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William Crockford NPG D17980

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Howell Jones

William Crockford was the founder and proprietor of one of London's most famous gambling clubs. He began his career as a Fleet Street fishmonger with a sideline in bookmaking and small-scale swindles. In 1816 he bought a share in a gambling tavern in St James's but realising its limitations proceeded to open the exclusive and luxuriously appointed Crockford's Club on St James's Street in 1827. Almost every English celebrity, including the Duke of Wellington, became a member. Crockford retired in 1840 with a personal... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.