Major Gustav Adolph Renwick (1883–10 September 1956) was a British industrialist, greyhound and

racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

owner and Conservative politician. Renwick was born in 1883 in

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, the fourth son of Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet. He was educated at

Giggleswick School Giggleswick School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Early school In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior an ...

before succeeding his father as chairman of the Manchester Dry Docks Company. He became managing director of Fisher Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Limited and a director of Scammell Lorries Limited. In 1907 he married Mabel Deuchar, and they had one son. The family home was Holystone Grange,

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, near

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. Renwick was a large landowner and worked to conserve the Coquet Valley near his home. His sporting interests dated from 1906, when he first competed at

coursing Coursing by humans is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight, but not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, t ...

events. He became a breeder of greyhounds and one of his dogs, ''Holystone Lifelong'', won the

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in 1953. He became a racehorse owner in 1950. From 1931 to 1935 Renwick was National Conservative

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for the Stretford constituency. Gustav Renwick died in hospital in

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on 10 September 1956.

References

*''Obituary: Major Gustav Renwick'', The Times, 11 September 1956

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renwick, Gustav 1883 births 1956 deaths British racehorse owners and breeders Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 People educated at Giggleswick School People from Morpeth, Northumberland Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers