Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936); original portrait by James R. Stuart
William Wetherell
WETHERELL, WILLIAM (1792–1870), inducted 1903
Considered an old sage of the great English breeders, William Wetherell was born near Darlington, Yorkshire, England. He was a well-respected auctioneer, judge, and resource on pedigrees, but he earned his place in the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Saddle & Sirloin Club as an aggressive breeder of Shorthorn cattle, buying his first cattle from Robert Colling in 1818. After his first herd was dispersed, he established a second, moving from Holme House to Newton Hall in 1828. He built four herds over his lifetime, preaching the importance of animals with powerfully rugged constitutions.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 200