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CROCKFORD, WILLIAM (17751844) , proprietor of Crock-ford's Club, was born in London in 1775, the son of a fishmonger, and for some time himself carried on that business. After winning a large sum of moneyaccording to one story Ioo,000 either at cards or by running a gambling establishment
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Wellington joined, though, it is averred, only in order to be able to blackball his son, Lord Douro, should he seek election. Hazard was the favourite game, and very large sums changed hands. Crockfordretired in 184o, when, in the expressive language of Captain R. H. Gronow, he had "won the whole of the ready money of the then existing generation." He took, indeed, about 1,200,000 out of the club, but subsequently lost most of it in unlucky speculations. Crockford died on the 24th of May 1844. See John Timbs, Club Life
series (London, 1865).End of Article: CROCKFORD, WILLIAM (17751844) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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