Sir Alexander Kaye
Butterworth
Male
England
1854-12-04
Henbury, Gloucestershire, England
1946-01-23
Hampstead, London, England
Alexander K. Butterworth was the brother of fellow lawn tennis players George M. Butterworth and Thomas H. Butterworth.
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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kaye_Butterworth
Alexander Kaye Butterworth was the General Manager of the North Eastern Railway and also chairman of the Railway Executive during the First World War. Butterworth married Julia Marguerite Wigan at Saint Margaret’s, Westminster on 16 July 1884. Their son George became a composer. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Julia died in 1911. Butterworth was knighted in 1914. He married Dorothea Mavor in 1916.
In addition to lawn tennis, Alexander K. Butterworth was also a member of Clifton Rugby Football Club. He qualified for The Bar in 1878, and as a solicitor in 1883. He gained his Bachelor of Law degree in 1884. He then joined the Great Western Railway, working in its legal department. During 1889 and 1890, Butterworth played a leading role in the Railway Rates Inquiry, acting for the English, Irish and Scottish railway companies.
In 1890, he was appointed a Clerk of the Peace for Bedfordshire, a position he held for six months, before joining the North Eastern Railway (NER) as a solicitor in February 1891. In 1905, he succeeded Sir George Gibb as General Manager. He represented the NER in his capacity a company solicitor at the inquiry into the railway accident at Thirsk in 1892.
During the First World War, Butterworth was appointed chairman of the Railway Executive Committee in addition to his position with the NER, a position he held until 1919. He was also chairman of the Victoria Park Hospital for Heart and Chest Diseases from 1916 to 1935. He was succeeded in that position by Henry Guest. Butterworth served on the Civil Service Arbitration Board from 1917 to 1920.
He retired from his position as General Manager of the NER on 31 December 1921 and was succeeded by Ralph Wedgwood. Butterworth remained in the employ of the NER until it ceased to exist at the Grouping of the Railways in 1923.
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Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Mr. MacKenzie
w.o.
Round 2
Rev. Frederick Corden Nash 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
w.o.
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
bye
Round 2
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Alfred Young Nutt
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Welby Francis Montresor
6-4
ret.
Semifinals
Montague Alfred Orgill 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
7-5
6-0
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Henry Blane Porter
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Donald Charles Stewart 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
6-4
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
C.A. Williamson
2-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
George Montague Butterworth 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
6-3
5-6
6-2
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
H.R.O. Carter
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Henry Blane Porter
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Humphrey Berkeley
4-6
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
6-3
6-2
Final
George Montague Butterworth 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Rev. A. Law
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Round 2
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
William Cecil Marshall
?
Round 3
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
George Montague Butterworth
?
Quarterfinals
F.E. Rooke 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
?
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Frederick Cancellor
6-3
6-5
Round 2
William Henry Darby 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
E.A. Ball
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
E.D. Cotes
?
Quarterfinals
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
H. Hardwick
3
sets
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0
Semifinals
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth 1 *
Dr Walter William Chamberlain
5-6
6-5
6-1
6-0
Final
George Montague Butterworth 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
w.o.
Round 1
Richard Taswell Richardson 1 *
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth
6-5
6-3
6-1