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advancing in great numbers, Lord William
returned to save Sergeant Fitzmaurice
by mounting him on his horse and riding
him to safety – a display of bravery and
great horsemanship.
John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, the
eighth Marquess of Waterford, and his
brother Lord Patrick Beresford played for
Windsor Park with the Duke of Edinburgh
and Paul Withers. They were the last
all-British team to win the British Open
in 1969 until the quartet of Brits that made
up El Remanso won it last year in 2018. No
mean feat, not only for the game 50 years ago
but also for today’s modern game.
Lord Patrick Beresford was the first polo
manager at Guards Polo Club. He organised
the first chukkas on Smith’s Lawn in 1954, and
this was the year he was first commissioned
into the Blues and Valerian Douro. His
commanding officer assigned Lord Patrick
the duty of organising polo on Smith’s Lawn
in Windsor Great Park, and the reason for
this was because Prince Philip, who had been
mastering the art of polo while stationed
in Malta under the tutelage of Lord Louis
Mountbatten, wanted to shorten his travelling
distance to Cowdray to be able to play. And
why not play in his own back garden?
Lord Cowdray very cleverly gave Prince
Philip some horses and with the convenience
of having polo so close to Windsor Castle, he
grew his passion for playing the sport. The fact
that the royal family were involved in playing
polo was an incredible promotion in itself,
and in hindsight, certainly heightened the
exclusive image of the sport and its attraction
to the world to want to be a part of it.
Right:
The All Together
Now Festival is held on the
Curraghmore Estate Portlaw
County Waterford, Ireland.
Far right:
Richard, the
Earl of Tyrone and
Flora, Countess of Tyrone
