Robert Byerley

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Robert Byerley was an English soldier and politician, MP of both County Durham and Knaresborough,[1][2] who is also credited with capturing the Byerley Turk, a famous stallion considered one of the three major foundation sires of the Thoroughbred breed of race horse.[3] Byerley was resident of Goldsborough Hall.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/byerley-robert-1660-1714
  2. ↑ Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
  3. ↑ Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Byerley Turk
  4. ↑ Goldsborough Hall history
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