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BUTTERS FAMILY

There were 4 brothers who attended Framlingham between 1888 and 1905 and a couple of them were very prominent racehorse trainers.

JOSEPH ARTHUR “FRANK” BUTTERS (1888-95)

Frank Butters Trainer 8 times between 1927 and 1949. In addition to training the winners of 15 Classics in England he also trained winners , Nathoo and Hindostan and Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe winner for the Aga Khan III.

Frank Butters was born in Austria, where his father Joseph rode and trained, and became a successful trainer there himself. During the 1914-18 war he was nominally interned, then trained in Italy before being given a 4 year contract as private trainer to the 17th Earl of Derby at Stanley House, Newmarket, becoming leading trainer in his first year there, 1927. When Lord Derby withdrew from racing for economic reasons, Butters leased the Fitzroy Stables in Newmarket as a public trainer. Here he trained for Mr A W Gordon and, later, the Aga Khan III and the 5th Earl of Durham. He considered to be the best horse he ever trained.

Important successes:

2000 Guineas 1000 Guineas Derby Bahram 1935 (T) 1930 (T) Bahram 1935 (T) 1936 (T)

Oaks St Leger Other major race(s) 1927 (T) 1928 (T) (featuring horses in this database) 1928 (T) 1932 (T) Princess of Wales's Stakes 1927 (T) 1932 (T) Bahram 1935 (T) Colorado 1927 (T) 1934 (T) Turkhan 1940 (T) Eclipse Stakes Fairway 1928 (T) 1946 (T) 1944 (T) Fairway 1928 (T) 1948 (T) Champion Stakes Fairway 1929 (T) Champion Stakes Umidwar 1934 (T) Stakes Umidwar 1934 (T) , Newmarket Bala Hissar 1935 (T)

LTCOLONEL JAMES WAUGH BUTTERS OBE (1889-1904)

Unlike Frank, he doesn’t appear to have been involved at all in . He was a representative in the Midlands for a company called Manbre and Garton Ltd, who produced sugars for the jam and beer industry.

During WW1 he served in the Intelligence Corps and was appointed a Captain. He was awarded the OBE in 1918. From 1918 to 1920 he was on the staff of the Military Governor in Cologne and was then seconded to the Foreign Office to work with the Inter Allied Rhineland High Commission until 1929. During WW2 he was appointed a Lt Colonel in the Intelligence Corps (Special Forces).

He died in 1964.

FREDERICK STANLEY BUTTERS (1898-00)

Like his brother Frank, he trained in Austria for a time and was interned during the First World War. With Mid- day Sun he captured the Derby for his patron Lettice Miller - they had very nearly won the Oaks two years earlier when the filly Ankaret was beaten only by a short head. She was also the first lady owner to win the Derby at Epsom. He assisted his father Joseph Butters in Newmarket for a time after the war and then started to train at Heath House; in 1934 he moved his string to Kingsclere, owned by Captain Wills. He returned to Newmarket in 1939 and retired from training in 1950.

Important successes:

Derby Oaks Other major race(s) Mid-day Sun 1937 (T) Toboggan 1928 (T) (featuring horses in this database) Hardwicke Stakes Mid-day Sun 1937 (T)

OLIVER DAWSON BUTTERS (1902-05)

The youngest of the brothers to attend the College. According to the 1968 Register he was also a racehorse trainer, but I can find nothing more about him.