CHAPTER VII 



MR. HENRY GREENE, OF ROLLESTON 



1841-1847 



THE accession of Mr. Greene, of Rolleston, to office 

 as master of the Ouorn is remarkable from the 

 fact that he was the only Leicestershire man since 

 Mr. Boothby who had occupied that position. In many 

 countries, a little prior to Mr. Greene's advent to power, 

 hounds were kept by county men in many cases, and 

 even now (1898), where there has been a change of 

 mastership there has sometimes been a clamour for a 

 county man instead of a stranger. 



No better choice could have been made than Mr. 

 Greene, for he had been a constant follower of the 

 hounds and could get over a country in good style, 

 was popular with the farmers, and of course knew the 

 district. There is some doubt, however, whether he 

 was an actual master, or whether he was merely an 

 acting master under a committee ; at any rate, his 

 position was often referred to as though it were at the 

 head of a committee, or its representative. It may be 

 remembered that during Lord Suffield's mastership 

 mention was made of a suggestion for a committee 

 which should pay the rent of coverts and damages. 

 This committee was no doubt elected, and one would 

 rather be inclined to think that it existed in Mr. Greene's 

 time, and that he was possibly more an acting than an 



irresponsible master accountable to no one. 



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