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Queen s late close friend Lord Vestey to be honoured at Cheltenham Festival 2021 Mirror 9/03/2021
Replay Video A late friend of The Queen will be honoured at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.
A race has been named after Lord Vestey, a former long-serving chairman of the racecourse who sadly died in February at the age of 79.
The Grade Two Sam Vestey National Hunt Novices’ Chase will be run as the seventh and final contest on the opening day of the fixture, March 16.
Until the 1930s it was the second most important jumps race in the calendar after the Grand National.
Ian Renton, Regional Managing Director for The Jockey Club, said: “It was terribly sad to hear of Sam Vestey’s passing last month.
Queen Elizabeth II s close friend Lord Spam dies weeks after his wife
Lord Vestey s title and his Stowell Park Estate will now be inherited by his eldest son William Vestey.
February 5, 2021 01:59 GMT
Queen Elizabeth II recently suffered tragic losses in her personal life, as she bid farewell to two of her close and longtime friends.
It was announced on Thursday that Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, a royal courtier and one of the richest men in the United Kingdom, passed away at the age of 79. The cause of his death hasn t yet been revealed, reports People magazine.
Lord Vestey s death comes nine weeks after his wife, Lady Vestey, died suddenly but peacefully in her sleep at the age of 71. The couple who had been married for 40 years shared three children, while Lord Vestey is also father to two children from his previous marriage to Kathryn Eccles.
Updated: 5 Feb 2021, 0:40
ONE of the Queen s friends and former Master of the Horse Lord Vestey has died aged 79.
Lord Vestey was affectionately known as Lord Spam by friends and was one of Britain s richest men.
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Queen Elizabeth ll, the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Samuel Vestey (right) arriving on day two of the 2015 Royal AscotCredit: PA:Press Association
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Lord Samuel Vestey with the Queen and Prince Edward 2011Credit: PA:Press Association
His £750million fortune is from Vestey Holdings, his family food business, which owned the Dewhurst the Butchers chain.
He was also a close friend of the Prince of Wales.
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