William Blenkiron, Sr
1807?–71
London retailer, manufacturer, and racehorse breeder. Began horse-breeding in 1847. Moved to Middle Park, Eltham, Kent, in 1852 and there developed the largest breeding stud farm in the world.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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