Lt.Col. James Waugh Butters O.B.E.

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Marriage found by Wendy.

Scion of the famous Butters and Waugh families of racehorse trainers. His brother Frank was champion trainer 8 times and trained 15 classic winners including brilliant Derby winners Bahram and Mahmoud for the Aga Khan. His Uncle Matthew 'Dawson' Waugh also trained a Derby and Oaks winner and assorted other members of the family were prominent trainers in Germany, Hungary,England, Sweden and Denmark.

Educated at Framlingham, who's Alumni Soc has an article on the family here http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10859

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"Like his brothers he was brought up in Germany and after attending the College returned to Germany where he became fluent in German and apart from during WW1 he lived in Germany until 1929. he never wanted to train but begged his father to allow him to become a vet. However, his father found him too valuable as the secretary who dealt with all the correspondence and acted as a popular go between with the owners.
When WW1 broke out he joined the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) and wanted a Cambridge regiment, but was turned down, so travelled to London and enlisted as a private but he acquired a commission and transferred to the Intelligence Corps, no doubt because of his fluent German. During the war he was gassed and for the rest of his life suffered coughs and chest problems. He ended WW1 as a captain and was awarded the OBE.
He stayed in the Army until 1929. From 1918 to 1920 he was a member of the staff of the Military Governor at Cologne. Then he was seconded to the Foreign Office, where he served with the British Department of the Inter Allied Rhineland Commission. In 1921 he got married and settled in Bachstrasse, Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
In 1929 they moved to Esher in Surrey near Sandown racecourse. His friend Eric Rickman, also a racing correspondent , introduced him to the sporting press and he became racing correspondent for the Evening News. As a result of some back biting in press circles, he resigned. He was unemployed for some time in the 1930’s, until he joined Manby & Garton (importers of raw sugar cane) as their representative to the brewing trade.
As an Army reservist he was immediately called up at the start of WW2 and worked on secret work in Baker Street. He was appointed an Lt Colonel. After WW2 he returned to Manby & Garton. He was President of the SOF. He died in 1964."

James married Catherine Downing Liveing, daughter of Rev. Henry George Downing Liveing and Margaret Rands, on 3 Aug 1921 in St Thomas's, Portman Sq, London. (Catherine Downing Liveing was born on 29 Aug 1893 in Northampton, Northants and died on 27 Apr 1980 in Ramsgate, Kent.)