Richard Crawshay (fencer) explained

Richard Oakes Crawshay
Birth Date:12 April 1882
Birth Place:Kensington, London, England
Sport:Fencing
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Richard Oakes Crawshay (12 April 1882  - 31 January 1953) was a British fencer,[1] the son of Richard Frederick Crawshay, J.P. and D.L., of Ty Mawr, Abergavenny, Brecknockshire by his wife Tempe Isabella, daughter of Colonel Edward Oakes.[2] He was the great-grandson of William Crawshay (1788-1867), great-great-grandson of William Crawshay (1762-1834), and great-great-great grandson of Richard Crawshay, who owned the Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil.

Crawshay was educated at Harrow. He attained the rank of Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. In 1907 he married Ann, the youngest daughter of Lazarus Threlfall Baines, of Westbrook, and divorced her in 1915 having had no children.

Crawshay competed in the team sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Crawshay . Olympedia . 21 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Crawshay formerly of Cyfarthfa Castle and Caversham Park . https://archive.today/20130807191540/http://www.burkes-peerage.co.uk/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=3154 . dead . 7 August 2013 . www.burkespeerage.com . 7 August 2013 .
  3. Web site: Richard Crawshay Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/richard-crawshay-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 April 2010 . sports-reference.com.