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686:1959 to 1962: Mrs G. A. Murray-Smith
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520:William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton
258:abolition of traditional fox hunting
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337:Among many notable Masters was
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716:1985 to 1991: Mr W. B. Hercock
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731:1994 to 1995: Mr R. G. Henson
526:Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley
1183:Quinn, Ben (29 March 2021).
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800:activity during this time".
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643:Major Algernon E. Burnaby
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16:British fox hunting pack
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1039:William Arthur Deakin,
934:page at quornhunt.co.uk
848:Daphne Machin Goodall,
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19:For other uses, see
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1217:The Quorn Hunt Ball
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384:Royal Navy
380:Hunt-class
256:After the
251:Derbyshire
227:Quorn Hunt
184:quorn-hunt
96:Founded by
29:Quorn Hunt
1145:Home page
1069:HMS Quorn
879:"Cecil",
843:Chit-Chat
435:Leicester
388:HMS
348:In 1890,
296:from the
274:foxhounds
231:the Quorn
169:Kennelled
129:Master(s)
53:Hunt type
1205:ITV News
1148:Archived
1129:Archived
1110:Archived
1091:Archived
1072:Archived
995:op. cit.
958:op. cit.
928:Archived
890:See also
858:Tom Firr
768:Post-ban
493:Kingston
445:and the
358:furlongs
330:, Master
305:Seagrave
143:Huntsman
113:Foxhound
1257:outline
960:, p. 47
776:by the
461:Belvoir
419:coverts
397:Country
315:, near
268:History
179:Website
88:Founded
83:History
76:England
63:Country
1251:
1221:Tatler
1058:p. 123
1010:Blew,
993:Blew,
956:Blew,
759:
485:Belton
378:Three
160:Quarry
73:
1167:from
390:Quorn
286:Quorn
43:, by
1249:OCLC
491:and
425:and
352:and
249:and
225:The
91:1696
421:in
367:of
253:.
188:.uk
186:.co
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1255:,
1235:,
1219:,
1203:,
1187:.
1056:,
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915:^
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