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Lot Essay
Sir Richard Sutton succeeded to the family title in 1802 when only four years old, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. On coming of age he was at once one of the most wealthy men in the country with large estates in Nottinghamshire, Norfolk, Leicestershire, and London, and devoted himself thereafter to foxhunting and shooting, in which pursuits (trained by George (Squire) Osbaleston) 'it was maintained by his friends he never had an equal'. He was master of three hunts in succession, including the Quorn, and one of the finest shots of his day, favouring flintlock guns well after the introduction of the percussion cap. So devoted was he to shooting that he seldom missed a day during the season, except when he was hunting
Sir Richard was also noted for his hospitality and his love of music. Although asked to stand for parliament on a number of occasions he never entered into politics, which he was said to despise. He died suddenly in his London mansion, Cambridge House, 94 Picadilly - the Quorn called off hunting for the day, and hounds returned to kennels
Sidney Charles Scamell (1891-1973) was an antique dealer, at 46 Fisherton Street, Salisbury. He worked with his father, Charles Scamell, but established his own business by the late 1930s. Charles himself had worked with his father, Thomas Scamell in the 1890s, when they were described as furniture dealers
Seven-barrel sporting rifles, for birds as well as roe deer, were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour Through France (1806). Thornton himself was so enthusiastic about them that he commissioned a fourteen-barrelled example, now in the Musée d'Armes in Liège
See also lots 25 and 87, and footnote to lot 165
Sir Richard was also noted for his hospitality and his love of music. Although asked to stand for parliament on a number of occasions he never entered into politics, which he was said to despise. He died suddenly in his London mansion, Cambridge House, 94 Picadilly - the Quorn called off hunting for the day, and hounds returned to kennels
Sidney Charles Scamell (1891-1973) was an antique dealer, at 46 Fisherton Street, Salisbury. He worked with his father, Charles Scamell, but established his own business by the late 1930s. Charles himself had worked with his father, Thomas Scamell in the 1890s, when they were described as furniture dealers
Seven-barrel sporting rifles, for birds as well as roe deer, were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour Through France (1806). Thornton himself was so enthusiastic about them that he commissioned a fourteen-barrelled example, now in the Musée d'Armes in Liège
See also lots 25 and 87, and footnote to lot 165