Brunton, Sir Gordon Charles (1921–2017), businessman, was born in Hackney, London, on 27 December 1921, the son of Charles Arthur John Brunton (1892–1953) — a box-office manager and cinema inspector whose parents had been actor–comedians — and his wife, Hylda, née Pritchard (...
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Brunton, Sir Gordon Charles (1921–2017), businessman
Martin Vander Weyer
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Bull, Phil (1910–1989), racehorse owner and punter
Wray Vamplew
Bull, Phil (1910–1989), racehorse owner and punter, was born on 9 April 1910 at 3 Cemetery Road, Hemsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son and eldest of the three children of William Osborne Bull (c.1870–1954), a coalminer who later became a sanitary inspector, and his wife, ...
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Butt, Sir Alfred, first baronet (1878–1962), music-hall entrepreneur and racehorse owner and breeder
Andrew Crowhurst
Butt, Sir Alfred, first baronet (1878–1962), music-hall entrepreneur and racehorse owner and breeder, was born on 20 March 1878, the only son of Frederick Butt, a builder. He was educated at Westminster School and, after leaving school, worked in the accounting department at ...
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Byerley, Robert (bap. 1660, d. 1714), racehorse owner, army officer, and politician
Anne M. Peters
Byerley, Robert (bap. 1660, d. 1714), racehorse owner, army officer, and politician, was baptized on 27 March 1660, the fourth (but second surviving) son of Anthony Byerley (bap. 1619, d. 1667), landowner, of Middridge Grange, Heighington, co. Durham, and his wife, Anne (...
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Graham [née Horsley-Beresford], Caroline Agnes, duchess of Montrose (1818–1894), racehorse owner
Emma Eadie
Graham [née Horsley-Beresford], Caroline Agnes, duchess of Montrose (1818–1894), racehorse owner, was born at Bolam, Northumberland, on 23 January 1818, the third and youngest daughter of John Horsley-Beresford, second Baron Decies (1774–1855), and his wife, Charlotte Philadelphia (d. 1852), only daughter and heir of ...
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Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, first duke of Westminster (1825–1899)
Maker: Sir John Everett Millais
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Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, first duke of Westminster (1825–1899) by Sir John Everett Millais, 1872 by kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Westminster OBE, TD, DL, on behalf of himself and his Trustees
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Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, first duke of Westminster (1825–1899), landowner, racehorse owner, and politician
F. M. L. Thompson
Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, first duke of Westminster (1825–1899), landowner, racehorse owner, and politician, was born on 13 October 1825 at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the second but first surviving son, and fifth of the thirteen children, of Richard Grosvenor, second marquess of Westminster (1795–1869)...
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Gubbins, John Russell (1838–1906), racehorse owner and breeder
Edward Moorhouse
revised by Wray Vamplew
Gubbins, John Russell (1838–1906), racehorse owner and breeder, was born on 16 December 1838 at the family home, Kilfrush, co. Limerick, the fourth son of Joseph Gubbins and his wife, Maria, daughter of Thomas Wise of Cork. He had three surviving brothers and five sisters. After being educated privately, ...
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Gully, John (1783–1863), prize-fighter, racehorse owner, and politician
G. C. Boase
revised by Emma Eadie
Gully, John (1783–1863), prize-fighter, racehorse owner, and politician, was born on 21 August 1783 at The Crown inn, Wick, near Bristol, where his father was the landlord. During Gully's boyhood, the family moved to Bath, where his father became a butcher, and he was brought up to his father's trade. After his father's death the business gradually declined, and at the age of twenty-one ...
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Gully, John (1783–1863)
Maker: Samuel Drummond
John Gully (1783–1863) by Samuel Drummond, 1805–8 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Hawley, Sir Joseph Henry, third baronet (1813–1875), racehorse owner
Wray Vamplew
Hawley, Sir Joseph Henry, third baronet (1813–1875), racehorse owner, was born in Harley Street, London, on 27 October 1813, the eldest son in the family of three sons and seven daughters of Sir Henry Hawley, second baronet (1776–1831), and his wife, Catherine Elizabeth (...
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Michael Maclagan
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Lade, Michael (bap. 1737, d. 1799), racehorse owner and miser
Dennis Brailsford
Lade, Michael (bap. 1737, d. 1799), racehorse owner and miser, was baptized at St Peter and St Paul's church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, on 10 July 1737, the son of Michael Lade and his second wife Elizabeth Dadd, the daughter of Thomas Adams...
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Machell, James Octavius (1837–1902), racehorse owner and manager
Edward Moorhouse
revised by Wray Vamplew
Machell, James Octavius (1837–1902), racehorse owner and manager, born at Etton rectory, near Beverley, Yorkshire, on 5 December 1837, was the son of Robert Machell (1797–1860), vicar of Marton in Cleveland, who was descended from an old Westmorland family, and his first wife, ...
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Maple, Sir John Blundell, baronet (1845–1903), businessman and racehorse owner and breeder
Edward Moorhouse
revised by Wray Vamplew
Maple, Sir John Blundell, baronet (1845–1903), businessman and racehorse owner and breeder, was born on 1 March 1845 at 145 Tottenham Court Road, London, the elder son of John Maple (d. 1900) and his wife, Emily Blundell. His father, after some years as an assistant with ...
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McCalmont, Harry Leslie Blundell (1861–1902), racehorse owner
M. J. Huggins
McCalmont, Harry Leslie Blundell (1861–1902), racehorse owner, was born on 30 May 1861 at Hampton Court, Middlesex, the only son (in a family of three children) of Hugh Barklie Blundell McCalmont (1836–1888), barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and his wife, Edith Florence, daughter of ...
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Miller, Sir James Percy, second baronet (1864–1906), racehorse owner
M. J. Huggins
Miller, Sir James Percy, second baronet (1864–1906), racehorse owner, was born at Manderston, Berwickshire, on 22 October 1864. He was eldest surviving son of the three sons and two daughters of Sir William Miller, first baronet (1809–1887), a merchant trading in Russia, who was MP for ...
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O'Kelly, Dennis (c. 1728–1787), racehorse owner
Adrian N. Harvey
O'Kelly, Dennis (c. 1728–1787), racehorse owner, was born in Ireland of 'humble' parents, and had no formal education. After arriving in London about 1748, aged twenty, he became first a chair carrier, and then kept the scores at the billiard table and tennis court. However, he soon met ...
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Paget, Dorothy Wyndham (1905–1960)
Maker: unknown photographer
Dorothy Wyndham Paget (1905–1960) by unknown photographer, 1934 [centre, leading in Golden Miller, ridden by Gerry Wilson, after winning the Grand National in 1934] © Empics
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Paget, Dorothy Wyndham (1905–1960), racehorse owner and eccentric
Wray Vamplew
Paget, Dorothy Wyndham (1905–1960), racehorse owner and eccentric, was born on 21 February 1905, at 32 Green Street, Mayfair, London, the second daughter and youngest child of Almeric Hugh Paget, first Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), politician and yachtsman, and Pauline Payne (d. 1916)...
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