Sir David died in 1928, leaving his widow and daughter extremely wealthy women; The New York Times reported that Gladys inherited $100 000 000,[2] equivalent to $1.6 billion in 2022 money.
[4] A 1997 article on "Hanstead Horses" begins with this overview: A third stud, Courtlands, was also held up to be of the same level, and the three competed against each other at annual shows such as the one at the Roehampton Club.
[6] International trade before and after World War II meant that the Hanstead horses were appreciated in countries such as the United States,[7] South Africa,[8] Australia, the Netherlands, and Canada.
She never married, having been "fortune hunted" by a thousand suitors,[11] but for the last years of her life she shared Hanstead House with her colleague and friend Patricia Wolf.
The deaths of these two only children, at a time of high post-war inheritance tax, meant that in 1957 a substantial number of British-bred Arabian horses left the country, improving the breed's bloodlines elsewhere.
In 2011 the property again changed hands, this time to be developed as housing;[13] the 1920s mansion has been converted to apartments[14] There are still commercial stables operating from Hanstead, though as a livery yard and riding school rather than as a stud.