The winning horse was The Duke, ridden by Captain Martin Becher in the violet with white sleeves and cap colours of Mr Sirdefield, the landlord of the George Inn in Great Crosby and was trained privately.
He was probably the son of Edward Hatton, yeoman, of Great Crosby, Lancashire, who registered his estate as a Catholic non-juror in 1717, and whose family appears in the recusant rolls.
Runcie was born and spent his early life in Great Crosby, Merseyside, to middle class and rather non-religious parents.
He was ordained deacon in 1958, priest in 1959 and bishop in 1978 and went on to serve as Assistant Curate of Great Crosby St Faith 1958–61, Minister of Orford St Andrew Conventional District (1961–63) and Vicar of St Andrew's Church, Orford (1963–70).
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Merchant Taylors' Girls' School (founded 1888), a British public school for girls, also located in Great Crosby on Merseyside