Master of the Staghounds
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Template:Short description Master of the staghounds was a position in the British Royal Household created in 1738 and abolished in 1782.[1] The office was responsible for the oversight and care of the Royal staghounds (dogs bred for hunting deer).
"Master of staghounds" was also a title or descriptive given to staghound masters on a more local level.[2][3][4][5]
Masters of the Staghounds
- 1738: Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
- 1744: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton
- 1762: Vacant
- 1763: William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
- 1765: William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway
- 1770: William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex
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- ↑ Fortescue, Hon. John. Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds (Appendix B)
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