Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden
Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford (born May 9, 1880 in Westminster , † November 5, 1946 in London ) was a British nobleman and officer who was active as a motorboat driver and fencer .
Life
Scott-Ellis was baptized Thomas Evelyn Ellis. In 1917 he received permission to change his last name to Scott-Ellis. He attended Eton College and then the Royal Military College Sandhurst . He served in the Second Boer War and the First World War .
In 1899 he inherited his father's title Baron Howard de Walden and Baron Seaford , and in 1901 even larger lands. Scott-Ellis was married to Margarita van Raalte, with whom he had a son and five daughters. He was an expert in the field of heraldry and published two books on the subject.
At his death the titles passed to his son John . His granddaughter is the British author Miranda Seymour . Mount Howard in Antarctica is named after him .
Athletic career
Scott-Ellis took part in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in fencing , foil- singles. However, when the Frenchman Georges Dillon-Cavanagh won , Scott-Ellis had no chance of a medal.
Two years later he took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London over 40 nautical miles in the A class in motor boating . Together with Alfred Fentiman he started on the boat Dylan . First, the Dylan was supposed to compete against the rival boat Wolseley-Siddeley owned by Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster , but Scott-Ellis' Dylan had to leave the race after the first lap and, due to bad weather shortly thereafter, also the remaining boat Grosvenor disabled, the race was postponed. The next day the Dylan was no longer at the start. So she was the only participating boat that did not start in any final. The final battle in the A-Class was fought between the Wolseley-Siddeley and the Camille of the French Émile Thubron , with Thubron victorious.
After 1908, motor boating never became an Olympic discipline, so Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis was one of probably only 13 or 14 participants who have ever started in Olympic motor boating competitions.
Web links
- Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick George Ellis |
Baron Howard de Walden Baron Seaford 1899-1946 |
John Osmael Scott-Ellis |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scott-Ellis, Thomas, 8th Baron Howard de Walden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott-Ellis, Thomas Evelyn, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and Olympic competitor in motor boating |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westminster |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1946 |
| Place of death | London |