The English commission included the Earl of Northumberland and the Bishop of Durham.

Important figures in the course's history have included the Earl of Eglinton, Sir James Boswell and the Duke of Portland.

He won the race, where the opposition included the Earl of Northumberland's Primrose and Mr. Panton's Posthumous.

Prominent stamp collectors named as honorary members include Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 26th Earl of Crawford.

Other partners and staff included The Earl of Uxbridge, Owen Williams, and Thomas Harrison.

Other proposed true others include Christopher Marlowe and the 17th Earl of Oxford, despite the latter dying in 1604, many years before Shakespeare stopped writing plays.

Thereafter several owners included the Earl of Leicester and from about 1600, the Earl of Essex.

Current senior co-heirs to the barony include the Earl Granville and the Earl of Carlisle.

Others include the 4th Earl of Durham and the 3rd Viscount Knutsford.

Purchasers included the Earl of Derby and William Bullock, who had a large private collection.