Or possibly it was Edward 7th- Duke of Earl- son of Queen Victoria The Prude- nicknamed "Tum-Tum" behind his rather broad backside, as he was a Master Trencherman and loved large banquets in his era-Gene Hill wrote about Lord Ripon and said that he (Lord Rip that is) abstained from over-indulging in food and drink at those el grande shooting estate weekends in Jolly Olde Angle-Land- tried to get plenty of rest, and would practice in the summer months with a .410 bore shooting butterflies and dragonflies in the garden- Lord Walsingham however, once killed 1000 driven pheasant in one day, after a previous night of drinking and gambling at his "Gentleman's Club"-shot over 85% by shells to dead bird count ratio.
King George The 5th- once on the train back to Buckingham Palace after a full week-end of shooting, saw the iced and sawdust boxcar packed full of dead game birds, wall to wall and wryly observed- "Huum, perhaps a spot too much then!!" Pip Pip and Cheerio!!
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