Born in Stilton, Cambridgeshire to a horse-dealing family he started riding professionally in 1834, winning at St Albans that year.
Long Clawson Dairy was awarded a total of 11 trophies at the International Cheese Awards 2011, which took place at the Nantwich Show in Cheshire, including 'Reserve Champion UK' and 'Reserve Supreme Champion' for the Dairys 'Blue Stilton'.
Stilton and Red Leicester cheeses originally came from the village and farm dairies in the Eye basin.
However, the cheese took its name from the Huntingdonshire village of Stilton, where it was served at the coaching inns on the Great North Road.