Parmesan was bred by A. Johnstone from the Verulam mare Gruyere (1851); after he was weaned, his dam, in foal to Pyrrhus the First, was sold to Baron Kotze and sent to Prussia. Parmesan was a small horse, described as a mere pony. He was sold to Henry Savile -- the illegitimate son of John Lumley-Savile, Lord Scarborough -- a popular member of the Jockey Club and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire%2