Robert Byerley

Robert Byerley (1660–1714)[1] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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