Hugo Meynell
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Hugo Meynell (June 1735 – 14 December 1808) is generally seen as the father of modern fox hunting, became Master of Fox Hounds for the Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire in 1753 and continued in that role for another forty-seven years (the hunt is so called after Meynell's home, Quorn Hall in Quorndon, North Leicestershire).
Life
Meynell pioneered an extended chase at high speeds through open grassland. Borrowing the pioneering breeding techniques of his neighbour, the sheep farmer Robert Bakewell, Meynell bred a new form of hound, with greater pace and stamina and a better sense of scent.
In 1762 Meynell was elected as one of the two members of parliament for Lichfield, after filing an election petition challenging the election of John Levett of Wychnor, Staffordshire. Meynell took the seat of Levett, a Tory.[1] But apparently the Levett family held no grudge, because successive generations of Levetts were included in the Meynell hunts and became close family friends.[2]
He represented three constituencies as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons between 1762 and 1780 (Lichfield 1762-1768, Lymington 1769-1774 and Stafford 1774-178) and served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1758-1759.[3]
He was succeeded as occupant of Quorn Hall and Master of the Quorn Hunt by his son Hugo, who died two years later after a hunting fall.
References
- ↑ A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, Robert Beatson, London, 1807
- ↑ A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country, 1780-1901, James Lowndes Randall, 1901
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Further reading
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- The Quorn Hunt and its masters
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1762–1768 With: Thomas Anson |
Succeeded by Thomas Anson Thomas Gilbert |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lymington 1769–1774 With: Sir Harry Burrard |
Succeeded by Sir Harry Burrard Edward Morant |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Stafford 1774–1780 With: Richard Whitworth |
Succeeded by Edward Monckton Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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