Master of the Staghounds

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The Master of the Staghounds was a position in the British Royal Household, created in 1738 and responsible for overseeing the care of the Royal staghounds. Below is a list of holders from the creation of the office until its abolition in 1782.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43815