Frédéric Lagrange (politician)

His father was the Napoleonic general Joseph Lagrange and his father-in-law was the Belgian businessman and diplomat Joseph de Riquet de Caraman.

In 1856 he bought Monarque, who had won the Prix du Jockey Club the previous year whilst owned by Alexandre Aumont, and used him as a stud.

His horse Fille de l'Air won The Oaks in 1864 and another of his horses, Gladiateur, won The Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris, both in 1865, and the Ascot Gold Cup in 1866.

Gladiateur became the first foreign-bred horse to win the three British Classic Races which subsequently became known as the Triple Crown.

Additionally, his horse, Verneuil, also won the Ascot Cup in 1878.