Clement Cazalet | |
Fullname: | Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet |
Country Represented: | United Kingdom |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1869 |
Birth Place: | Holmwood, Surrey |
Death Place: | Harrow, London |
Singlesrecord: | [1] |
Singlestitles: | 5 |
Wimbledonresult: | QF (1896, 1906) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | F (1897, 1902, 1906) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Olympicsdoublesresult: | SF (1908) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet (16 July 1869 - 23 March 1950) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was the son among 10 children of businessman William Clement Cazalet[2] (brother of Edward Cazalet) and Emmeline Agnes Cazalet (nee Fawcett). Cazalet was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His career singles highlights include win the Cambridge University LTC Tournament in 1888,[1] the Keswick Open in 1891,[1] and the Carlisle Open in 1899.[1]
In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition together with his partner Charles Dixon.[4]
While serving in the First World War as a Major and volunteer ambulance driver with the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Brigade,[2] Cazalet was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours. By profession he was a marine engineer who worked on undersea cable laying projects in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.[2]