DAVIS

Charles . b. near Hertford 15 Jany. 1788; whipper-in to his father who hunted the King’s harriers 1800 and Pistol boy to George iii; whipper-in to Mr. Sharpe’s staghounds 1812; huntsman to the Queen 1821–66; presented with a testimonial in London 5 Feb. 1859, which testimonial he left to the Queen. d. Royal Kennels, Ascot 26 Oct. 1866. bur. Sunning hill churchyard 2 Nov. His horse Comus, a gift from the Prince of Wales, was shot by his last wish and one ear of the horse in a small box was placed in his grave. Lord W. P. Lennox’s Celebrities I have known, second series ii , 284–305; J. N. Fitt’s Covert side sketches (1878) 274–78; Sporting Review lx , 418–20 (1866), lvi , 402–8 (1866); Baily’s Mag. xii , 254, 326–36 (1867); The Sportsman n.s. ii , 277 (1837), portrait ; I.L.N. xxxiv , 164, 165 (1859), portrait .