Byrkley Lodge

Byrkley Lodge was a country house and later racing horse stud farm, located close to Burton on Trent, Staffordshire.

[2] Renamed Needwood Chase or royal forest, it was subsequently owned by the Duchy of Lancaster until it passed into the possession of Henry IV in 1399.

[3] In 1786, Arthur Chichester, the 1st Marquess of Donegall bought the lodge from Lord Townshend, including his collection of water colour paintings.

By this time Richard Lovell Edgeworth had acquired Yoxall Lodge, and the second and third of his four wives were both sisters of Rear Admiral Edward Sneyd Clay.

[6] His stable enjoyed his first success in the Cesarewitch Handicap in 1903 with Grey Tick, and he also owned the horses Rosedrop, Cyllene and Sceptre.

[3] Sir William married Lady (Wilmot Ida) Noreen Hastings (1880–1949),[7] second daughter of the 14th Earl of Huntingdon and a notable sportswoman, in 1903.

Lady Noreen Bass was noted for snubbing Winston Churchill's mother Mrs George Cornwallis-West at Newmarket races in 1909.

[10] The centre is the base for all coaching and development work undertaken by the FA, and the training and preparation ground for all of the England national football teams.