Sydney Martineau Explained

Sydney Martineau
Birth Date:6 January 1863
Birth Place:Clapham, London, England
Death Place:Westminster, London, England
Sport:Fencing
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Sydney Martineau (6 January 1863 – 19 December 1945) was a British fencer who took part in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée.[1]

Early life and family

Martineau was the son of David Martineau (1828-1911) and Sarah Emma Scott (1833-1924). He was educated at Marlborough College as were his brothers Howard Martineau (1864-1953) and distinguished engineer Louis Martineau (1866-1895).[2] Sydney's son, Frederick Alan Martineau MBE (1904-1990), father of Baroness Vivian (née Carol Martineau) (1939-2013),[3] also boarded at Marlborough.[4] [5]

As Unitarians, Sydney's father, David Martineau, made donations in 1893 to Manchester College, Oxford University (now Harris Manchester College) as did his third cousin Francis Martineau Lupton (1848-1921) and relatives Sir Thomas and Lady Martineau. Family member the Rev. James Martineau (1805-1900) was vice-president of the college at this time.[6] Francis Martineau Lupton's daughter Olive Middleton (1881-1936) boarded at Roedean around the same time as Sidney's spinster sisters, artists Lucy Martineau (1869-1952) and Sarah Madeleine Martineau (1872-1972).[7] [8] [9]

Career

Martineau won an Olympic silver medal in fencing at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[10] [11] He was part of the British team which came in second place, behind Belgium, in the team epee competition.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sydney Martineau . Olympedia . 24 March 2021.
  2. Icevirtuallibrary . Obituary - LOUIS MARTINEAU. . January 1895 . 122 . 1895 . 399 . 10.1680/imotp.1895.19732 . 12 September 2024. LOUIS MARTINEAU, son of Mr. David Martineau, of South Road, Clapham Park, was born on the 2nd of March, 1866. He was educated at Marlborough College and at University College, London, where he greatly distinguished himself, obtaining several prizes and a Gilchrist Engineering Scholarship....
  3. Book: Debrett's . 2003 . Debrett's . 1620 . 978-0-333-66093-5 . 12 September 2024.
  4. Book: Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive . 1905 . Marlborough College Ltd. . 295, 315 . 12 September 2023 . Sydney Martineau, born Jan 6th 1863...Howard Martineau born Sept. 27 1864....
  5. News: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 OCTOBER, 1939 . 12 September 2023 . 1939 . 6938 . 5th Sept. 1939: — Lce.-Bombr. Frederick Alan MARTINEAU (97968), from R.A. (late Cadet Lce.-Corpl., Marlborough Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.)..
  6. Book: Proceedings and Addresses on the Occasion of the Opening of ...books.google.com.au › books Manchester College (University of Oxford) . 1894 . Longmans, London . 156 . 18 November 2023 . ...1893: Vice-President James Martineau...October 18–19, 1893... Donors...Sir Thomas and Lady Martineau...F.M. Lupton...David Martineau ....
  7. Web site: Papers of Sarah Madeleine Martineau . 4 January 2024 . The National Archives UK.
  8. Book: Maclaren . P. . Royal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture . 2015 . University of California . 259 . 978-0-520-96214-9 . 4 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Crawford . E. . Woman and Her Sphere - 'Painting Days at School of Art are perfect bliss: the manuscript diary (1892-1914) of Sarah Madeleine Martineau, art student and craft worker'. . Woman and Her Sphere . 3 January 2024 . Lena [Sarah Madeleine] Martineau and her sister Lucy, [daughters of David Martineau (died 1911)] who was three years older, had been boarders at Roedean school in Sussex, which, recently founded, was much favoured by the daughters of the wealthy non-conformist middle class. When Lena begins her diary in an exercise book in January 1892, one of the first entries relates that Barbara Shore Smith, who had been a contemporary at Roedean....
  10. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Sydney Martineau . 4 April 2010 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928020554/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARTISYD01 . 28 September 2011 .
  11. Web site: Sydney Martineau Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/sydney-martineau-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 4 April 2010 . sports-reference.com.

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