Apperley, Charles James (1779-1843)

Welsh sporting writer, who used the pseudonym ‘Nimrod’. His best-known works include Nimrod's Hunting Tours (1835), The Chase, the Turf and the Road (1837), Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton (1837), and The Life of a Sportsman (1842).

Born near Wrexham, he was educated at Rugby and went on to become a cornet in the dragoons. Later he started writing and joined the staff of the Sporting Review.