Lord Vestey obituary | Register – The Times

Ruddy of face and gruff of manner, Sam Vestey rode three horses at once: overseeing the multibillion-pound family food business, chairing Cheltenham Racecourse and serving as the Queens master of the horse.
Away from these day jobs the tall and imposing Vestey also ran polo teams, playing with the Prince of Wales and on occasion travelling between matches by helicopter. He claimed to be the only trained butcher in the House of Lords, but at weekends he entertained the Westminsters, the Beauforts…

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