Viola_Townsend_Winmill

Viola Townsend Winmill

Viola Townsend Winmill

American horsewoman

Viola Townsend Winmill (1891–1975) was an American sportswoman, foxhunter rider and coach driver.[1][2] Between 1927 and 1935, Winmill was the master of the Warrenton Foxhunt.[1]

Biography

Winmill, a race horse owner, was married to Robert Campbell Winmill.[1] They bought a farm in 1922 in Warrenton and kept a number of race horses and hunters.[1]

Morven Park has a collection of nearly 40 of Winmill's carriages in the Winmill Carriage Museum.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Viola Townsend Winmill, 84, Noted as a Foxhunt Rider". New York Times. September 1, 1975.
  2. [2]
    "Animal Farm – Washington Life Magazine". March 2008.
  3. [3]
    Morven Park's Winmill Carriage Museum, virginia.org (Virginia Tourism Corporation), accessed 2024-04-09

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