Obituaries

When Mickey Flanagan went to God on 3 January 2019, it had been 30 years since he had crossed Tipperary as 1st whipper-in to the Tipperary Foxhounds. Despite that, he was known the length and breadth of the Tipperary Country and well beyond for his more than 40 year’s service to the Hunt. He served...

Ben Hardaway, affectionally known to many in Bullock County as Mr. Ben, passed away in October 2017 at his home in Midland, Georgia. This apreciation ofMr Hardaway is republishd courtesy of the author Virginia Allen Austin and Union Springs Herald Ben Hardaway loved the rolling grassland of Fitzpatrick. It was the perfect terrain for him,...

Mr Lodewijk de Beer, Master of the Veluwe Hunt has passed away aged 89 on the 25th November he would have become 90. From 1961 to 1994 he was an active Master of the Veluwe Hunt. He also at times acted as huntsman. He also had hounds at his home. In 1994 he became Honorary...

Patrick Till who died, in his eightieth year, on July 21st 2017 founded  the Hunsley Beacon beagles in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the county, in which he lived, worked and hunted for many years. The son of a Beverley solicitor, who was also a keen beagler, Patrick went to Haileybury public school where he...

On Wednesday 28th of June 2017 , a service of celebration and thanksgiving for the life of Mrs Anne Rosamund Millar was held in the church of the New Forest village of Burley. Born 6 October 1919, Anne moved to the New Forest as a teenager, when her mother, suffering from tuberculosis, came to be...

It was with sadness that we noted the passing of a great hunting stalwart, Bruce Jessep in March 2010. Bruce was Master of the Christchurch Hunt for 12 years, from 1978 until 1989. He continued to actively hunt for many years following that. The last time he rode out with Christchurch Hunt was at the...

Peter Warren died peacefully on 23rd June at the great age of 89.He was the husband to June, father to Carol, Helen, Mary and David, Grandfather to 10 Grandchildren and Great-grandfather to 4 Great-Grandchildren, all of who adored him greatly. He was Master of the Whaddon Chase Hunt from 1982 – 1985 and then went...

On 27th December, one of Lincolnshire’s most prominent horsewomen and hunting ladies was lost to us. She was born Olive Hind, the daughter of a Nottingham solicitor and she spent her childhood at home in Edwalton, where she was first educated privately by a governess, shared with the children of the Boots family. Olive was...

Estelle Holloway who has died aged 89 was by all accounts an accomplished, courageous and very determined person. She was born in Cheltenham, being a descendant of the Vowell family of county Cork – originally a Devon born family from Vowellscombe Manor, near Ugborough. From the age of eighteen months, she was brought up in...

Rod Millington who died peacefully after a short illness on January 11th, at the age of seventyseven, was one of the giants of the Fernie Hunt. He was a very popular figure, whose ability to get on with everyone was legendary. He was one of those men, of whom there are few left, a true...