Charles James Apperley

Charles James Apperley (1777 – 19 May 1843), Welsh sportsman and sporting writer from an English family, and often resident in both countries, better known as Nimrod, the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf, was born at Plasgronow, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire, Wales in 1777.

[1] Apperley was educated at Rugby School before joining the Ancient British Light Dragoons in 1798.

He served with the regiment in Ireland during the rebellion that year, and in 1801 married Winifred Wynn of Peniarth, daughter of a Caernarvonshire landowner.

His references to the personalities of the people he knew or met at such events helped to double the circulation of the magazine within a few years.

Mr. Pittman, the proprietor of The Sporting Magazine, gave Nimrod a handsome salary and defrayed all the expenses of his tours.