! he has long gone where the good soldiers go — 

 the Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Head, Bart., the tenant for ten 

 years of the house at Great Oxenden, now occupied by 

 John Oliver, Esq. 



After serving with the Royal Engineers at Waterloo, 

 he fought under the Prussian General, Ziethen, at Fleams, 

 where he had two horses killed under him, but himself 

 escaped unwounded. After quitting thearmy, in 1825 he 

 undertook the superintendence of some gold and silver 

 mines in Rio de la Plata, and in the course of his duties 

 made a ride of GOOO miles, an account of which he pub- 

 lished under the title of " Rough Notes taken during some 



