. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . at it became the principal seat of the and Stydd were formerly part of the parish ofShirley, but Washington, fifth Earl of Ferrers, about ahundred years ago sold a great deal of it. Shirley Parkwas once of great interest, in fact, Sir Thomas Shirley,writing in the time of Charles I., says that it might be more aptly termed a forest. At the present time SirPeter Walker owns a good deal of it. His father. SirAndrew Walker, bought it. with the house and landat Osmaston, close by, from Mr. John Osmaston. Thelatters father, M
. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . at it became the principal seat of the and Stydd were formerly part of the parish ofShirley, but Washington, fifth Earl of Ferrers, about ahundred years ago sold a great deal of it. Shirley Parkwas once of great interest, in fact, Sir Thomas Shirley,writing in the time of Charles I., says that it might be more aptly termed a forest. At the present time SirPeter Walker owns a good deal of it. His father. SirAndrew Walker, bought it. with the house and landat Osmaston, close by, from Mr. John Osmaston. Thelatters father, Mr. Francis Wright, who married a daughterof Sir Henry FitzHerbert, Bart., of Tissington, boughtthe property, and built the present magnificent house sometime in the fifties, at an immense cost. His son John,who assumed the name of Osmaston, sold it to Sir AndrewAValker, and the house and pleasure grounds immediatelysurrounding it, the cost of which must have exceeded Sir Peter Walker, a photograph byDickinson. rfqBt^goJoriq s ;l3iQ. SIR PETER WALKER, BART. 103 £100,000, were only estimated to bring £11,000. Osmaston was at one time a regular follower of theMeynell hounds, and went well, especially on a grey, theGeneral, which he sold to Mr. Walter Boden. He had apenchant for that colour, always driving greys in his coach,and he also started a herd of pure white shorthorns. The present owner of Osmaston is a staunch fox-preserver, but is probably fonder of a gun, and moreespecially of a rifle, than he is of horse and hound. Yethe kept at his own expense for some time the Dove ValleyHarriers, about the year 1894, when Colonel Fleming, acapital all-round sportsman, gave them up. This countryhas also to thank him for instituting the point-to-pointraces, which are usually called after him. A peculiarityof these is, that in each—the light weight (open), theheavy weight, and the Meynell Hunt race—the com-petitors must be nominated by a lady, who mu
Size: 973px × 2568px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1901
