Some early male Irish lawn tennis players

[myluck!]

DEATH NOTICE
The late Arthur J. de Courcy Wilson, Gentleman, of Mackesfield Grange, Malvern, b. 1867; m. 1892, Norah, d. of H. Paine; and d. 1920, leaving issue — Cyril John Wilson, Gentleman, Lieut, (ret.) 60th Rifles, b. 1899 (Club — Naval
and Military).

Death record: Upton-on-Severn Worcestershire Jan-Mar 1920 aged 53 ref:6C/200

[myluck!]

TH Griffiths may have been Thomas Harrison Griffiths
born Cheltenham Gloustershire Jan-mar 1856 ref:6A/368
married RATHDOWN 1893 Jan-Mar to Mary Christina LOWRY
died CORK Apr-Jun 1907 aged 50 V5 P129
on 1901 census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Queenstown_Urban/Midleton_Park/1138884/

plenty for you to go on with Mark!!!
Like all things in family history proving your find is your relative is tricky but you do have an advantage; your people fall into a small group of society and many have unusual names. They had to be of a class that not only allowed you free time but the financial backing to use it playing tennis as a hobby!
You could try contacting living relatives, if you can locate same, to formalise the connections; they may well have a trophy from the era, formal or reference that could make all the difference

[newmark401]

I think Ernest Browne must have lived to a grand old age if he was born circa 1855 and was still alive circa 1930.

I posted likely death registration for Ernest earlier-

Looks like his death registration: Ernest De S H BROWNE (age 90) Apr./June 1946 Cheltenham (Gloucester, England) district volume 6a page 407.

Thanks, that slipped my eye among all the other information.

Mark

[newmark401]

Thanks to those who posted the great information on A.J. de C. Wilson and T.H. Griffiths. I'm sure about Wilson because of the unusual name, but it's very difficult to link T.H. Griffiths with tennis without the word appearing in any source.

Mark

[myluck!]

A search for an obituary may confirm

[newmark401]

A search for an obituary may confirm

Yes, have looked for an obituary in the "Irish Times", but with no success. I noticed a Thomas Henry Griffiths in another source, but he probably wasn't the one I'm looking for.
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I found a few Thomas Campions, but none who could really be the one who played lawn tennis and was popularly known as "Tom" S. Campion. I think he went to Trinity College, too.

Mark

[KGarrad]

It might be worth while contacting some old established tennis clubs in Ireland?
E.G. Carrickmines Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club?

Maybe they have an archive?


Lastly, are you in any way connected to Sligo Tennis Club, and Tom Higgins?
His book "The History of Irish Tennis" apparently contains a Who's Who of over 1,100 Irish tennis players!

www <dot> historyofirishtennis <dot> ie

[newmark401]

Lastly, are you in any way connected to Sligo Tennis Club, and Tom Higgins?
His book "The History of Irish Tennis" apparently contains a Who's Who of over 1,100 Irish tennis players!

www <dot> historyofirishtennis <dot> ie

No, I'm not connected to Sligo Tennis Club or Tom Higgins. I'm from Dublin, though I live in London. I'm very familiar with Tom Higgins' "History of Irish Tennis", which for me is a frustrating work in some ways because it gives very little biographical information on the earliest players, with the exception of the most well-known ones, e.g. the Irish Wimbledon champions.

Mark

[KGarrad]

Ah well! It was just a thought!

I'm only familiar with Carrickmines, being a croquet player.
That being so, I don't hold with these "upstarts" and their new-fangled game of sphairistike!!