CHAPTER V 



SIR HARRY GOODRICKE 

 1831 1833 



WITH the resignation of Lord Southampton came 

 the end of the Ouorn hounds under that name, 

 as they were thenceforward known as Sir Harry Good- 

 ricke's. Sir Harry of Ribston Hall, Knaresborouo-fi, 

 Yorkshire, who was born on the 1 6th September 1797, 

 was the seventh baronet and last male heir of his race, 

 being the son of the sixth baronet, who died in 1802. 

 His mother was Charlotte Fortescue, sister of Lord 

 Clermont, and on the death of the latter Sir Harry 

 came into possession of something like ,£60,000 a year, 

 including the fine Irish demesnes of Ravensdale and 

 Clermont in county Louth and Clermont Lodo-e in 

 Norfolk. 



Sir Harry Goodricke's invincible passion for huntino- 

 made him a very willing successor to Lord Southampton ; 

 but, disliking the kennels provided by his predecessor at 

 Humberstone Gate, he promptly set about building new 

 ones at Thrussington, about five miles from Melton. No 

 expense was spared in the undertaking, but the want of 

 experience in matters connected with stable and kennel 

 led to partial failure. There is no evidence on the point ; 

 but the chances are that the design was entrusted to an 

 architect who was not well versed in the details of stable 

 and kennel requirements, with the result that while a 



tolerably imposing pile sprung up on the left of the road 



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