Regency Men: Lord Sefton


Lord Sefton had many claims upon the society of his day He was gifted with a lively humour was one of the founders of the original Coaching Club and to the great delight of his large circle of friends secured the services of Louis Eustache Ude once chef to Madame Letitia Buonaparte and afterwards holding the same office in the household of the Duke of York before he went to Crockford's to take charge of the kitchens and himself invented a famous plat of the soft roe of the mackerel which was served up in the form of petits pátés Lord Sefton is said to have lost two hundred thousand pounds at Crockford's but his record as a gambler was beaten easily by Lord Thanet 1 Melville, L. (1908). The Beaux of the Regency; Volume 1. United States: Creative Media Partners, LLC.

William Philip Molyneux (1772-1838), the 2nd Earl of Sefton, was a friend of Prinny and a noted gambler and sportsman.  Nicknamed Lord Dashalong, he was the third Master of The Quorn, and later founded the Waterloo Cup which continued in popularity until 2005.  But his nickname came from his penchant for racing through the streets of London in a carriage and four.  Naturally, he was a member of the Four Horse Club and White’s.  Lady Molyneux, his wife, would also be a Patroness for Almack’s.

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