Cattlemen and Cowboys of United Kingdom

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to United Kingdom.

• 1800sAngusA hornless black breed from northeast Scotland that became the biggest name in American beef.United Kingdom
• 1855-1931David BruceA British army doctor camped in the Zululand bush and identified the parasite and the fly behind a disease that kept…United Kingdom
• est. 1871Deptford Foreign Cattle MarketA disease-control law forced imported cattle to be killed at the Thames dockside, and Deptford became the capital's…United Kingdom
• 1800sDevonFrom North Devon pastures to Pilgrim farms and Oregon Trail wagons, the ruby red Devon worked, fed and then nearly…United Kingdom
• 1700sDrovers' roadFor centuries, cattle from Welsh hill farms walked to English pastures and markets on a network of green lanes and inns.United Kingdom
• GallowayNaturally hornless and wrapped in a thick double coat, the Galloway turned wet southwest Scotland into a source of…United Kingdom
• 1700sHerefordThe red-bodied, white-faced breed from western England that built many of the world's range herds.United Kingdom
• HighlandThe long-horned, long-haired Scottish breed turned rough hill ground into beef and became one of the most recognizable…United Kingdom
• 1853-1941John McFadyeanA Wigtownshire farm boy became Britain's first veterinary bacteriologist and ran the Royal Veterinary College for 33…United Kingdom
• Lincoln RedLincolnshire farmers blended Dutch draft cattle with Durham Shorthorns, and a wartime polling program later shaped the…United Kingdom
• est. 1855Metropolitan Cattle MarketPrince Albert opened the 75-acre market in 1855, and its clock tower still rises over Caledonian Park.United Kingdom
• 1800sRed PollA blood-red Norfolk beef cow and a polled Suffolk dairy bull produced a hornless red breed that paid in both milk and…United Kingdom
• 1700sShorthornThe red, white and roan breed from the Tees valley that carried improved beef genetics across the Plains.United Kingdom
• built 1868Smithfield MarketFor centuries cattle were driven to Smithfield, and the iron-and-glass market Horace Jones designed opened in November…United Kingdom
• South DevonA big red breed from the South Hams of Devon grew from a local draft and dairy animal into a beef breed raised across…United Kingdom
• 1869-1926Stewart StockmanA Leith-born professor who learned stock disease in the Transvaal spent 21 years steering British policy on cattle…United Kingdom
• 1800sSussexFor centuries Sussex oxen hauled plows and timber through heavy clay. Late in the 19th century breeders turned them to…United Kingdom
• 1923-2010Walter PlowrightA British vet working in Kenya grew a virus in calf kidney cells and handed the world a cheap, one-dose cure for its…United Kingdom
• Welsh BlackWales's only native cattle breed carried the drovers' trade to England, and the cattle were so valuable they were…United Kingdom