Word: elveden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pheasant shooting which in his youth caused him to become one of the crack bird-shots of the Empire. While the Prince of Wales spurred madly after foxes and Queen Mary occupied herself with vague housewifely duties at Buckingham Palace, King George set out for his annual visit to Elveden Hall in Suffolk, where some of the finest pheasant and partridge shooting in England...
...good-grade Britishers know, the owner "of Elveden Hall is the luxury-loving Viscount Elveden, first Earl of Iveagh. At 78 he is one of the most notable British exponents of la chasse de luxe. His huntsmen-guests are dined wherever they chance to find themselves at mealtimes, with the aid of an especially built traveling kitchen. Throughout his almost limitless estates there are scattered more than a sufficient number of hunting lodges, at which opulent shelter...
Others said, "The King is reported to find the informality at Elveden refreshing. It is significant that Colonel Walter Guinness, Lord Iveagh's younger son, has recently been appointed Minister of Agriculture in succession to E. F. L. Wood, who will go to India as Viceroy, succeeding Lord Reading...
Some of the "big" names appearing on the prospectuses of large distilling and brewing concerns: Field Marshal Earl Haig, connected with the firm of Haig & Haig; Lord Dewar, director of John Dewar & Co.; Viscount Iveagh, with whom are connected his sons, Captain Lord Elveden, Commander Sir Algernon Guinness, and Colonel the Hon. Walter Guinness, head of the great brewing firm...