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Quorn Hunt

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Quorn (disambiguation).

The Quorn Hunt, usually called the Quorn, established in 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt. Its country is mostly in Leicestershire, together with some smaller areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Quorn Hunt
Frank Hall Standish with the Quorn Hunt, by John Ferneley, Snr, 1819
Hunt typeFox hunting
Country England
History
Founded1696
Founded byMr Thomas Boothby
Hunt information
Hound breedFoxhound
Hunt countryLeicestershire
Master(s)
  • Colin Russell, MFH; Mrs Jacqueline Russell, MFH; Dominic Gwyn-Jones, MFH; Mrs Louisa Gwyn-Jones, MFH; Philip Adkins, MFH; Ian Jalland, MFH; John Mann, MFH; Chris Price, MFH
HuntsmanMr Rod Wilson
Whipper(s)-inMr Bailey Board
Quarrynone - manually-laid trail
KennelledKirby Bellars
Websitequorn-hunt.co.uk

After the abolition of traditional fox hunting implemented by the Hunting Act 2004, the Quorn continues to go out on four days of the week during the autumn and winter months, claiming to operate within the constraints of the law.

History edit

The hunt traces its origins to a pack of foxhounds established in 1696 at Tooley Park, Leicestershire, by the youthful Thomas Boothby (1677–1752). Its present name comes from the village of Quorn, also known as Quorndon, where the hounds were kennelled between 1753 and 1904.[1] They were established there by the hunt's second master, Hugo Meynell, who bought Quorndon Hall from the 4th Earl Ferrers.[2] Following more than half a century under the leadership of Boothby, Meynell was Master for forty-seven years. He was known for his innovative mastery of fox hunting and has been called 'The Primate of the Science'.[3]

In 1905, new kennels and stables were built at Paudy Lane, Seagrave; these are now listed buildings.[4] The hunt's present-day kennels are at Gaddesby Lane, Kirby Bellars, near Melton Mowbray.[5]

 
George Osbaldeston, Master
1817–1821 and 1823–1827

Among many notable Masters was George Osbaldeston, who in 1823 became the first to return to the Mastership after having previously retired.[6]

Before gaining its present title in the mid-19th century, the hunt was often known by the name of its Master: for instance, from 1827 to 1831 it was called 'Lord Southampton's Hounds'. Until 1884, the hounds were owned by the Master, and a change of mastership took place either by purchase or inheritance.[7] The hounds are now said to be "owned by the country", that is, by the hunt organization.[8]

In 1890, Algernon Burnaby and Count Eliot Zborowski together planned the Quorn Hunt's famous Midnight Steeplechase, a jumping race in the middle of the night over twelve furlongs, with the riders dressed in nightshirts and top hats and the fences lit by oil lamps. Burnaby was the triumphant winner, gaining a silver cup provided by Zborowski. The race is commemorated in sporting prints.[9]

A Great Depression began in 1929, and subscriptions to the hunt began to fall. Burnaby, Master since 1912, recruited Sir Harold Nutting of Quenby Hall, "newly rich from bottling Guinness", as his joint Master, and quipped "We don't want your personality, we want your purse!" Jane Ridley has estimated that during the following ten years Nutting spent about £15,000 a year on the Quorn.[10]

Three Hunt-class warships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Quorn, after the Hunt.[11]

Country edit

The Quorn hunts in a wide area of Leicestershire, plus some coverts in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, stretching from just south of Nottingham to the edge of the city of Leicester and from Melton Mowbray westwards to Ashby de la Zouch. On the eastern side of the country lies a rolling open landscape, with good fences to jump, while to the west are the wooded uplands of Charnwood Forest and the Pennine Chain. The best centres are around Melton Mowbray, Leicester and Loughborough.[1][8]

In 1853, the southern part of its country was separated off to form the Fernie.[citation needed]

The adjoining hunts are the Meynell and South Staffs (to the north west), the South Notts (to the north), the Belvoir (to the north east), the Cottesmore (to the south east), the Fernie (to the south), and the Atherstone (to the south west).[8]

Season and supporters edit

Hunting takes place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and (formerly) Saturdays, in the autumn and winter months only. More open country is hunted on Mondays and Fridays, the most popular days, with usually between one hundred and one hundred and fifty mounted followers, plus about twice as many who follow hounds on foot and with cars and bicycles. The smallest number of followers is on Tuesdays. Over eight hundred farmers in the country of the Quorn allow the hunt to use their land.[1] There is a Supporters' Association.[12]

The hunt's 'Saturday Country' was formerly around Belton, Staunton Harold and Kingston and has its own 'Saturday Country Wire and Damage Fund'.[13]

List of Masters edit

Post-ban edit

Although "hunting wild mammals with a dog" was made unlawful in England and Wales by the Hunting Act 2004, which came into effect in 2005,[14] the Quorn Hunt says that it continues to operate within the law.[15] A number of exemptions stated in Schedule 1 of the 2004 Act permit some previously unusual forms of hunting wild mammals with dogs to continue, such as "hunting ... for the purpose of enabling a bird of prey to hunt the wild mammal".[16]

In March 2021, during a lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Quorn Hunt was strongly criticised for carrying out activities to celebrate the birthday of its master. It was reported that people and hounds travelled out of the Quorn's county to the Burley-on-the-Hill area, and apparently engaged in illegal hunting. A supporter of a neighbouring hunt called for the resignation on all Quorn Hunt masters involved in the event after showing "complete disregard and disrespect for the thousands who have died from Covid-19". The Countryside Alliance clarified that any of its members present were there in a private capacity, not representing the Alliance, adding "There is no excuse for anyone engaged in trail hunting activity during this time".[17]

In December 2022 Quorn Hunstman Ollie Finnegan pled guilty to illegally hunting with dogs on 7th January 2022.[18]

Quorn Hunt Ball edit

There is also an annual Quorn Hunt Ball. In 2014, it took place at Two Temple Place in London[19][20] but there is also one hosted in Leicestershire each year.

Bibliography edit

  • William Charles Arlington Blew, The Quorn Hunt and its masters, with illustrations by Henry Alken (London: John C. Nimmo, 1899)[21]
  • William Scarth Dixon, The Quorn Hunt
  • Lady Augusta Fane, Chit-Chat (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1926)
  • Daphne Machin Goodall, Huntsmen of the Golden Age (London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1956)
  • Roy Heron, Tom Firr of the Quorn, Huntsman Extraordinary (Liss: Nimrod Book Services, 1984)
  • Ulrica Murray-Smith, Magic of the Quorn (London: J. A. Allen & Co., 1980)
  • J. Otho Paget, Memories of the Shires (Methuen, 1920, republ. 2012)
  • "Cecil", The Quorn Hunt: the Accustomed Places of Meeting, with Distances from Railway Stations, circa 1870[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c About the Hunt 11 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine page at quornhunt.co.uk
  2. ^ William C. A. Blew, The Quorn Hunt and Its Masters (1899), p. 23
  3. ^ Blew, op. cit., p. 47
  4. ^ Quorn Hunt Kennels and Stabling, Quorn Park, Seagrave (Grade II) at charnwood.gov.uk
  5. ^ Quorn Hunt Kennels at yell.com
  6. ^ Blew, op. cit., Chapter IV at archive.org: 'Mr George Osbaldeston 1817–1821, 1823–1827'
  7. ^ Blew, op. cit., passim
  8. ^ a b c Quorn Hunt[permanent dead link] at mfha.org.uk
  9. ^ William Arthur Deakin, 19th century Loughborough: a review of the past century (Loughborough: Echo Press Ltd, 1974), p. 74
  10. ^ Pamela Horn, Country House Society: the Private Lives of England's Upper Class after the First World War, p. 123
  11. ^ HMS Quorn 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at royalnavy.mod.uk
  12. ^ QH Supporters Association 19 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt.co.uk
  13. ^ Saturday Wire Fund Club 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt.co.uk
  14. ^ Hunting Act 2004 7 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, text online at opsi.gov.uk
  15. ^ Home page 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt.co.uk
  16. ^ Stephen Moss, "The banned rode on: Eighteen months ago hunting was banned. Or was it?" from The Guardian dated 7 November 2006, at guardian.co.uk, accessed 29 April 2013
  17. ^ Quinn, Ben (29 March 2021). "Two suspended after 'lockdown breach' by east Midlands hunt". The Guardian.
  18. ^ [1], ITV News, 6 December 2022
  19. ^ The Quorn Hunt Ball, Tatler, 22 April 2015
  20. ^ Quorn Hunt Party, Nico Morgan Media, 22 November 2014
  21. ^ OCLC 1061884100 (all editions), outline at archive.org, accessed 6 August 2019

External links edit

  • quorn-hunt.co.uk - official web site
  • Quorn Hunt photos at Nico Morgan Media
  • Captain Tommy Burns Hartopp at antique-prints.co.uk

January 01, 1970
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For other uses see Quorn disambiguation The Quorn Hunt usually called the Quorn established in 1696 is one of the world s oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom s most famous hunt Its country is mostly in Leicestershire together with some smaller areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Quorn HuntFrank Hall Standish with the Quorn Hunt by John Ferneley Snr 1819Hunt typeFox huntingCountry EnglandHistoryFounded1696Founded byMr Thomas BoothbyHunt informationHound breedFoxhoundHunt countryLeicestershireMaster s Colin Russell MFH Mrs Jacqueline Russell MFH Dominic Gwyn Jones MFH Mrs Louisa Gwyn Jones MFH Philip Adkins MFH Ian Jalland MFH John Mann MFH Chris Price MFHHuntsmanMr Rod WilsonWhipper s inMr Bailey BoardQuarrynone manually laid trailKennelledKirby BellarsWebsitequorn hunt wbr co wbr ukvte After the abolition of traditional fox hunting implemented by the Hunting Act 2004 the Quorn continues to go out on four days of the week during the autumn and winter months claiming to operate within the constraints of the law Contents 1 History 2 Country 3 Season and supporters 4 List of Masters 5 Post ban 6 Quorn Hunt Ball 7 Bibliography 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editThe hunt traces its origins to a pack of foxhounds established in 1696 at Tooley Park Leicestershire by the youthful Thomas Boothby 1677 1752 Its present name comes from the village of Quorn also known as Quorndon where the hounds were kennelled between 1753 and 1904 1 They were established there by the hunt s second master Hugo Meynell who bought Quorndon Hall from the 4th Earl Ferrers 2 Following more than half a century under the leadership of Boothby Meynell was Master for forty seven years He was known for his innovative mastery of fox hunting and has been called The Primate of the Science 3 In 1905 new kennels and stables were built at Paudy Lane Seagrave these are now listed buildings 4 The hunt s present day kennels are at Gaddesby Lane Kirby Bellars near Melton Mowbray 5 nbsp George Osbaldeston Master1817 1821 and 1823 1827 Among many notable Masters was George Osbaldeston who in 1823 became the first to return to the Mastership after having previously retired 6 Before gaining its present title in the mid 19th century the hunt was often known by the name of its Master for instance from 1827 to 1831 it was called Lord Southampton s Hounds Until 1884 the hounds were owned by the Master and a change of mastership took place either by purchase or inheritance 7 The hounds are now said to be owned by the country that is by the hunt organization 8 In 1890 Algernon Burnaby and Count Eliot Zborowski together planned the Quorn Hunt s famous Midnight Steeplechase a jumping race in the middle of the night over twelve furlongs with the riders dressed in nightshirts and top hats and the fences lit by oil lamps Burnaby was the triumphant winner gaining a silver cup provided by Zborowski The race is commemorated in sporting prints 9 A Great Depression began in 1929 and subscriptions to the hunt began to fall Burnaby Master since 1912 recruited Sir Harold Nutting of Quenby Hall newly rich from bottling Guinness as his joint Master and quipped We don t want your personality we want your purse Jane Ridley has estimated that during the following ten years Nutting spent about 15 000 a year on the Quorn 10 Three Hunt class warships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Quorn after the Hunt 11 Country edit nbsp English Foxhound The Quorn hunts in a wide area of Leicestershire plus some coverts in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire stretching from just south of Nottingham to the edge of the city of Leicester and from Melton Mowbray westwards to Ashby de la Zouch On the eastern side of the country lies a rolling open landscape with good fences to jump while to the west are the wooded uplands of Charnwood Forest and the Pennine Chain The best centres are around Melton Mowbray Leicester and Loughborough 1 8 In 1853 the southern part of its country was separated off to form the Fernie citation needed The adjoining hunts are the Meynell and South Staffs to the north west the South Notts to the north the Belvoir to the north east the Cottesmore to the south east the Fernie to the south and the Atherstone to the south west 8 Season and supporters editHunting takes place on Mondays Tuesdays Fridays and formerly Saturdays in the autumn and winter months only More open country is hunted on Mondays and Fridays the most popular days with usually between one hundred and one hundred and fifty mounted followers plus about twice as many who follow hounds on foot and with cars and bicycles The smallest number of followers is on Tuesdays Over eight hundred farmers in the country of the Quorn allow the hunt to use their land 1 There is a Supporters Association 12 The hunt s Saturday Country was formerly around Belton Staunton Harold and Kingston and has its own Saturday Country Wire and Damage Fund 13 List of Masters edit1696 to 1752 Mr Thomas Boothby 1753 to 1800 Mr Hugo Meynell 1800 to 1805 William Molyneux 2nd Earl of Sefton 1805 to 1806 Thomas Foley 3rd Baron Foley 1806 to 1817 Mr Thomas Assheton Smith the Younger 1817 to 1821 Mr George Osbaldeston 1821 to 1823 Sir Bellingham Graham 7th Baronet 1823 to 1827 Mr George Osbaldeston again 1827 to 1831 Charles FitzRoy 3rd Baron Southampton 1831 to 1833 Sir Harry Goodricke 1833 to 1835 Mr Holyoake Goodricke 1835 to 1838 Mr Rowland Errington 1838 to 1839 Edward Harbord 4th Baron Suffield 1839 to 1841 Mr Thomas Hodgson 1841 to 1847 Mr Henry Greene of Rolleston 1847 to 1856 Sir Richard Sutton 2nd Baronet 1856 to 1863 George Grey 7th Earl of Stamford 1863 to 1866 Mr Samuel Clowes 1866 to 1868 The Marquess of Hastings 1868 to 1870 Mr John Chaworth Musters 1870 to 1884 Mr John Coupland 1884 to 1896 John Manners Sutton 3rd Baron Manners 1886 to 1893 Captain Warner jointly 1886 to 1893 William Byerley Paget jointly 1893 to 1898 Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1898 to 1905 Captain E Tommy Burns Hartopp 1905 to 1918 Captain Francis Frank Forester 1912 to 1932 Major Algernon E Burnaby 1919 to 1928 W E Paget 1930 to 1940 Lt Col Sir Harold Nutting 1940 to 1947 Major P Cantrell Hubbersty acting 1948 to 1951 Mrs P Cantrell Hubbersty nbsp A future Master Algernon Burnaby winning the Midnight Steeplechase of 1890 1948 to 1951 Mr F S Mee 1948 to 1954 Ronald Strutt 4th Baron Belper 1954 to 1960 Lt Col G A Murray Smith 1959 to 1962 Mrs G A Murray Smith 1959 to 1985 Mrs Ulrica Murray Smith 1960 to 1962 Lt Col T C Llewellen Palmer 1960 to 1962 Captain E O Corsfield 1962 to 1965 Brigadier R G Tilney 1965 to 1972 Captain J D A Keith 1972 to 1985 Captain F G Barker 1975 to 1983 Mr A J M Teacher 1985 to 1991 Mr J Bealby 1985 to 1991 Mr E R Hanbury 1985 to 1991 Mr W B Hercock 1991 to 1994 Captain Fred G Barker again 1992 to 1994 Mr A R Macdonald Buchanan 1992 to 1995 Mrs D E H Turner 1992 to 2000 Mr C H Geary 1994 to 1995 Mr R G Henson 1995 to 1996 Mr R S Morely 1995 to 1996 Mr R Carden 1996 to 1997 Mr Robin C Smith Ryland 1992 to 2000 Mr Rad T Thomas 1998 to 2000 Mr A W R Dangar 1997 to 2003 Mr A R P Carden 2000 to 2004 Mr R Hunnisett 2002 to 2005 Mr W CurshamPost ban editAlthough hunting wild mammals with a dog was made unlawful in England and Wales by the Hunting Act 2004 which came into effect in 2005 14 the Quorn Hunt says that it continues to operate within the law 15 A number of exemptions stated in Schedule 1 of the 2004 Act permit some previously unusual forms of hunting wild mammals with dogs to continue such as hunting for the purpose of enabling a bird of prey to hunt the wild mammal 16 In March 2021 during a lockdown for the COVID 19 pandemic the Quorn Hunt was strongly criticised for carrying out activities to celebrate the birthday of its master It was reported that people and hounds travelled out of the Quorn s county to the Burley on the Hill area and apparently engaged in illegal hunting A supporter of a neighbouring hunt called for the resignation on all Quorn Hunt masters involved in the event after showing complete disregard and disrespect for the thousands who have died from Covid 19 The Countryside Alliance clarified that any of its members present were there in a private capacity not representing the Alliance adding There is no excuse for anyone engaged in trail hunting activity during this time 17 In December 2022 Quorn Hunstman Ollie Finnegan pled guilty to illegally hunting with dogs on 7th January 2022 18 Quorn Hunt Ball editThere is also an annual Quorn Hunt Ball In 2014 it took place at Two Temple Place in London 19 20 but there is also one hosted in Leicestershire each year Bibliography editWilliam Charles Arlington Blew The Quorn Hunt and its masters with illustrations by Henry Alken London John C Nimmo 1899 21 William Scarth Dixon The Quorn Hunt Lady Augusta Fane Chit Chat London Thornton Butterworth 1926 Daphne Machin Goodall Huntsmen of the Golden Age London H F amp G Witherby 1956 Roy Heron Tom Firr of the Quorn Huntsman Extraordinary Liss Nimrod Book Services 1984 Ulrica Murray Smith Magic of the Quorn London J A Allen amp Co 1980 J Otho Paget Memories of the Shires Methuen 1920 republ 2012 Cecil The Quorn Hunt the Accustomed Places of Meeting with Distances from Railway Stations circa 1870 2 See also editList of fox hunts in the United Kingdom English FoxhoundReferences edit a b c About the Hunt Archived 11 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine page at quornhunt co uk William C A Blew The Quorn Hunt and Its Masters 1899 p 23 Blew op cit p 47 Quorn Hunt Kennels and Stabling Quorn Park Seagrave Grade II at charnwood gov uk Quorn Hunt Kennels at yell com Blew op cit Chapter IV at archive org Mr George Osbaldeston 1817 1821 1823 1827 Blew op cit passim a b c Quorn Hunt permanent dead link at mfha org uk William Arthur Deakin 19th century Loughborough a review of the past century Loughborough Echo Press Ltd 1974 p 74 Pamela Horn Country House Society the Private Lives of England s Upper Class after the First World War p 123 HMS Quorn Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at royalnavy mod uk QH Supporters Association Archived 19 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt co uk Saturday Wire Fund Club Archived 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt co uk Hunting Act 2004 Archived 7 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine text online at opsi gov uk Home page Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine at quornhunt co uk Stephen Moss The banned rode on Eighteen months ago hunting was banned Or was it from The Guardian dated 7 November 2006 at guardian co uk accessed 29 April 2013 Quinn Ben 29 March 2021 Two suspended after lockdown breach by east Midlands hunt The Guardian 1 ITV News 6 December 2022 The Quorn Hunt Ball Tatler 22 April 2015 Quorn Hunt Party Nico Morgan Media 22 November 2014 OCLC 1061884100 all editions outline at archive org accessed 6 August 2019External links editquorn hunt co uk official web site Quorn Hunt photos at Nico Morgan Media Captain Tommy Burns Hartopp at antique prints co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Quorn Hunt amp oldid 1206605835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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