Mfh Collection

Silhouettes of hunting field scenes

Foxhunting lady in studio photo, Mid Wales
A foxhunting lady poses in full hunting gear in the photographers studio, Mid Wales. She sits sidesaddle on a table, rather than on her horse

Victorian foxhunting scene Date: circa 1880s

Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) English nobleman and sportsman. Seen here in a portrait sketch by Cecil Aldin, who hunted with him

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Illustration by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, The South Berks, a black and white reproduction of Aldin's landscape picture of the hunt in progress

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Grey Friar, horse belonging to Mr Gerald Hardy
Grey Friar, a horse belonging to Mr Gerald Hardy, MFH of the Meynell Hunt, Staffordshire. Date: 1936

Kilrue, horse belonging to Lord Lonsdale
Kilrue, a horse belonging to Lord Lonsdale, kept at Barleythorpe Hall near Oakham, his hunting lodge when he was MFH of the Cottesmore Hunt, Rutland (Leicestershire). Date: 1936

West Somerset Foxhounds in action. Date: 1960s

Lord Willoughby de Broke, Vanity Fair, Spy
RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY, 19th Baron WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE (1869-1923) British peer and conservative politician. He wrote a book on foxhunting called Hunting the Fox, published in 1921

Major General Brocklehurst, Cottesmore Hunt
Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst (later Lord Ranksborough, 1852-1921), soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Seen here as Master of the Cottesmore Hunt (Rutland)

Neauddfawr Foxhounds, South Wales
The opening meet of the Neauddfawr Foxhounds in South Wales. The MFH is a woman, Mrs Hughes, who is also churchwarden of Llanwnen Church

Fox Hunting Title Page
Title page of foxhunting section, with MFH and hounds. Date: 1900

Mr Popple and the Mfh
An infuriated MFH tells Mr Popple to go away and turn his horses into potted meat -- so he does!

Mr Popple throws his hat at the fox, much to the Master of Fox Hounds disgust

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