A LOST FORTUNE

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 19 October 1933, Page 3

A LOST FORTUNE

RACING BARONET’S END BIG LAW SUIT Sir Richard Waldie-Griffith, the 83-years-old baronet and one-time millionaire racehorse owner, whose death is announced, has left practically nothing. This was the disclosure made to the Daily Mail by a close friend of Sir Richard’s family —a friend who told of the dramatic changes in the fortunes of a man who before the war was one of the famous figures on the English turf. Sir Richard had been ill in a London nursing home, and his death occurred at Moscow Mansions, Cromwell Road, S.W., where he had been living for a fortnight. “There is a general impression that Sir Richard was a wealthy man when he died,” said the friend. “That is by no means true, as his wiE will disclose. Astonishment will be expressed everywhere when people learn of his financial position. His speculations during recent years were very unfortunate. He lost a great deal of money over a law suit in Czecho-Slovakia, and also in sheep 'farming in Australia.” Sir Richard was a romantic figure. He had been three times married, and has no heir. He used to he one of the most popular members of the Jockey Club, to which he was elected in 1897, and in 1899, one of his best years on the turf, he was third on the list of winning owners, his horses winning 27 races and more than £14,000 in stake money. Altogether his horses won more than £90,000 in stakes.