Edgar Lubbock Vanity Fair 4 January 1906

The Blankney Hunt is an English foxhound pack, based in the village of Blankney,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, with hunting country of around by within

and

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History and masters

The hunt dates from 1871, when the old Burton Hunt was divided; the "country" as now constituted has existed since the end of the nineteenth century. The hounds were owned by a Mr. Cockburn from 1896, before being sold to

Edgar Lubbock Edgar Lubbock LLB (22 February 1847 – 9 September 1907) was an English amateur footballer who twice won the FA Cup and played first-class cricket. He later became a partner in the Whitbread Brewery, a Director and Deputy Governor of the Ban ...

in 1904. Lubbock (1847–1907) was a lawyer who moved to nearby Caythorpe following his marriage in 1886 and after riding with both the Belvoir and Blankney Hunts, became

Master Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

of the Blankney in 1904. Following Lubbock's death, the hounds were sold to Lord Charles Bentinck who sold them on to Sir

Robert Filmer Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, '' Patriarcha'', published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal ...

in 1909.

Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby Francis Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, CMG, CBE, MVO, TD (29 September 1884 – 30 April 1982) was an English aristocrat, soldier and politician. He was the son of Francis Willey, 1st Baron Barnby and was educated at Eton and Magdalen Col ...

(1884–1982), soldier and politician, was Master of the hunt in 1919 and 1933.

Description of country

The country covers the Lincoln Heath and is mainly arable country with stone walls and hedges. The country borders on the

Belvoir Hunt The following is a list of foxhound packs in the United Kingdom, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association. Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Hunting Act ...

to the east and the Burton Hunt to the north.

Related activities

The Blankney Hunt branch of the

Pony Club Pony Club is an international youth organization devoted to educating youth about horses and riding. Pony Club organizations exist in over thirty countries worldwide. Origins Pony Club began in Great Britain in 1929 when the Institute of the ...

was established in 1938. There is an annual Point-to-point meeting associated with the hunt. The hunt has given its name to a Hunt class destroyer, '' Blankney'' and to a

LNER Class D49 The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires. One, 246/62712 ''Morayshire'' has been preserved on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Rail ...

locomotive, No.247 ''The Blankney''.

References

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External links

Blankney Hunt photo archive

Country Life picture library

Boxing day 2012 in Sleaford (video)
1871 establishments in England Sport in Lincolnshire Fox hunts in the United Kingdom Fox hunts in England