Lord de Grey’s Game Card from 1867-91
GAME KILLED FROM 1867 TO 1891.
| Date | Rhino- | Buffalo | Pig | Red Deer | Partridge | Wood Cock | Wild Duck | Capercaillies | Rabbits | Total | |||||||||
| ceros | Tiger | S??? | Deer | Grouse | Pheasants | Snipe | Black Game | K??? | Various | ||||||||||
| 1867 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 265 | 1.179 | 741 | 20 | 22 | 10 | — | — | 719 | 934 | 115 | 4.013 |
| 1868 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35 | 201 | 1.418 | 1.601 | 28 | 67 | 23 | — | — | 690 | 543 | 113 | 4.719 |
| 1869 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35 | 135 | 1.659 | 1.431 | 26 | 133 | 37 | — | — | 547 | 443 | 122 | 4.568 |
| 1870 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 498 | 2.308 | 2.117 | 36 | 53 | 30 | — | — | 893 | 626 | 137 | 6.660 |
| 1871 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 55 | 1.408 | 1.598 | 1.889 | 50 | 244 | 42 | — | — | 1.093 | 341 | 225 | 6.945 |
| 1872 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 38 | 1.498 | 2.083 | 2.835 | 27 | 60 | 31 | — | — | 1.108 | 756 | 235 | 8.671 |
| 1873 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25 | 248 | 2.417 | 3.050 | 95 | 263 | 85 | — | — | 1.027 | 450 | 591 | 8.231 |
| 1874 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 5 | 90 | 2.878 | 2.345 | 229 | 462 | 131 | 5 | 4 | 1.200 | 302 | 1.200 | 8.854 |
| 1875 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 287 | 2.882 | 3.225 | 176 | 461 | 208 | — | — | 1.376 | 576 | 743 | 9.937 |
| 1876 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 1.554 | 3.394 | 4.110 | 30 | 25 | 37 | — | — | 1.248 | 890 | 266 | 11.557 |
| 1877 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 2.032 | 2.359 | 4.235 | 35 | 45 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 1.496 | 1.044 | 309 | 11.616 |
| 1878 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 9 | 1.669 | 3.378 | 4.679 | 43 | 44 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 2.152 | 667 | 503 | 13.214 |
| 1879 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 1.344 | 630 | 3.140 | 132 | 92 | 62 | 9 | 11 | 1.125 | 287 | 215 | 7.051 |
| 1880 | -- | 9 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 73 | 12 | 1.131 | 682 | 531 | 9 | 47 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 501 | 141 | 408 | 3.684 |
| 1881 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 1.566 | 3.465 | 5.014 | 26 | 14 | 43 | — | — | 1.058 | 797 | 166 | 12.154 |
| 1882 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 104 | 10 | 3.025 | 2.123 | 2.370 | 14 | 21 | 44 | — | — | 464 | 1.122 | 117 | 9.491 |
| 1883 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 2.896 | 1.845 | 6.119 | 157 | 84 | 155 | — | — | 918 | 1.386 | 319 | 13.884 |
| 1884 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 3.073 | 3.523 | 4.347 | 134 | 70 | 70 | — | — | 713 | 1.896 | 453 | 14.289 |
| 1885 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 2.015 | 2.788 | 4.620 | 104 | 23 | 31 | — | — | 589 | 2.547 | 108 | 12.830 |
| 1886 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 | 1.989 | 1.463 | 3.383 | 105 | 87 | 72 | — | — | 357 | 786 | 349 | 8.611 |
| 1887 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 57 | 2.258 | 3.785 | 3.387 | 104 | 3 | 12 | — | — | 415 | 2.328 | 237 | 12.586 |
| 1888 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3.060 | 853 | 5.072 | 31 | 151 | 10 | — | — | 307 | 1.523 | 85 | 11.096 |
| 1889 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 3.081 | 5.751 | 6.182 | 100 | 109 | 14 | 38 | 8 | 1.747 | 1.069 | 135 | 18.239 |
| 1890 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.006 | 7.002 | 6.498 | 172 | 105 | 28 | — | — | 1.446 | 1.120 | 123 | 18.500 |
| 1891 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.277 | 1.699 | 5.794 | 34 | 13 | — | — | — | 711 | 406 | 271 | 11.205 |
| 2 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 97 | 186 | 378 | 39.606 | 63.163 | 88.715 | 1.917 | 2.698 | 1.317 | 94 | 45 | 23.840 | 22.980 | 7.543 | 252.625 | |
| Lord de Grey’s Game Card from 1867-91 | |||||||||||||||||||
Amongst others who came out were Lord and Lady Wenlock, Lady Charles Beresford, and later their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.
GROUP AT BARRACKPORE ON THE LAWN
Left to right. Standing: Lady Downe (the late); Mr Primrose (now Right Hon. Sir Henry), Lord Alwyne Compton (the late); Dr. Anderson (Viceroy’s Medical attendant); (next figure not known to author); Lord Downe, Capt. Deane, 17th Lancers; possible Sir Maurice Fitzgerald; but uncertain; Capt. Poe, I believe; Lord William Beresford. Seated: Lord Ripon, H.R.H. Duchess of Connaught, H.R.H. Duke of Connaught, Lady Ripon. On ground: Capt. Rochfort (now Sir Alex., Governor of Jersey), Capt. the Hon. Charles Harbord (now Lord Suffield)
Lord William found a pleasant bungalow, not far from the Viceregal Lodge, for Lady Wenlock, while her husband was away shooting, and she spent a good deal of time sketching. Being of an artistic temperament she delighted in the scenery and colouring, finding endless opportunities to practise her art—plenty of work for her brush. Yet at times the colouring is so superb it defies all efforts of speech or brush.
Picture the hill-sides one blaze of rhododendrons, sheets of them leading down to green valleys, where after the rains maidenhair ferns and wild orchids cling lovingly to the branches of the trees, on the ground, carpets of little white flowers resembling our lily of the valley, but lacking its scent, in the distance blue mountains, behind these purple mountains, behind these again snow-clad peaks, a brilliant sun shining over all, framing pictures that remain in memory for life, and yet there are times when the very splendour of it seizes us with a limitless despair. In these few beautiful moments when the sun, symbol of deity in the East, is bidding us good-night, changing all round from rose to red, orange to turquoise, leaving a tiny twilight, and the day is gone, hidden away behind a mist of grey. And we think—but no, we will not think, we will go dress for the “Poggle Khana” or fools’ dance, as the natives call a fancy dress ball. But of these more later.