(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': But 63-year-old Stuart is not celebrating. Robert Edmund Sangster (23 May 1936 - 7 April 2004) was a well-known English thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. Enter your password to log in. return { Not if she didn't have herown money to fall back on. She is known for her luxury lifestyle and has spoken of her fondness for wearing designer clothes and sipping champagne out of Baccarat crystal. But when the marriage failed after 14 months, due, it is alleged, to Mr Crossley's infidelity, Mrs Sangster claimed the contract was invalid. return { He shakes his head. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. 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That marriage also ended in divorce and a 15million settlement for Mrs Sangster. The couple had a daughter, Melissa, now26, but divorced in 1985 after six years. Rowing Champs; a rowing regatta held on Lake Ruataniwha, Sat 28 January 2017. Mrs Crossley said she had suffered a "very unhappy" marriage, which was "made more horrid by his admitted infidelity". . }); ", Ironically, Stuart knew little about Susan before they met: "I don't readnewspapers and I'm not interested in the society pages, so even RobertSangster's name didn't mean much to me.". Mrs Sangster, a former model, said her new husband was "the best thing that had ever happened to her". const updateSubscriberCookie = function (purchase) { Backing the fast-track option, Lord Justice Matthew Thorpe described the case as "quite exceptional". const domain = '.independent.ie'; Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos. She never wanted a penny. These men, foremost among his hundreds of Irish friends, had enhanced his life "if not necessarily his liver", he said. Susan Lilley 's work has recently appeared in Poet Lore, The Southern Review, Passager, New Madrid, Apalachee Review, and other journals. With a nod to the first Mrs Sangster, Christine, mother of Guy, Ben, Adam and Kate, the second Mrs Sangster, Susan Peacock, and third Mrs Sangster, Susan Lilley, mother of Sam and Max, he hailed his "cunning and magisterial approach to the opposite sex". {"gigya.api.key":"4_CO8231Ix1RbYi2EmMbsrlw","gigya.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.mobile.screenset":"Default-RegistrationLogin","gigya.authFlow.redirect":"true","gigya.check.enabled":"true","gigya.check.host":"gigya-check.independent.ie","competitions.submit.endpoint":"https://competitions-api.independent.ie/entries","competitions.api.key":"0b15feaa-62b2-45a2-8244-723a9e80748e","subscriptionwall.cookie-domain":".independent.ie","subscriptionwall.metered.missing.fields":"data.occupation,data.phone,data.salutation,data.yearofbirth,profile.firstName,profile.lastName","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.home-delivery":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium-plus":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/","subscriptionwall.welcome_url.premium":"https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/","kaching.enabled":"true","outbrain.kaching.enabled":"true","quantcast.enabled":"false","didomi.enabled":"true","newsletter.subscribe_url":"https://www.independent.ie/newsletters/sport-newsletter-39278675.html","social-embed-consent-wall.enabled":"true","homepage.regional.sections.mapping":"Cork:regionals/corkman/:corkman,Dublin:regionals/dublin/:dublin,Kerry:regionals/kerryman/:kerryman,Louth:regionals/louth/:louth,Sligo:regionals/sligochampion/:sligochampion,Wexford:regionals/wexford/:wexford,Wicklow:regionals/wicklow/:wicklow","active_cmp":"didomi"} {"url":"https://shared.mediahuis.be/ka-ching/independent/ka-ching.umd.js?20210830","adunit":"m.independent.ie/Sport/Horse_Racing/Home","targeting":{"art_id":"26009337","article_id":"26009337","kw":["A","very","English","affair","marks","final","furlong","of","racing","guru","breeder","playboy","and","bon","viveur"],"gs_channels":["gs_notprocessed"],"article_type":"standard"},"platform":"MOB","pageType":"Article","lazyload":true} {"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"A very English affair marks final furlong of racing guru, breeder, playboy and bon viveur","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Independent.ie","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://m.independent.ie/theme/_base/"},"@id":"independent.ie"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.independent.ie/migration_catalog/Non-Staff/8e72d/25023769.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/306677.jpg","height":"700","width":"1240"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.independent.ie/"},"dateCreated":"2007-05-08T02:07:17.000Z","dateModified":"2012-11-24T03:30:43.000Z","datePublished":"2004-04-19T23:11:00.000Z","keywords":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://www.independent.ie/migration_catalog/Non-Staff/8e72d/25023769.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/306677.jpg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bernard Purcell London Editor"},"description":"IT falls to very, very few men to be mourned, with affection, by three ex-wives. Obviously I had no desire or intention to become part of such a controversy. "But I'd like to think I will marry again - and maybe next time I will get itright. if (isGrantedBy('app_purchase')) { She went on to marry Peter Lilley, heir to the Lilley and Skinner shoe fortune, when she was 22. Racing Death of Robert Sangster: The horse-racing world was yesterday mourning the death of legendary owner and breeder Robert Sangster, who died aged 67 at his London home on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Susan married Robert Sangster in 1849, at age 27 at marriage place. window.showSubscriberElements) { He was British flat racing Champion . The decision was hailed as a landmark ruling because such contracts have had little validity in British law. susan lilley sangstercatawba falls preserve reviews. try { if (!! We need you! }; Still only 49, Sue Sangster last week married her fourth millionaire, 61-year-old property developer Stuart Crossley, in a notably low-key ceremony in her local church on the island she calls home. The partnership he formed with legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien and stud boss John Magnier left a legacy that exists to this day, with their Coolmore operation pre-eminent in the world of breeding. const grantedBy = Object.keys(purchase).filter(function (key) { document.head.append(script); observer.disconnect(); subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, But the former model is now pursuing her fourth husband in the divorce courts for a slice of his 45million fortune. if (vars.article.wallType === 'registration') { return 'premium'; See the gallery '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= They were both worth millions in theirown right: she by dint of her previous divorce settlements, he through themore traditional route of working-class boy made good. const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; Her friends rallied round and claimed she was no golddigger, just simply someone who is "unlucky in love". Range Rovers and Mercedes lined the streets as chauffeurs and drivers waited by the neighbouring Berkeley Hotel.A private cremation, for close family only, will be held later today. On paper, they had plenty in common. "Her money will ultimately go to her children - and my money will go to mine.I explained to Sue that it seemed eminently fair to agree that none of ourchildren should suffer if this experiment failed.". })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); Since then, with a total of 18million from her wealthy ex-husbands, Susan Sangster has divided her time between a 6.2million flat in Belgravia and a home in Barbados. 108 Susan Sangster Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE Collections Project #ShowUs Creative Insights EDITORIAL VIDEO BBC Motion Gallery NBC News Archives MUSIC BLOG BROWSE PRICING ENTERPRISE VisualGPS INSIGHTS BOARDS BASKET SIGN IN Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO The key point in the contract was that neither had any legal claim on the other's millions if they divorced. "I said I wanted to end the relationship with some dignity, and suggested thatif she wanted to petition for a divorce, and provided that it was reasonable,I'd agree to the petition. }; Pro If ever there is to be a paradigm case in which the courts will look to the pre-nuptial agreement as not simply one of the peripheral factors of the case but a factor of magnetic importance, then it seems to me that this is such a case. ","isAccessibleForFree":"True","isPartOf":{"@type":["CreativeWork","Product"],"name":"Independent.ie","productID":"independent.ie:showcase"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Independent.ie","item":"https://m.independent.ie/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sport","item":"https://m.independent.ie/sport/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Horse Racing","item":"https://m.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/"}]} But the "honeymoon" was over within six months. 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