Lady was the favourite hound of Sir Thomas Mostyn, who was Master of the celebrated Bicester Hunt between 1800 and 1829. Although he was MP for Flintshire for over 30 years, Mostyn's true passion was hunting and it is for this that he is best remembered. Mostyn divided his time between his parliamentary duties, his family estates in North Wales, and Manor Farm in Bainton, near Bicester.

The inscription on the obelisk reads:

Amazingly, the obelisk at Bainton is not the only monument Sir Mostyn had constructed in honour of Lady. The other is in Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey, where Lady is actually buried.

Lady's grave contains a very touching inscription:

Of all the Ladies live or dead,
In the chase that we have sped,
Here the honoured relics rest,
Of the fleetest and the best,
From the best the best are bred,
And in truth it may be said,
Lady if we hope to see,
A better Lady, 'tis from thee.

Perhaps not the greatest piece of poetry (there's a touch of the William McGonagall about it), but it certainly speaks to the love that Mostyn had for his favourite hound.

Despite being the 6th Baronet Mostyn, Sir Thomas never married or had children, which could explain why he lavished so much attention on Lady.

In Curiosities of Oxfordshire (1995), Edward Gill related a remarkable story about Lady. One day the Bicester foxhounds were hunting in Shropshire. Lady was heavily pregnant, but insisted on being brought along with the pack. During the hunt, Lady decided that the puppies were due, abandoned the pack and was later found to have walked the 70+ miles back to Bicester to give birth!