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436 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. CCCXVI. THE HON. WILLIAM RAMSAY MAULE, OF PANMURE, AFTERWARDS LORD PANMURE OF BRECHIN AND NAVAR. THE HONW. ILLIAMR AMSAYs,e cond son of the eighth Earl of Dalhousie, Was born in 1771. He succeeded to the estate of Panmure in 1782, on the death of his maternal uncle, when he assumed the name of MAULE. The title of the “ Generous Sportsman” he acquired on account of his liberality of disposition, and his fondness for the sports of the turf. He appears at one time to have been a keen participator in the royal recreation of cock-fighting, which, in his earlier years, was a favourite source of amusement.I The public or political life of the noble Baron was not marked by any 1 Turning over the pages of an Edinburgh Magazine for March 1801, we find announced “that the cock-pit was crowded every day at 3s. a head, and that thirty-seven mains were fought, whereof nineteen were won by Maule, and eighteen by Mr. Owald of Auchencruive.” Again, in 1803, another match between the parties is thus recorded :- “ On Monday the 8th March commenced the grand main of cocks at Hallion’s 1 Tennis Court, Rose Street, between the Hon. Mr. Maule and Mr. Oswald of Auchencruive. The following is a statement of the battles fought :- &dy, for Mr. Maule. Small, for Mr. Oswald. Feeders.. .{ Mains. Byes. Mr. Maule ............ 4 ... 1 Nr. Oswald 1 1 Monday. ...... { ........... ... Mr. Maule ............ 2 ... 2 Mr. Oswald ........... 3 ... 0 Tuesday ....... ] Mr. Maule ............ 4 ... 0 Mr. Oswald 2 1 Wednesday ... I ........... ... Mr. Maule ............ 1 ... 0 Mr. Oswald 5 1 Thursday ..... 1 ........... ... Mr. Nanle ............ 2 ... 1 Mr. Oswald.. 4 0 Friday ......... 1 ......... ... Saturday ...... 1 MMrr.. MOsawdaeld. .. .................... 24 ...... 02 “ Mr. Oswald gaining by four battles, and the byes by one.” Hallion was a popular comic actor on the Edinburgh stage, and was celebrated for his prodigious memory. He once undertook for a bet to repeat the whole of one of the Couranl newspapers by heart, and only lost it in consequence of one of the advertisements having been printed twice by mistake, which he omitted to repeat in the recitation.
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