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Lord Lucan would always eat Salmon and Lamb

July 9th, 2009

What was so clever about John Aspinall is that having brought Lord Lucan to his knees, he kept Lucan on at the Claremont as a hireling house-player, allowing him to keep a small percentage.  Lord Lucan was able to carry on playing and was even making a modest profit. And as for Aspinall, he was able to use Lucan’s name and cachet to lure in more rich. After all, how on earth could a Club be bent if it was attracting belted Earls like Lucan? For month after month, Lucan would trot along to the Clermont, where every day without exception he would have salmon and lamb cutlets for lunch. Most afternoons he would play, before going home for a bath and donning his bespoke dinner jacket.

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