Bartholomew Bretherton

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Bartholomew Bretherton (1806-1874) was a jockey from Rainhill near St Helens who rode many times in the Grand National as an amateur rider, winning the race in 1840 in the colours of Henry Villebois on his horse Jerry.[1]

Family

He is not to be confused with his uncle, and namesake, Bartholomew Bretherton (d. 1857). He was the owner of the family coaching business and main landowner in Rainhill.[2][3] His uncle was also the benefactor of local buildings such as St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill,[4]

His first cousin Mary Stapleton-Bretherton (d. 1883), widowed at the age of forty-seven, inherited the family properties and enlarged Rainhill House, renaming it Rainhill Hall, becoming Loyola Hall in 1923.[5]

His granddaughter, Evelyn Stapleton-Bretherton married Prince Gebhard Blücher von Wahlstatt (1865–1931), becoming Princess Evelyn Blücher. Her memoirs, Princess Blucher, English Wife in Berlin (Constable, 1920) were translated into French and German and reprinted many times, becoming a minor classic.[6]

References

  • The family historical papers of the Stapleton-Bretherton family
  1. ↑ 1840 Grand National
  2. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2. (Delaware, 2003), p. 1536
  3. ↑ Rainhill, British History Online Retrieved 19 January 2013
  4. ↑ History, St. Bartholomew's Church site Retrieved 19 January 2013
  5. ↑ Dyckhoff SJ, Christopher (1994). A Quiet Place: A History of Loyola Hall St. Helens, p.7
  6. ↑ Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1921). An English Wife in Berlin. London: Constable. p. VIII. 


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