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Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford, 4th Baronet (30 November 1891 – 6 October 1971) was a prominent English racehorse owner, and the grandfather of Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles. He was the son of
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 3rd Baronet Sir Humphrey Francis de Trafford (3 July 1862 – 10 January 1929) was an English landowner and racehorse breeder. He was the son of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet and Lady Annette Mary Talbot. On the death of his father on 4 May 1886, ...
, and Violet Alice Maud Franklin.


Early life

Born in
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, Trafford was educated at
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and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC) was a United Kingdom, British military academy for training infantry and cavalry Officer (armed forces), officers of the British Army, British and British Indian Army, Indian Armies. It was founded in 1801 at Gre ...
. After training he was commissioned into the
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as an officer in 1911. He fought with distinction in the
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and was awarded the
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in 1917.


Personal life

He married the Hon. Cynthia Hilda Evelyn Cadogan, daughter of Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea and the Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt, on 2 October 1917. They had four daughters: *
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(14 July 1918 – 1987), who married Derek Henry Parker Bowles. * Mary (23 February 1920 – 28 October 2007), who married Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon * Violet (born 17 June 1926), who married
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* Catherine (5 November 1928 – 21 January 2023), who married
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Racehorse ownership

Trafford was an amateur rider and racehorse owner and a member of the
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and its National Hunt Committee. In 1926, he purchased the Newsells Park Estate,
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near
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as a home for his family and established a stud farm there, from which he bred most of his famous racehorses including Alcide who won the 1958
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and the 1959
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and
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, who won the 1959
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. Other notable horses included Papillio who won the 1953 Goodwood Stakes and Approval who won the Observer Gold Cup at
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in 1969 and the
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at
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in 1970. Trafford also served as Steward of The
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from 1934 to 1937 and then again in 1944 and 1951.The Times, 8 October 1971


Baronet

On the death of his father, on 10 January 1929, Trafford became the fourth
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. In 1940, he was one of four godparents at the christening of his grandson Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, Ann's son. Trafford served as a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire and in 1945 as
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. Sir Humphrey Edmund de Trafford died on 6 October 1971 at the age of 79.


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