Assheton-Smith, Charles Garden, Sir, 1851-1914
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
A Hero of the Steeplechase Goes Into Retirement, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2157
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the horse, "Jerry M", 'the famous steeplechaser owned by Sir C G Assheton-Smith, Bart.' in honour of it going into retirement in 1913.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Estella Mary Hope, 27 January 1902
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/4
Scope and Contents
Hope encloses a note (not present) from Mr Assheton Smith who she believes Ewart would be interested in contacting in relation to his hybridisation experiments. She mentions some friends in Norfolk who have a very old breed of cattle, and who are anxious to discover exactly from which breed of wild cattle they are likely to have descended.
Dates:
27 January 1902
Various notes and newspaper cuttings about the Chartley cattle, c. August 1905
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/30
Scope and Contents
Contains:
Handwritten notes on the back of an envelope regarding the Chartley cattle and mentioning Assheton-Smith (August 1905);
clipping from The Field newspaper regarding the 'Pembroke White Cattle' by John R.B Masefield of Cheadle, Staffordshire (nd);
clipping from The Times newspaper entitled 'The Wild White...
Dates:
c. August 1905
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