The previous British Dressage president the Duchess of Richmond and Gordon died peacefully on 13 June, elderly 90.
Born in 1932, the duchess grew up together with her grandparents in Tetbury whilst her oldsters had been in Egypt all through Global Conflict II. In 1951 she married Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Earl of March and Kinrara, and long run tenth Duke of Richmond.
In 1968 the couple took on Goodwood Area and Property, and the duchess returned to her formative years hobby of horses. She evolved a love of dressage and rode within the first pageant held at Goodwood in 1973 on her Arab, Sword of Islam.
The duchess turned into key to the advance of dressage on this nation, and was once president of British Dressage from 2007 to 2012. Goodwood held 21 world dressage competitions between 1973 and 1993, and the duchess was once integral in serving to to steer the German riders to carry their height horses to compete in the United Kingdom, which gave the British an perception into top-class dressage.
In 1978 Goodwood hosted the United Kingdom’s first Global Dressage Championships, the place Jennie Loriston-Clarke gained Britain’s first dressage medal, a bronze on Dutch Braveness. The next 12 months the venue hosted the rustic’s first world grand prix freestyle pageant.
In addition to the world pageant, Goodwood hosted the British Dressage Nationwide Championships beginning in 1981. The 1993 nationwide championships had been the ultimate main tournament to be held on the venue ahead of the duke and duchess retired in 1994. The duchess persevered charitable paintings at the property, and in 2000 was once instrumental in making Goodwood House Farm totally natural.
The duchess was once predeceased through her husband. She leaves her kids Ellinor, Charles, Maria, Naomi, and Louisa, 13 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
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