TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (18 December 1935). "RACING PEER GIVES UP.; Earl of Lonsdale to Shut Stable and Costly Ancestral Home". The New York Times . Retrieved 27 September 2021. As he drove down the course at Ascot behind the King, his yellow carriages and liveried postillions made the Royal Carriages look drab and dowdy by comparison, the cheers for ‘Lordy’ as the working classes called him, were at least as loud and prolonged as those for the King. This news electrified Sullivan who said : ‘If he wants a fight he can have one, and that goes for any ‘Dooks’ and ‘Oils’ as he cares to bring with him’.

The longest lived of the Earls of Lonsdale, the 5th Earl died in 1944 with no heir and with little concern for those who would be burdened by the Castle, the estate and his debts, which were inherited by his (by then aged) youngest brother Lancelot who sold the majority of the family collections in 1947. The 6th Earl died in 1953. Followed again by another wait for our mint areo cheese cake. Which was as described but not as light as most cheesecakes so be prepared to be full which suits me fine 😍😍Lord Lonsdale was not regarded favourably after his first term as master and he was distinctly unpopular. He makes a second appearance however in 1915-21 and made great contributions to carry the Hunt through the First World War and in its aftermath to ensure the survival of foxhunting. Indeed in his own words to justify his efforts he stated "What on earth are officers home from the front going to do with their time if there is no foxhunting for them?". When he resigned at the end of his second term it was met with genuine regret. It may have been expected that due to the tremendous losses in the trenches and the great social change brought about by the Great War that foxhunting would not survive however survive it did.

The Cottesmore was original based in Cottesmore itself and it was a great income earner for the village providing employment through a variety of means – there was the clothing, catering, stabling, accommodation to name but a few. Hunting lodges were a very profitable business especially during the wars. Those that came for hunting tended to relocate to the area for the winter. In addition selling fodder and bedding was a handy side line for hard-up farmers at a time when farming was experiencing an agricultural depression. At one time the income generated from hunting in Leicestershire alone was estimated to be worth around 10 million pounds. It would be true to say that the hunt brought great economic stability to the village. The Hunt ensured they kept on good terms with the farmers whose fields they crossed and were careful to put right any damage. They always had permission first to cross the land and were welcomed by most farmers. Hugh Cecil was a lavish host, an aficionado of the very finest things in life and did nothing by halves. His horses, his racehorses, his dogs, his private orchestra, his staff, his guests – they were all treated to the most elaborate and expensive of arrangements. The private orchestra had its own train carriage when they travelled. So did the Yellow Earl’s dogs. Over the proceeding century, Lowther Castle was host to the great and the good of the kingdom. Thanks to generous revenues from land, forestry and coal, art collections were built up and by the time the fifth Earl of Lonsdale – Hugh Cecil Lowther (the ‘Yellow Earl’) – came to inherit, Lowther enjoyed a splendid reputation not just in England but beyond. Hugh Lowther – known as The Yellow Earl because of his fondness for the colour – became the fifth Earl of Lonsdale in 1882.He was chairman of Arsenal Football Club for a brief period in 1936 (having previously been a club director), and later became the club’s Honorary President. The match had been arranged at the Central Park Academy as to the fight itself Hugh Lowther himself wrote an account of it all in late years for The People. When entering you're greeted by a lovely interior showing alot of its old features which really add to the feel. years after it was built however, the castle was abandoned. The ‘Yellow Earl’, the 5 th Earl of Lonsdale had spent his way through a vast fortune and the castle was a luxury too far. Hugh did so in spectacular style, with an expedition which reached Alaska. He later claimed to have made it to the North Pole.

I keep an eye out for anything with the words ‘Yellow Earl’, ‘Hugh Lowther’, ‘Fifth Earl of Lonsdale’,” says Adam. “There’s definitely a market for it. Lowther Castle was abandoned in 1935. The Earl moved to nearby Askham Hall. When he died in 1944, aged 87, the family fortune had gone.

On the trail of Cumbria's Yellow Earl - and how he spent the family fortune

There was an agricultural estate of fifty thousand acres, and another fifty thousand acres of common land, over which he owned most of the sporting and mineral rights. There were the lakes of Windermere and Grasmere, and the ruggedly beautiful Hawes Water. The Lowthers bought Seaton in 1837, then Dearham, Ribton, Distington, Kelton, Arlecdon, Weddicar, St Bees, Hensingham, Frizington, Ennerdale and Rottington. All were acquired because they had mineral reserves beneath them. The apps third trail , “Explore West Cumbria”, is aimed at families travelling in cars or on public transport. They can stop off at various points of interest including the Roman fort at Moresby, north of Whitehaven, the village of St Bees, Florence Mine or Swinside Stone Circle near Millom and many other places of interest in between.