- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber has enjoyed great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both on Broadway and in the West End. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. He has also gained a number of honours, … - Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United F.C. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 1,000 matches. With 20 years under his belt, he is the second-longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United after Sir Matt Busby. - Aga Khan IV
Karīm al-Hussaynī, Āgā Khān IV KBE CC GCC -- (born December 13, 1936) is the current (49th) Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. He has been in this position, and held the title of Aga Khan, since July 11, 1957. The Ismailis are ethnically and culturally diverse and reside in over 25 countries around the world. A modern Muslim leader, the Aga Khan is responsible for the interpretation of the faith for his followers and as part of the office of the Imamate, … - Aga Khan III
Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC (Persian: آغا خان الثالث(November 2, 1877 - July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. - David Robinson
Sir David Robinson was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist. He donated £18 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a new college in his name. Robinson College, Cambridge, the newest in the university, was formally opened in 1981. Robinson also donated £3 million to start the Rosie Hospital, named after his mother, which is now a part of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Robinson was born in Cambridge, England, but later moved to Bedford. - James R. Keene
James Robert Keene born 1838 - January 3, 1913 was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. Born in London, UK, he was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States. As a young man, James R. Keene made a fortune through shrewd investments in California and Nevada mining companies and was eventually appointed president of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. - Michael Tabor
Michael Tabor (born October 28, 1941, in East London, United Kingdom) made his fortune as owner of a successful chain of English betting shops and owner of a number of race horses. He sold out of that business for about $50-million in 2003, by which time he had already won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes representing two-thirds of the American Triple Crown with Eclipse Award winner Thunder Gulch. English-born Tabor, who is currently a resident of Monaco, … - David Mayer de Rothschild
David Mayer de Rothschild (born 25 August 1978) is a British adventurer and environmentalist who is head of Adventure Ecology, an expedition group spreading propaganda about climate change. He is the youngest of the three children of Victoria Schott (b. 1949) and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (b. 1931) of the Rothschild banking family of England. David de Rothschild earned a BSC (Honors) in Political Science and Information Systems, and an advanced Diploma in Natural Medicine. - John McShain
John McShain (December 21 1898 - September 9 1989) was a highy successful American building contractor known as "The Man Who Built Washington." Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Irish immigrants, John McShain's father founded a successful construction company which he was forced to take over at age twenty-one when his father died in 1919. Under his management, the company became one of the leading builders in the United States. - Prince Aly Khan
Prince Ali Solomone Khan, known as Aly Khan, was a vice president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan, for which he served as U.N. ambassador (1958-1960). Best known, however, as an international playboy and a racehorse owner and jockey, he was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV. His first name was typically spelled "Aly" in the popular press. - Lord George Bentinck
The Lord (William) George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 1802 - 21 September 1848), better known as simply Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, best known (with Benjamin Disraeli) for his role in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws. Bentinck was a younger son of the 4th Duke of Portland, and elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn in 1828, which constituency he represented, … - John Bowes
John Bowes (1811-1885) was an English art collector and thoroughbred racehorse owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale. Born at Streatlam Castle into the wealthy coal mining descendants of George Bowes, he was the child of John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769-1820) and Mary Milner. Because his parents were unmarried at the time of his birth, he did not inherit the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne title. - Washington Singer
Washington Merritt Grant Singer (1866-1934) was an English philanthropist and prominent racehorse owner. Born in Yonkers, New York he was the third child of Isabella Eugenie Boyer and sewing machine magnate, Isaac Singer. The family moved to England when Washington Singer was still a child. He was raised at Oldway Mansion at Paignton on the Devon coast. He married Daphne Helen Travers and they adopted a son, Grant Allen Singer (1915-1942). - Edward Stanley 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, PC, GCB, GCVO, TD (4 April 1865 - 4 February 1948) was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century. He was the son of the 16th Earl of Derby. Educated at Wellington, he joined the Grenadier Guards as a lieutenant, and served in that regiment between 1885 and 1895. He also served as Secretary of State for War (two separate times) and Ambassador to France. - Lionel de Rothschild
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (22 November 1808 - 3 June 1879) was the son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen and a member of the prominent Rothschild family. In 1847 Lionel de Rothschild was first elected to the British House of Commons as one of four MPs for the City of London constituency. - Leopold de Rothschild
Leopold de Rothschild CVO (November 22, 1845 – May 29, 1917) was an English banker, thoroughbred race horse breeder, and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. Known all his life as Leo, he was the third son and youngest of the five children of Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) and Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884). He was educated at Kings College School, Wimbledon then after recovery went on to Trinity College, … - Trevor Hemmings
Trevor Hemmings is a Chorley, England-based businessman who owns several race horses and the holiday firm Pontins. He also owns Littlewoods Pools, Blackpool Tower and has a £150 million stake in Scottish & Newcastle. Hemmings' horse Hedgehunter won the 2005 Grand National at Aintree. He has many other horses who run in high class races throughout the United Kingdom. He also has several horses based with trainer Willie Mullins in Ireland. - Richard Barry 7th Earl of Barrymore
Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, (14 August 1769 - 6 March 1793) was an English nobleman of Ireland, as well as an infamous rake, gambler, sportsman, theatrical enthusiast and womanizer. He was known as "the Rake of Rakes". Barry was born on 14 August 1769 in Marylebone, Middlesex, to Richard Barry, 6th Earl of Barrymore and Amelia Stanhope, daughter of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington and the Lady Caroline Fitzroy. - Evremond de Saint-Alary
Count Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868-1941) was a leading owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in France. An Englishman who inherited considerable wealth and a title, as a young man in his twenties Saint-Alary became involved in horse racing and in the early 1890s acquired Haras de Saint Pair du Mont, a horse breeding farm at Le Cadran near Cambremer in Calvados, Normandy. - Martyn Arbib
Sir Martyn Arbib is a British businessman who led the Perpetual fund management company very successfully during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, England rather than London. He sold the company to the fund manager AMVESCAP in 2001 for more that £1 billion, receiving £113m together with AMVESCAP shares worth £300m, and the company became known as Invesco Perpetual. - John Gully
John Gully (21 August 1783 - 9 March 1863), English sportsman and politician, was born at Wick, near Bath, the son of an innkeeper. He came into prominence as a boxer, and in 1805 he was matched against Henry Pearce, "the Game Chicken," before the duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV) and numerous other spectators, and after fighting sixty-four rounds, which occupied an hour and seventeen minutes, was beaten. In 1807 he twice fought Bob Gregson, the Lancashire giant, … - Dorothy Paget
Dorothy Wyndham Paget was a British racehorse owner. She was the daughter of Lord Queenborough and Pauline Payne Whitney of the USA. She was a cousin of Jock Whitney, owner of the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Easter Hero and latterly American Ambassador in London. She was the granddaughter of William C. Whitney, a wealthy American businessperson and politician who was also a racehorse owner. - Hugh Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster KG (13 October 1825 - 22 December 1899) was the son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. He married, firstly, Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower, daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland and Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, on 28 April 1852. He married, secondly, Hon. Katherine Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William George Cavendish, … - Edward Stanley 18th Earl of Derby
Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (21 April 1918 - 28 November 1994), known as Lord Stanley from 1938 to 1948, was a British peer. Derby was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, and the Hon. Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan. Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, was his grandfather. His father died when he was twenty and in 1948 he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom. - George Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (June 26, 1866 - April 5, 1923) was an English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Born at the family home, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire on June 26, 1866, George Herbert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding to the Carnarvon title in 1890. - Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (April 2, 1794 - January 18, 1865) was an English diarist, a great-grandson by his father of the 5th earl of Warwick, and son of Lady Charlotte Bentinck, daughter of the duke of Portland, formerly a leader of the Whig party, and first minister of the crown. Much of his childhood was spent at his grandfather's house at Buistrode. He was one of the pages of George III, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, … - Jonathan Peel
Jonathan Peel (1799 - 1879) was first a soldier and then a Member of Parliament during the long period between 1826 and 1868, first representing Norwich (1826-1830) and then Huntingdon (1831-1868). From 1841 to 1846 he was Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, and in 1858-1859 and again in 1866-1867 he was a very competent and successful Secretary of State for War. General Peel was also an owner of racehorses, and in 1844 his horse Orlando won the Derby, after another horse, … - Thomas Dundas 2nd Earl of Zetland
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, Baron Dundas of Aske, co.York, and a Baronet, KG (5 February 1795 - 6 May 1873) was a British nobleman and politician. Born in Marylebone, London, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1818 he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for his father and grandfather's old seat of Richmond, becoming representative for York twelve years later. In 1835 he returned to Parliament as member for Richmond, … - Maurice de Hirsch
Maurice de Hirsch, Baron Moritz von Hirsch auf Gereuth, in the baronage of Bavaria (December 9, 1831 - April 21, 1896), capitalist and philanthropist (German by birth, Austro-Hungarian by domicile), was born in Munich. His grandfather, the first Jewish landowner in Bavaria, was ennobled with the pradikat "auf Gereuth" in 1818; his father, who was banker to the Bavarian king, was created a baron in 1869. - Robert Sangster
Robert Edmund Sangster (May 23, 1936 - April 7, 2004) was a well-known English thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times and his horses won many major races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two French Derbys, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes and a Melbourne Cup - Edward G. Hulton
Edward George Hulton (1869-1925) was a British newspaper publisher and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. He founded the "Daily Sketch" (a newspaper conservative in it's views and populist in it's tone). In 1909 and would, at one time or another, own "Picture Post" and "Lilliput" magazines, as well as "Hulton's Girls' Stories", a magazine for children. In addition to magazines, Hulton owned Edward Hulton and Co. - Jakie Astor
Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor (29 August 1918 - 2000) was a British politician and sportsman and a member of the prominent Astor family. Sir Jakie was the youngest child of the 2nd Viscount Astor and his wife, Lady Astor. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford and served in the British military during World War II. He was named after his relative John Jacob Astor IV, who perished on the Titanic in 1912. - Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (19 May 1879 - 30 September 1952) was a businessman and politician and a member of the prominent Astor family. Born in New York City in the United States, he was the son of the extremely wealthy William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) (later 1st Viscount Astor), and Mary Dahlgren Paul (1858-1894). He grew up in New York City but when he was 12 the family moved to England where he received an education at Eton College and at New College, Oxford. - Anthony Gustav de Rothschild
Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (June 26, 1887 - February 5, 1961) was a British banker. Born in London, England, he was the third and youngest of the three sons of Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917) and Marie Perugia (1862-1937). A part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England, he was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University where he secured a Double First in history. - Victor Sassoon
Sir (Ellice) Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet GBE (20 December 1881 - 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the Sassoon banking family. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father Edward Elias Sassoon in 1924. He had no issue, and the Baronetcy became extinct on his death. He lived in Shanghai up until the Japanese occupation. The Cathay Hotel, now the Peace Hotel, was confiscated by the PRC after 1949. - Anthony de Rothschild
Sir Anthony Nathan de Rothschild was a British financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. Born in New Court, St Swithin's Lane, in the City of London, Anthony de Rothschild was the third child and second son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen. Multilingual, he studied at the University of Göttingen in Germany and the University of Strasbourg in France. - Francis Russell 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), eldest son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (d. 1767), by his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1768), daughter of William Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, was baptized on 23 July 1765. In January 1771 he succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Bedford, and was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, afterwards spending nearly two years in foreign travel. Regarding Charles James Fox as his political leader, … - Marcia Anastasia Christoforides
Marcia Anastasia Christoforides, The Lady Beaverbrook (formerly Lady Dunn) (born July 27, 1910 - died October 28, 1994) was a philanthropist, an art collector, and noted owner of racehorses. - Augustus Fitzroy 3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735 - 14 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He was one of a handful of dukes who served as Prime Minister. - William Walker 1st Baron Wavertree
William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (December 25, 1856 - February 2, 1933) was a British businessman, art collector, and an important figure in Thoroughbred racehorse breeding. He was the son of Eliza Reid of Limekilns, Fife and her husband, Sir Andrew Barclay Walker (1824-1893), a wealthy brewer born in Ayrshire who expanded the family business to England and moved to live in Gateacre, Liverpool.
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