Austin, Henry Wilfred [Bunny] (1906–2000), tennis player and evangelist, was born at 11 Crescent Road, South Norwood, Croydon, on 26 August 1906, the son of Wilfred Austin, stock jobber, and his wife, Kate Leah Cock. He seems to have acquired the nickname Bunny...
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Austin, Henry Wilfred [Bunny] (1906–2000), tennis player and evangelist
Tony Mason
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Austin, Henry Wilfred (1906–2000)
Maker: Edward G. Malindine
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Henry Wilfred Austin (1906–2000) by Edward G. Malindine, 1933 © reserved; collection Science & Society Picture Library; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Boland, John Pius (1870–1958), politician and tennis player
G. Martin Murphy
Boland, John Pius (1870–1958), politician and tennis player, son of Patrick Boland (1840–1877), businessman, and his wife, Mary Donnelly, was born at 135 Capel Street, Dublin, on 16 September 1870. His father, the wealthy proprietor of the largest bakery in Ireland, died in 1877, and his mother in 1882, leaving their seven children under the guardianship of ...
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Buxton [married name Silk], Angela (1934–2020), tennis player
Fiona I. Skillen
Buxton [married name Silk], Angela (1934–2020), tennis player, was born on 16 August 1934 at 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, the daughter of Harry Buxton (b. 1890), cinema proprietor, and his wife, Violet, née Greenberg (1905–1992). At the time of her birth the family lived at ...
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Chambers, Dorothea Katharine Lambert (1878–1960)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Dorothea Katharine Lambert Chambers (1878–1960) by unknown photographer, 1904 Getty Images
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Chambers, Dorothea Katharine Lambert [née Dorothea Katharine Douglass] (1878–1960), lawn tennis player
Mark Pottle
Chambers, Dorothea Katharine Lambert [née Dorothea Katharine Douglass] (1878–1960), lawn tennis player, was born on 3 September 1878 at Ealing, Middlesex, the second daughter of the Revd Henry Charles Douglass (d. 1916), vicar of St Matthew's, Ealing Common, and his wife, ...
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Doherty, (Hugh) Lawrence [Laurie] (1875–1919), tennis player
Wray Vamplew
Doherty, (Hugh) Lawrence [Laurie] (1875–1919), tennis player, was born on 8 October 1875 at Beulah Villa, Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, the son of William Doherty, a printer, later of Clapham Park, London, and his wife, Catherine Ann Davis. His elder brother Reginald Frank [Reggie] Doherty...
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Doherty, (Hugh) Lawrence (1875–1919)
Maker: Ernest Clarence Elliott
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(Hugh) Lawrence Doherty (1875–1919) by Ernest Clarence Elliott, pubd 1904 [Doherty brothers [left to right]: Reggie Doherty (1872-1910) and ] © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gem, Thomas Henry (1819–1881), lawyer and tennis player
Andrew Rowley
Gem, Thomas Henry (1819–1881), lawyer and tennis player, was born in Birmingham on 21 May 1819, the eldest son of William Henry Gem (d. 1856), a well-known Birmingham solicitor and one of the clerks to the Birmingham magistrates. He was educated under ...
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Godfree, Kathleen (1896–1992)
Maker: Bassano
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Kathleen Godfree (1896–1992) by Bassano, 1938 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Godfree [née McKane], Kathleen [Kitty] (1896–1992), tennis player
Wray Vamplew
Godfree [née McKane], Kathleen [Kitty] (1896–1992), tennis player, was born in Kensington, London, on 7 May 1896, the younger child of John McKane, pianoforte dealer, and his wife, May. She was educated first at home and later at St Paul's Girls' School, London...
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Heathcote, John Moyer (1834–1912), real tennis player
E. B. Noel
revised by Wray Vamplew
Heathcote, John Moyer (1834–1912), real tennis player, the eldest son of John Moyer Heathcote (1800–1892), of Conington Castle, near Peterborough, and his wife, the Hon. Emily Frances (d. 1849), third daughter of Nicholas William Ridley Colborne, first Baron Colborne, was born in ...
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Hillyard, Blanche (1863–1946)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Blanche Hillyard (1863–1946) by unknown photographer, 1894 Getty Images
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Hillyard [née Bingley], Blanche (1863–1946), tennis player
Kathleen E. McCrone
Hillyard [née Bingley], Blanche (1863–1946), tennis player, was born on 3 November 1863 at Stanhope Lodge, Greenford, Middlesex, the daughter of Charles Bentley Bingley, 'gentleman', formerly proprietor of a tailoring business in Great Marlborough Street, London, and his wife, Elizabeth Harrison...
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Lambert, George (1842–1915), real tennis player
E. B. Noel
revised by Wray Vamplew
Lambert, George (1842–1915), real tennis player, was born on 31 May 1842, the third son of Joseph (John) Lambert (1814–1903), who was employed at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, as a professional tennis player by the second marquess of Salisbury. George Lambert's first engagement was under ...
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Larcombe [née Thomson], Ethel Warneford (1879–1965), badminton and lawn tennis player
Mark Ryan
Larcombe [née Thomson], Ethel Warneford (1879–1965), badminton and lawn tennis player, was born at 26 Mildmay Road, Islington, Middlesex, on 8 June 1879, the second child of Herbert Warneford Thomson (1850–1894), surgeon, and his wife, Sophia Charlotte, née Bond (1854–1924). She had one sibling, a brother, ...
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Larcombe, Ethel Warneford (1879–1965)
Maker: Bob Thomas
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Ethel Warneford Larcombe (1879–1965) by Bob Thomas, 1912 © Popperfoto/Getty Images
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Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player
Paul Levy
Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player, was born on 12 September 1913 in Fuzhou, southern China, the second of the three sons of Lo Tsung Hien (Lo Zong Xian), a diplomatist, and his wife, Wei Ying...
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Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien (1913–1995)
Maker: Graham Wood
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Kenneth Hsiao Chien Lo (1913–1995) by Graham Wood, 1975 Getty Images – Graham Wood
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