William Marshall Cazalet | |
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Born | 8 July 1865
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Died | 22 October 1932 (aged 67)
Tonbridge, Kent, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Socialite |
Known for | represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume |
Spouse | Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell |
Children | 4, including Victor Cazalet, Thelma Cazalet-Keir, and Peter Cazalet |
Parent(s) |
Edward Cazalet Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall |
Relatives | Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet (father-in-law) |
William Marshall Cazalet DL JP (8 July 1865 – 22 October 1932) was a wealthy British landowner who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume (real tennis). [1]
Cazalet was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 8 July 1865. [2] He was the son of Edward Cazalet, merchant and industrialist, and his wife, Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall (d. 1888), daughter and heir of William Marshall, doctor and Danish consul in Edinburgh. [3] Cazalet graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1889. At Oxford, he won a Blue in real tennis (jeu de paume) in 1886, 1887 and 1889, and won the singles in 1889. [2] His father had a real tennis court built for him at Fairlawne, the family home in Shipbourne, Kent. [3]
Cazalet was a wealthy landowner, with friends including Rudyard Kipling. [2] He served as a Lieutenant in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, and held appointments by the Crown as High Sheriff of Kent, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. [2]
Cazalet represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume. [2] [4]
Cazalet was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1902, with his horse and wearing a hunting jacket. [5] [6] The painting was sold at Christie's, New York in May 2007, with an estimate of US$2–3 million, [7] and realised $1.832 million. [8] In 2015, Barbra Streisand donated Sargent's 1900–01 group portrait of his wife and two children, Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward and Victor, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [9]
He married Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell (known as Molly; d. 1952), [10] daughter of Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet. [3] [11]
Cazalet's eldest son Edward, born 1894, was killed in action in France in 1916. [10] His second son, Victor Cazalet, and his daughter Thelma Cazalet-Keir, both became Members of Parliament, and his third son was the racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet. [2]
Cazalet died on 22 October 1932 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [2] [12]
William Marshall Cazalet | |
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Born | 8 July 1865
St. Petersburg, Russia |
Died | 22 October 1932 (aged 67)
Tonbridge, Kent, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Socialite |
Known for | represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume |
Spouse | Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell |
Children | 4, including Victor Cazalet, Thelma Cazalet-Keir, and Peter Cazalet |
Parent(s) |
Edward Cazalet Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall |
Relatives | Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet (father-in-law) |
William Marshall Cazalet DL JP (8 July 1865 – 22 October 1932) was a wealthy British landowner who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume (real tennis). [1]
Cazalet was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 8 July 1865. [2] He was the son of Edward Cazalet, merchant and industrialist, and his wife, Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall (d. 1888), daughter and heir of William Marshall, doctor and Danish consul in Edinburgh. [3] Cazalet graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1889. At Oxford, he won a Blue in real tennis (jeu de paume) in 1886, 1887 and 1889, and won the singles in 1889. [2] His father had a real tennis court built for him at Fairlawne, the family home in Shipbourne, Kent. [3]
Cazalet was a wealthy landowner, with friends including Rudyard Kipling. [2] He served as a Lieutenant in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, and held appointments by the Crown as High Sheriff of Kent, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. [2]
Cazalet represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume. [2] [4]
Cazalet was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1902, with his horse and wearing a hunting jacket. [5] [6] The painting was sold at Christie's, New York in May 2007, with an estimate of US$2–3 million, [7] and realised $1.832 million. [8] In 2015, Barbra Streisand donated Sargent's 1900–01 group portrait of his wife and two children, Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward and Victor, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [9]
He married Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell (known as Molly; d. 1952), [10] daughter of Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet. [3] [11]
Cazalet's eldest son Edward, born 1894, was killed in action in France in 1916. [10] His second son, Victor Cazalet, and his daughter Thelma Cazalet-Keir, both became Members of Parliament, and his third son was the racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet. [2]
Cazalet died on 22 October 1932 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [2] [12]