Master of the Harriers
The Master of the Harriers was a position in the
harriers. It was allowed to lapse in 1701, but was revived in 1730 as the "Master of the Harriers and Foxhounds". The position was abolished in a reorganization of the Royal Household in 1782.[1]
Masters of the Harriers (from 1660)
- 1660: Thomas Elliott (senior)
- 1677: Thomas Elliott (junior)
- 1683: William Ryder
- 1689: Christopher Tancred
- 1701 Vacant
- 1730: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
- 1738: Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
- 1751: Vacant
- 1754: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton
- 1756: Vacant
- 1761: Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh
References
- ^ "Hunting, sporting and gaming: The harriers, hawks and otterhounds," in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, ed. R O Bucholz (London: University of London, 2006), 216-221. British History Online, accessed October 6, 2023, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp216-221.