162 THE QUORN HUNT 



MR. ROWLAND ERRINGTON 



1835-1838 



AS already mentioned, the sudden and untimely death 

 L of Sir Harry Goodricke was a sad blow to the 

 Ouorn country, and as Mr. Francis Holyoake had suc- 

 ceeded to so large a portion ol Sir Harry's fortune, he 

 could do no less, unwell though he was, than keep 

 up the Hunt, at least until things had settled down. 

 After his two seasons had expired, he resigned the 

 Ouorn country into the hands of Mr. Rowland Erring- 

 ton, a good sportsman, and in every way an estimable 

 gentleman. 



He was born a Stanley — at Hooton in Cheshire; 

 and in his veins there flowed some of the bluest and 

 oldest blood in that pleasant county. His father was 

 Sir Thomas Massey Stanley, the ninth baronet. The 

 subject of this chapter inherited when quite a boy the 

 extensive estates of Mr. Henry Errington, his maternal 

 a-rand-uncle, whose name he took. The father of Mr. 

 (afterwards Sir) Rowland Errington was closely allied 

 with the turf, and it may be remembered that such 

 horses as Picaroon, Apothecary, and Gasparoni are 

 found mentioned in connection with his name, when 

 the Hooton colours were so often to the front. Mr. 

 Rowland Errington, however, was by choice a hunt- 

 ing man, and as master carried on the Quorn hounds 

 up to their highest traditions, while in his younger days 

 few could beat him over a country. 



He succeeded to the baronetcy in the year 1863, and 



