Topham, Mirabel (d. 1980)
Topham, Mirabel (d. 1980)
British racecourse owner. Name variations: (pseudonym) Hope Hillier. Died 1980; m. Arthur Topham (1922).
Elected to board of Aintree racecourse (1935) and took over company (1936); purchased racecourse (1949) and became embroiled in legal battles with family, bookmakers, and BBC until racecourse was sold to Walton Group (1973).
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