Cattlemen and Cowboys of England

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to England.

• 1714-1789Benjamin Tomkins SrFrom 1742 to 1789, a Herefordshire farmer bred systematically from two inherited cows and a bull calf.England
• 1751-1836Charles CollingThe County Durham farmer whose Ketton herd, the Durham Ox and the Comet sale made Shorthorns famous.England
• 1787-1873John HewerWith his father William, John Hewer used line breeding to set the color and type that define the modern Hereford.England
• 1725-1795Robert BakewellA Leicestershire tenant farmer turned careful mating into a method that later breeders of every beef breed copied.England
• 1749-1820Robert CollingRobert Colling began with dairy cows, then built a Shorthorn herd at Barmpton that became the center of interest after…England
• 1775-1849Thomas BatesA Northumberland farmer who bred milk and beef into the Duchess line and the Duke of Northumberland.England
• c.1755-1835Thomas BoothFrom Killerby to Warlaby, a Yorkshire breeder used line breeding to build Shorthorns with less bone and more flesh.England
• 1816-1902Thomas DuckhamA tenant farmer at Baysham Court kept the Hereford Herd Book and carried the cattle man's case into Parliament.England