James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow

Captain James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow (10 April 1792 – 11 March 1869), styled Viscount Kelburn from 1818 until 1843, was a British naval commander and politician.

[1] Glasgow was a captain in the Royal Navy[2] and also sat as Member of Parliament for Ayrshire from 1839 to 1843.

Part of the problem was Glasgow's boneheaded reluctance to give any of his horses names until they had proved themselves by winning races, a habit that naturally caused great confusion in the stables.

It was not unknown for him to order that horses that had failed to live up to expectations on the daily gallops be shot on the spot.

When unable to flush out any foxes, he was quite likely to arbitrarily designate one of his own huntsmen as the quarry and relentlessly pursue the unfortunate man across the countryside for miles.