Charles Gilbert Heathcote
Charles Gilbert Heathcote (born March 2, 1841 at Conington Castle , Huntingdonshire , † November 15, 1913 in Kilmeston , Hampshire ) was an English lawyer , tennis player and hobby painter.
Life
Heathcote was born at Conington Castle in 1841 to John Heathcote Huntingdon and his third wife, Emily Colbourne. He studied at the colleges of Eton and Cambridge . From 1867 he worked as a barrister .
In 1868 he was one of the founders of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and was involved in the development of modern tennis rules in the wake of the first Wimbledon tournament . Charles participated in the first Wimbledon Championships from 1877 to 1880 . He achieved his best result in 1877 when he lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winner Spencer Gore . In 1869 he married Lucy Edith Wrottesley.
Heathcote died at Kilmeston Manor in Kilmeston in 1913 .
literature
- Heathcote, Charles Gilbert . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 3 : Gabb – Justamond . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1947, pp. 313 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
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^ J. Heathcote, et al .: Tennis. Lawn tennis. Racquets. Fives. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1901, p. 142 ( archive.org );
according to another source, however, it was his brother (H. Gillmeister: Kulturgeschichte des Tennis. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7705-2618-X , p. 236.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heathcote, Charles Gilbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heathcote, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and tennis player, participant in the tournament at Wimbledon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Conington Castle , Huntingdonshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1913 |
| Place of death | Kilmeston , Hampshire |