Butlin, Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne [Billy] (1899–1980), fairground proprietor and founder of holiday camps, was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony, where his parents had emigrated, on 29 September 1899, the elder child of William Butlin and Bertha Hill (d. 1933)...
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Lynn, William (1792–1870), hotelier and sports promoter
Wray Vamplew
Lynn, William (1792–1870), hotelier and sports promoter, was born in 1792 at East Grinstead, where he was baptized on 17 August 1792, the son of William Lynn and his wife, Mary. Nothing else is known about his early life. He first ventured into the catering trade in ...
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Shepheard, Samuel (1816–1866), hotel proprietor
Brigid Allen
Shepheard, Samuel (1816–1866), hotel proprietor, was born on 21 January 1816 at Little Preston Manor, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, the second son and third child of Richard Shepheard (d. 1820), farmer, and his wife, Jane Berwick (d. 1817). Both parents died before he was four, and ...
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Stubs, Peter (1756–1806), toolmaker and innkeeper
Michael Freeman
Stubs, Peter (1756–1806), toolmaker and innkeeper, was born on 15 June 1756 at the White Bear inn, Bridge Street, Warrington, Lancashire, the only child of John Stubs (1736–1757), a currier, of Warrington, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Peter Johnson, yeoman, of Orford...
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Verral [Verrall], William (1715–1761), innkeeper and writer on cookery
Gilly Lehmann
Verral [Verrall], William (1715–1761), innkeeper and writer on cookery, was born on 10 April 1715, in Lewes, Sussex, the fifth of the eight sons (and one daughter) of Richard Verrall (d. 1737), master of the White Hart inn in Lewes from about 1724, and his wife, ...
