Epsom - or how to become a millionaire!

One of the great racing legends of the Regency period was the son of a fishmonger, William Crockford, whose name, even today, remains synonymous with the higher end of the punting market. His story is one of the great English tales of money, class, gambling and social hypocrisy.

He was born on 13th January 1776, the son of a fishmonger near Temple Bar. He began life exactly where respectable society thought he belonged: behind a fish stall. He ended it as one of the richest self-made men in England, living in Carlton House Terrace and entertaining princes, dukes and cabinet min