Mbiri ya mtundu wa Golden Retriever imalumikizidwa ndi dzina la English Lord Tweedmouth. Malinga ndi zikalata zomwe zidapezeka, Lord Tweedmouth, akuyenda ku Brighton, adakumana ndi wosoka nsapato wokhala ndi chotengera chokongola chachikasu, chomwe adalandira ngati mwana wagalu polipira ngongole kuchokera kwa manejala wa malowo, Lord Chichester. Ambuye Tweedmouth anamukonda galuyo, anamugula, namutcha dzina lakuti Naus. Anali kagalu kakang’ono kamene kanali ndi kagalu kakang’ono kamene kanali m’zinyalala ndipo anali ndi malaya akuda ozungulira (omwe tsopano amati ndi Straight Coated Retriever). Mu studbook ya Lord Tweedmouth ya 1865, pali cholembedwa: "Kuswana Lord Chichester. Anabadwa June 1864. Anagulidwa ku Brighton ".
Kuyambira mu 1868, Lord Tweedmouth adapanga mitanda ingapo pakati pa Naousa ndi Spaniels zamtundu wa Tiyi. Zotsatira zake, zokolola zoyamba zachikasu zinapezedwa, makolo a Golden monga mtundu wapadera. Ndipo zaka zoposa makumi anayi pambuyo pake, mu 1911, English Kennel Club inazindikira agalu, omwe makolo awo analeredwa ndi Ambuye Tweedmouth, monga mtundu wodziimira wotchedwa "yellow, kapena golden, retriever". Pambuyo pa 1920, mawu oti "chikasu" kuchokera ku dzina la mtunduwo adachotsedwa, ndipo mtundu wa Golden Retriever unalowa m'bwalo la canine padziko lonse lapansi.