Master of the staghounds was a position in the British Royal Household created in 1738 and abolished in 1782. cited at The office was responsible for the oversight and care of the Royal staghounds (dogs bred for hunting deer).
"Master of staghounds" was also a title or descriptive given to staghound masters on a more local level.Fortescue, Hon. John. Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds (Appendix B)
Masters of the Staghounds 1738: Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull 1744: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton 1762: Vacant 1763: William Byron, 5th Baron Byron 1765: William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway 1770: William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex
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See also Devon and Somerset Staghounds