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Fulke Walwyn
British jockey and racehorse trainer
Fulke Thomas Tyndall WalwynCVO (8 November 1910 – 18 February 1991) was a British jockey and a celebrated racehorsetrainer, who was particularly successful in National Hunt racing.
Life
Walwyn was born in Wrexham.[1][2] His twin sister, Helen Johnson Houghton (1910–2012), was a racehorse owner and trainer who was one of the first women elected as a member of the Jockey Club.
Their cousin, Peter Walwyn (1933–2017), was also a racehorse trainer.
His father, Colonel Fulke Walwyn, was an officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and Master of the Monmouth Hounds from 1922 to 1931.
Fulke walwyn biography definition
His mother died when Helen and Fulke were still young.
He was educated at Malvern College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and then became an officer in the 9th Lancers but resigned his commission in 1935.
He was a military policeman for two years in the Second World War, before serving with the 9th Lancers in France.