ORFORD BARB  br. H, 1750c
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| Owner: George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
Owned by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford. His father, Robert Walpole (son of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain) had owned a stallion called the Orford Turk [also known as Walpole Barb]. George Walpole was Lord of the Bedchamber to both King George II and King George III.
Sire of the dam of Spitfire (3rd 1780 Derby (to Diomed)); and of the 4th dam of Pericles (1813 King's Plate Canterbury, 1814 First Class of the Oatlands Stakes Newmarket)
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