Master of the Staghounds

{{Short description|Position in the British Royal Household}}

Master of the staghounds was a position in the British Royal Household created in 1738 and abolished in 1782.{{cite book |title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain |volume=11 |edition=Revised |year=2006 |publisher=University of London |location=London |pages=215–216}} cited at {{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp215-216 |title=Hunting, sporting and gaming: The staghounds and harthounds |work=British History Online |access-date=January 29, 2015}} The office was responsible for the oversight and care of the Royal staghounds (dogs bred for hunting deer).

"Master of staghounds" was also a title or descriptive given to staghound masters on a more local level.{{cite book |last=Underhill |first=George Frederick |title=The Master of Hounds |url=https://archive.org/details/masterhounds01scotgoog |access-date=January 29, 2015 |year=1903 |publisher=G. Richards |pages=[https://archive.org/details/masterhounds01scotgoog/page/n244 213]-223}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mystudios.com/artgallery/J/John-Wootton/Portrait-of-Sir-Robert-Walpole-%281676-1745%29-as-Master-of-the-Kings-Staghounds-in-Windsor-Forest.html |title=Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) as Master of the Kings Staghounds in Windsor Forest |author=John Wooten |work=MyStudios.com |access-date=January 29, 2015}}Fortescue, Hon. John. Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds (Appendix B){{cite book |last=Fortescue |first=John |title=Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds |year=1887}}