{"id":314,"date":"2013-11-30T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-11-30T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T15:06:13","slug":"lesley-gray-draft-30-nov-to-freedoms-cause-herbert-jones-the-forgotten-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Jones, The Forgotten Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past twelve months have featured a series of fantastic events to mark suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s brave Epsom Derby protest, including the unveiling of a memorial plaque at Epsom racecourse and The Emily Tree<\/a> event for a new generation of feminists.<\/p>\n

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Epsom racecourse’s Emily Wilding Davison memorial plaque, unveiled on
18th April 2013
Photo: Kate Willoughby, 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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However, very little is still known about Herbert Jones, the King’s jockey and unwitting player in the events of that dramatic Derby day.<\/p>\n

In June 1913, Jones was a man at the peak of his career, a celebrity. \u00a0Although, like Emily, his later life is surrounded by hearsay and myth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no more popular jockey on the Turf\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The following guest post is by Lesley Gray<\/a><\/strong>, author of The King’s Jockey<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, a thoughtful and evocative novel. Lesley has been very supportive of \u00a0TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE and saw a performance of the play in June 2013.<\/p>\n

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Herbert Jones was riding the horse that collided with Emily Wilding Davison in the Derby of 1913. He is also the hero of my novel, The King\u2019s Jockey<\/i> and so I have a particular affection for him.<\/p>\n

At the time, Herbert Jones was one of the most well-known and best-loved sportsmen in the country. He had been in the public eye since 1900 when, in a real \u2018rags to riches\u2019 tale, he was propelled to fame at a young age. \u201cThere is no more popular jockey on the Turf\u201d, said the Daily Mirror<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Herbert Jones, the King’s jockey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Herbert\u2019s ability with horses was legendary and he could charm the most cantankerous of animals \u2013 it was said that Herbert \u201chad an almost mesmeric influence\u201d over them. With his horse-whispering skills, Herbert was bound to be a sensitive soul. Just how deeply he was affected by what happened was evident 15 years later, when at Emmeline Pankhurst\u2019s funeral in 1928, Herbert laid a wreath bearing the message, \u201cTo do honour to the memory of Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Emily Davidson\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The King’s Jockey by Lesley Gray<\/p><\/div>\n

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History has quite rightly remembered the suffragette but we should not forget the jockey. And so it is right and fitting that TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE gives Herbert Jones a voice.<\/p>\n

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Lesley Gray<\/strong> is the author of The King\u2019s Jockey\u00a0<\/i> www.thekingsjockey.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Emily<\/a>

Tim Bennett as Herbert Jones in
TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE,
Photo: Trevor Walker, 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information about TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE<\/strong>, please click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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