Richard Tattersall

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Richard Tattersall (c. 1790)
(oil painting by Thomas Beach ),
in the background the Highflyer painting by John Boultbee

Richard Tattersall (born June 1724 in Hurstwood , Lancashire , † 1795 probably in London ; nickname: Old Tatt ) was an English stable master and riding instructor who made it to the owner of the London daily newspaper " Morning Post ". He was the founder of the horse racing dynasty.

Life

He was one of six children of the English landowner Edmund Tattersall (ca. 1686–1764), landlord on Ridge and Hurstwood, Lancashire, and Ann Varley . Tattersall attended the Grammar School in Burnley, Lancashire. He then came to London and began his professional career as a stable boy, later as a stable master and horse trainer of Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (1712–1773).

Later he used the passion of his British compatriots for horses and made a fortune: In 1766 he opened the first company for the accommodation and care of foreign horses as well as for the rental and sale of horses on the south-west corner of London's Hyde Park (Hyde Park Corner). In addition, he gave riding lessons and sold horse and riding accessories. The stables were connected to riding arenas and riding arenas .

In 1779 he added two lavishly furnished lounges (“Subscription Rooms”) for the board members of the “ Jockey Club ”, in which London society could soon meet and place their bets.

The well-known horse painter John Boultbee (1753-1812) painted the horse “ Highflyer ” in 1785 , the most successful racehorse of the 18th century, with which its owner Tattersall had made a fortune.

Others

The famous DIENER Tattersall artists' pub in Berlin-Charlottenburg is named after him. This is located at Grolmanstrasse 47, directly on Savignyplatz .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JO Thorne, TC Collocott: Chamber's Biographical Dictionary , page 1303, published by Chambers, 1984, ISBN 0550160108 and ISBN 9780550160102 ( excerpt ).
  2. ↑ His direct descendants ran the company until 1865 and the company remained privately owned until 1936. The auction house "Tattersalls", which is now established worldwide, still exists today and annually auctions around 10,000 English thoroughbred horses .
    Tattersalls business idea has been around the turn of the century in Germany as a meeting place of the educated middle implemented, making it in today Bad Kissingen , Berlin , Bochum , Mannheim and Wiesbaden premises named " Tattersall 's," but these are now being used in other ways.

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personal data
SURNAME Tattersall, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tatt, old
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Hurstwood , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH 1795
Place of death London