Today I Found Out
"The Golden Ball" (2018x1)
Udgivelsesdato: Jan 01, 2018
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In this video:
History is filled with stories of eccentric people whose lives were littered with astonishing and sometimes improbable stories. Edward Hughes Ball Hughes (that was his real name) was one such individual- a man who spent money so erratically that he came to be known by the rather fitting moniker of Golden Ball Hughes or more simple, The Golden Ball.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/07/life-edward-hughes-ball-aka-golden-balls-hughes/
Sources:
http://people.elmbridgehundred.org.uk/biographies/biography.asp?id=66
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw64066/Edward-Hughes-Ball-Hughes-The-golden-ball
http://www.oatlands-heritage.org/index.php/history/the-sales
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HLkEAAAAIAAJ&q=edward+hughes+ball+hughes&dq=edward+hughes+ball+hughes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0v82mhI_OAhVBbBoKHa6EC9YQ6AEIKzAC
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XS83E8wQpW4C&pg=PA66&dq=edward+hughes+ball+hughes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6zdLihY_OAhXKfhoKHS-jCJQQ6AEISDAH#v=onepage&q=edward%20hughes%20ball%20hughes&f=
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