South Devon Hunt

The country spans an area entirely within the county of Devon, predominantly on the East side of Dartmoor, out to the sea.

The exact date of formation is unknown, but by 1810 a number of hounds were drafted from Stover to the Duke of Rutland's Belvoir Hunt, in a rare instance of one of the country's pre-eminent traditional hunts bringing in hounds from another pack.

One fox, nicknamed "The Bold Dragoon" was noted to have been caught and released no fewer than thirty-six times.

[2] In 1826, Templer was forced to sell Stover following the collapse of his business under the costs of building the Haytor Granite Tramway, and the hunt took the only break in its history, with no meets in the 1826–7 season.

[2] Templer died at his new home of Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot in December 1843 following an accident in the hunting field.