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'''Harold Edward Kitching''' ( |
'''Harold Edward Kitching''' (31 August 1885 – 18 August 1980) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[rower]] who competed in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] and served as [[High Sheriff]] of Durham. |
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Kitching was born at [[Great Ayton]], Yorkhire, the son of Alfred Edward Kitching and his wife Annie Backhouse Richardson. He was educated at [[Cambridge University]] and rowed for [[Cambridge University Boat Club|Cambridge]] in the [[Boat Race]] in 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the [[eight (rowing)|eight]]s at the 1908 Olympic Games which won the bronze medal.<ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KITCHHAR01 Olympic profile - Harold Kitching]</ref> Kitching also rowed in the 1909 Boat Race. |
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He was a crew member of the British boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights. |
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Kitching served in the [[First World War]], being made second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, The [[Durham Light Infantry]] on 10 October, 1914.<ref>[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/28932/pages/8052/page.pdf THE LONDON GAZETTE, 9 OCTOBER, 1914]</ref> He reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and when he retired from the army he acquired Elmwood at [[Hartburn, County Durham|Hartburn]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]] where his former batman became his chauffeur. He was awarded [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] and was appointed [[List of High Sheriffs of Durham|High Sheriff of Durham]] in 1941.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=35119|startpage=1802|date=[[28 March]] [[1941]]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref> He was active in agricultural affairs, being chairman of Stokesley Agricultural Society<ref>[http://www.nowandthenmag.co.uk/november1998/4.htm Now & Then Stokesley chairmen clash over Crow Wood]</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews]] |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KITCHHAR01 profile] |
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Harold Edward Kitching (31 August 1885 – 18 August 1980) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and served as High Sheriff of Durham.
Kitching was born at Great Ayton, Yorkhire, the son of Alfred Edward Kitching and his wife Annie Backhouse Richardson. He was educated at Cambridge University and rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights at the 1908 Olympic Games which won the bronze medal.[1] Kitching also rowed in the 1909 Boat Race.
Kitching served in the First World War, being made second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry on 10 October, 1914.[2] He reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and when he retired from the army he acquired Elmwood at Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees where his former batman became his chauffeur. He was awarded MBE and was appointed High Sheriff of Durham in 1941.[3] He was active in agricultural affairs, being chairman of Stokesley Agricultural Society[4]
See also
References
- ^ Olympic profile - Harold Kitching
- ^ THE LONDON GAZETTE, 9 OCTOBER, 1914
- ^ "No. 35119". The London Gazette. 28 March 1941.
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