Crockford, William

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  • Recreation activities Gambling, bookmaking, etc

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William Crockford, c1776-1844, was a leading London gambler who used his winnings to establish a fashionable and highly profitable gambling club, Crockford's, in St James's Street, in London's West End. In decline shortly after his death and closed 1845. Subsequently became premises of the Devonshire Club

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