Thomas Francis Dale Explained

Thomas Francis Dale (1848–1923)^{[1] [2]} was an English army chaplain, known as an author on fox hunting and polo.

Life

He was the son of the Rev. Pelham Dale and his wife Mary Francis, and was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1867, graduating B.A. in 1870, M.A. in 1874.^{[3] [4]}

Dale was rector of Jarrow from 1875 to 1876, and then for two years was secretary of the Additional Curates' Society, Northern District, being a member of the Society of the Holy Cross. In 1878 he became a chaplain in Bombay.^{[4] [5] [6]} Over the period 1876 to 1880, his father, an Anglican ritualist who also joined the Society of the Holy Cross, defied liturgical restrictions imposed by the Court of Arches and ended up in prison.^[3]

From 1885 to 1896, Dale was on the ecclesiastical establishment of Amritsar.^[1]

Dale acted as manager for the Ranelagh Club polo team; this was after 1894, when Major F. Herbert, the founder, gave up the position.^{[7] [8]} He wrote on polo ponies and was a member of the Polo Pony Society.^[9] He died at Burley, Hampshire on 13 October 1923.^[10]

Works

• Riding (1891),^[11] with Robert Weir and James Moray Brown.
• Game of Polo (1897)^[12]
• Riding and Polo Ponies (1899)^[9]
• The History of the Belvoir Hunt (1899)^[13]
• Riding, Driving and Kindred Sports (1899), vol. 1 of The Sports Library
• The Eighth Duke of Beaufort and the Badminton Hunt: With a Sketch of the Rise of the Somerset Family (1901)^[14]
• Fox-hunting in the Shires (1903)^[15]
• Polo Past and Present (1905)^[16]
• The Fox (1906),^[17] illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and G. Giles.
• The Stable Handbook (1907)^[18]
• Polo at Home and Abroad (1915)^[19]

In The Field, Dale wrote under the pseudonym "Stoneclink".^[20] He wrote a novel about a fox, Two Fortunes and Old Patch (1898), with Frances Elizabeth Slaughter, another sporting writer.^[21] In her 1907 book on dogs, she included "Bruce", who belonged to Dale, and a spaniel belonging to his sister Helen Dale.^[22]

Family

Dale married Frances Marianna Cockburn Witty (1849–1940), daughter of the solicitor Richard Henry Witty, in 1869. Their children included:^[1]

• Thomas Cyril Dale (1870–1937), cleric.
• Evelyn Mary Frances Dale (1873–1960)
• Francis Harold Dale (1876–1940)

Notes and References

1. Book: Crisp, Frederick Arthur. Visitation of England and Wales. 1906. Internet Archive. Private printing. 42. 14. 19 June 2018.
2. Book: Russell, Valerie. New Forest ponies. 1976-07-30. David & Charles. 104.
3. 7020. Alan. Wilson. Dale, Thomas Pelham.
4. Book: Robinson, Charles John. A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School: from A.D. 1562 to 1874. 1882. Internet Archive. Farncombe & Co.. 337. II. 19 June 2018. Lewes.
5. Book: The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News. 1875. 36.
6. Web site: The Roll of Brethren and Probationers of the Society of the Holy Cross (1876-1877). 19 June 2018.
7. Book: Laffaye, Horace A.. The Evolution of Polo. 19 June 2018. 2009-05-29. McFarland. 9780786454150. 83.
8. Book: Dale, T. F.. Polo - Past and Present. 19 June 2018. 2017-09-06. Read Books Limited. 9781473340053. 58.
9. Book: Laffaye, Horace A.. Polo in Britain: A History. 19 June 2018. 2012-03-16. McFarland. 9780786489800. 245.
10. Book: Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. 1923. 236.
11. Book: Weir. Robert. Brown. James Moray. Dale. T. F.. Riding. 19 June 2018. 1891. Longmens, Green, and Company.
12. Book: Laffaye, Horace A.. The Evolution of Polo. 19 June 2018. 2009-05-29. McFarland. 9780786454150. 324.
13. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. The History of the Belvoir Hunt. 19 June 2018. 1899. A. Constable and Company.
14. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. The Eighth Duke of Beaufort and the Badminton Hunt: With a Sketch of the Rise of the Somerset Family. 19 June 2018. 1901. A. Constable and Company, Limited.
15. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. Fox-hunting in the Shires. 19 June 2018. 1903. G. Richards.
16. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. Polo Past and Present. 19 June 2018. 1905. Offices of Country Life.
17. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. The Fox. 19 June 2018. 1906. Longmans, Green, and Company.
18. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. The Stable Handbook. 19 June 2018. 1907. J. Lane, The Bodley Head.
19. Book: Dale, Thomas Francis. Polo at Home and Abroad. 19 June 2018. 1915. London & Counties Press Association.
20. Book: Carty, T.J.. A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. 19 June 2018. 2015-12-03. Routledge. 9781135955786. 386.
21. Book: The Academy and Literature. 1898. 333.
22. Web site: "The one" dog and "the others", a study of canine character. Slaughter. Frances Elizabeth. 1907. Internet Archive. Longmans, Green & Co.. xx–xxi. 20 June 2018. London.