Sir Charles Clore was a British financier, retail and property magnate, and philanthropist.
12 Facts About Charles Clore
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Charles Clore moved to Birmingham and went to Montgomery Street School.
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Charles Clore worked at his father's textile business but then moved to South Africa at the age of 20.
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Charles Clore first made money buying and selling South African film rights to a world championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1926.
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Charles Clore invested in Lyndenburg Estates, a South African gold mining company.
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In 1959, Charles Clore acquired Stype Grange in Berkshire, near Hungerford, from Lord Rootes; he lived there for 20 years.
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Charles Clore owned several good racehorses, notably Valoris which won the Epsom Oaks in 1966.
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Charles Clore was knighted in the 1971 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his philanthropic work.
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Charles Clore Shipping Company had two oil tankers, the Vivien Louise and the Alan Evelyn.
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Charles Clore was one of Britain's richest men and became a tax exile in Monaco in 1976, after his retirement as chairman of Sears.
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Charles Clore died of cancer in 1979 at The London Clinic.
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Charles Clore was depicted in Stephen Ward the Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on the Profumo affair; he was loosely connected, having been a client of Christine Keeler.