Station Name: NEWMARKET (1st Station)

[Source: David Farrant & Nick Catford]

Colonel and Mrs McCalmont's arrival at Newmarket station on their return from the Boer War on 8 June 1901. In 1888 Harry McCalmont purchased the Cheveley Park estate and stud farm near Newmarket from the Duke of Rutland. There he established a successful stable of racehorses. In 1895 a general election was called, and McCalmont was selected as Conservative candidate for the Newmarket constituency, then held by the Liberals. He was successful, unseating the sitting member of parliament, Sir George Newnes. The Second Boer War broke out in 1899, and in the following year McCalmont's battalion went to South Africa, serving in the Cape Colony and Orange River Colony. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for his services in the war. A general election was held in 1900, and McCalmont, who was still in South Africa, was re-elected with an increased majority.

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