John Hubert Verrall (1845–1909)
Auctioneer’s clerk and horse-racing official. Born into a wealthy family of innkeepers and auctioneers in Lewes, Sussex; kept and exhibited exotic birds.
BMD (Birth index
Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/1068/7/7), 1891 (RG12/798/9/11)
Colin Salter, 2011, "John Hubert Verrall (1845–1909), the drinking and the diary", Tall tales from the trees (talltalesfromthetrees.blogspot.co.uk, accessed 28 March 2013).