Founder member, The Cholmondeley Coursing Club. Jt Master North Pennine Foxhounds. President Gamekeepers Welfare Trust. Past president Association of Working Lurchers/Longdogs.
Ed promotes natural hunting as intrinsic to wildlife management and protection of cultural heritage in the political and public realm. Lifetime of hounds and hunting.
Executive member of the Working Lurcher Federation, helping represent working lurchers and sighthounds. Advisory Panel member of Hunting Kind. Founder Isle of Ely Sighthound Club.