William James Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely (6 March 1868 – 28 June 1942), known as Sir William Tatem, Bt, between 1916 and 1918, was a

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ship-owner and

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racehorse owner and

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Career

Tatem was born in

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from where he originally went to sea. He moved to Cardiff at the age of 18 and began work at the shipping offices of Anning Brothers. In 1897 he founded the Lady Lewis Steamship Company with a ship of that name and in 1910 this became the Tatem Steam Ship Company. He became, in addition to that company, chairman of the Atlantic Shipping and Trading company, Dulverton Steamship company, the West of England Steamship Owners' Protection and Indemnity Association, and the British Corporation for Registration of Shipping and Aircraft. He was chairman of the Cardiff Shipowners' Association in 1907 and President of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers in 1935. He also came to have directorships in other industries in south Wales and elsewhere. He was chairman of Crosswells Brewery in Cardiff and director of the Cardiff Docks and Railways company, Rhymney Railway company, the Great Western Railway company, Anglo-Ecuadorian Oilfields and Lobitos Oilfields Ltd, Mount Stuart Drydocks Ltd, and Cardiff Exchange Co Ltd. Tatem was a DL and JP for the county of Glamorgan, of which he became High Sheriff in 1911, as well as becoming a JP for

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in 1922. He was created a

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in 1916 and raised to the peerage as Baron Glanely, of St. Fagans in the County of Glamorgan, on 28 June 1918.

Philanthropy

Tatem was a benefactor of Cardiff University Cardiff, then known as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and donated the money to build the 1904 Chemistry and Physics block. He was president of the University College from 1920 to 1925, and again from 1934 until 1942. In 1928, he became an honorary Freeman of the City of Cardiff. He provided £10,000 for the construction of a new church for the Ely district of Cardiff, the Church of the Resurrection, in memory of his wife, Ada Mary. The church was consecrated in 1934. He was governor of Cardiff Royal Infirmary and President of the Royal Hamadryad Seamen's Hospital.

Spanish Civil War

During the

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, Glanely was part of widespread Welsh support for the

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. In 1937, he helped the

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to open a home at Cambria House,

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for 50

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child refugees. He let the

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charter his two oldest steamships, and , to bring Republican refugees out of the Republican-held part of northern Spain,Heaton, 2006, page 60 which was encircled by insurgent forces. On 14 July, ''Molton'' tried to enter

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-held

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but the insurgent cruiser '' Almirante Cervera'' captured her and the insurgent

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''Galerna'' took ''Molton'' to

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, which by then had fallen to

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's forces. ''Pilton'' was more successful, firstly carrying many refugees out of Santander, and then, on 27 July 1937, bringing refugees from Avilés to France.

Thoroughbred horse racing

In the

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period he was one of the leading owners in British flat racing. He bought Exning House at

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, near Newmarket and the nearby Lagrange stables in 1919 and maintained the stables until it was requisitioned by the

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in 1939. He was

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in 1919 and 1941, and was elected to the Jockey Club in 1929. His racing colours were black jacket, red, white and blue belt and cap. He was chairman of the companies owning

and

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racecourses. His horses won six British Classic Races: * Epsom Derby – '' Grand Parade (1919)'' *

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– '' Rose of England (1930)'' *

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– ''

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(1934)'' *

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– '' Dancing Time (1941)'' * St. Leger – ''

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(1930),

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, (1937)''

Personal life

Tatem married, on 14 September 1897, Ada Mary, daughter of Thomas Williams of Cardiff, Wales. The couple had one son, Thomas Shandon Tatem, born 20 July 1898, who died on 14 June 1905 aged six years. Lady Glanely died on 10 April 1930 after sustaining injuries in a car accident. Lord Glanely was killed during

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in an air-raid in

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in June 1942, aged 74,CWGC Civilian Casualty Record, Municipal Borough of Weston-Super-Mare
cwgc.org. Accessed 2 December 2022. when, having no surviving heir, his titles became extinct. He was buried in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff.

References

Sources

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Lord Glanely profile
National Horseracing Museum website

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