It is not known at which Cavalry Depot these drums were used. Six depots are listed in the 1914 Army List, including one at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Both the 4th and 5th Lords Bolton were officers in the Yorkshire (Princess of Wales' Own) Hussars Yeomanry.
These kettle drums are illustrated in the Entrance Hall in the Country Life photograph published on 24 May 1913, p. 743. It was presumably Lord Curzon, tenant of the house at that time, who had placed them below the magnificent pair of walnut side tables designed by John Vardy for the Saloon (then the Great Hall). The tables were sold by the present Lord Bolton, Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 248.