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1924 to 1957 The Thomas A’Beckett years. |
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1958 to 1986 - A new home at Field Place. |
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Edward Turnour-Garth the 6th Earl Winterton |
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The Earls Winterton are descended from the Irish Peerage created in 1761. The 6th Earl was born Edward Turnour-Garth on 4th April 1883. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and whilst at the latter in 1904 became M.P. for Horsham, West Sussex, at the age of 21 which made him the “Baby of the House.” Continuously an M.P. from ’04 – ’51, he volunteered in 1915 and was sent on active service to Gallipoli with the Sussex Yeomanry, and then led a division of the Camel Corps under T.E.Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia.) Becoming friends and a colleague of Lawrence, both of them were responsible for setting up Emir Feisal as the King of Iraq following their defeat of the Turkish army. He attended Lawrence’s funeral. In 1918 He was re-elected as M.P. for the new constituency of Horsham and Worthing until 1940 when the Horsham constituency was reinstated and he became MP for Horsham only again. He married Cecilia Monica Wilson and they lived at Shillinglee Park, Chiddingfold, West Sussex, but they had no children. He was also responsible for building Plaistow village hall. When he bowled his first wood for West Tarring as its first President, he was also the President of Storrington Bowls club and had been since 1921, its inception. His association with that club ceased in 1929, 5 years into his life-presidency of West Tarring. At this time he was also on the Privy Council, then gradually became Deputy Secretary for India and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1938 he joined Neville Chamberlain’s cabinet, but making a mess of it resigned and became Paymaster General. He became Father of the House as the longest continuous M.P. until he retired in 1951. In 1952 he was made Lord Winterton and entered the House of Lords. He died on the 26th August 1962 and is buried at Kirdford Church. |
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On June the 14th 1924 the 6th Earl Winterton (left), at the time M.P. for Horsham and Worthing, bowled the first wood down a newly constructed 2 lane bowl’s rink that had been built by R.R. Wentworth-Hyde in the grounds of the Thomas A’ Becket hotel. He thereby inaugurated the second bowls club to exist in the Worthing area. Their opposition on that day were two rinks from the Sussex Bowling Association. |
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A history of the Club has been compiled by former Club captain Trevor Rowe. Go to the pages listed below to read about the events, people and results that are the story of this club. |
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