Washington Merritt Grant Singer was an American-born British heir, philanthropist and prominent racehorse owner.
10 Facts About Washington Singer
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The family moved to England when Washington Singer was still a child.
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Washington Singer was raised at Oldway Mansion at Paignton on the Devon coast.
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Washington Singer was joint-master of the South Devon Hunt between 1897 and 1901, and then sole master until 1907.
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Washington Singer was elected to the Jockey Club in July 1921.
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Washington Singer became a benefactor of a number of causes and was a substantial donor to the University College of the Southwest of England, which later became the University of Exeter.
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Washington Singer lived at Steartfield House, Paignton.
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Washington Singer married his first wife, Blanche Wills-Hale, in 1887.
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In 1903, Washington Singer purchased Norman Court, West Tytherley, Hampshire, an 18th-century country house with a 20,000-acre estate that included the Hampshire parishes of Buckholt and Frenchmoor, and in Wiltshire the village of West Dean and parts of Farley and Pitton.
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Washington Singer died in his sleep in February 1934, in Torquay, Devon.