Charles Herbert Joshua
Higginbotham
Male
England
1861-12-11
Madras, India
1930-04-24
Torquay, Devon, England
Anglo-Indian. Son of Abel Joshua Higginbotham, founder, in Madras in 1844, of Higginbotham & Co., one of the oldest bookselling and publishing firms in India. On his father?s death in 1881, Charles took over the running of the business. A feature in the ?Publisher?s Circular? magazine of 25 May 1901 notes that Charles Higginbotham was seven times lawn tennis champion of South India.
1883 - 1910
11
67
42
1897 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1896 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1895 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1894 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1893 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1891 - Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (Amateur)
1891 - Southern India Championships (Amateur)
1890 - Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (Amateur)
1886 - Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Inverkip Rovers LTC (Amateur)
1885 - Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
F.H. Clough 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
B. Allan
4-6
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
R. Harvey 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-0
8-6
Challenge Round
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Horatio Renaud Babington Peile
w.o.
Challenge Round
Henry John Allen 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-4
6-1
Round 1
R.J. Blair 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
John Patrick Alexander Latham
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
G.M. Gillington
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A.K. Steven
3-6
6-3
6-2
Final
R. Gilling Lax 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-1
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Ewan Percy Corlett
6-1
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
bye
Round 2
E.B. Merewether 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
w.o.
Final
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
J.E. Donnison
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
John Ernest Orr
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Nicholas Morison Sykes 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A. Moore
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Ewan Percy Corlett
6-3
6-3
Final
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Arthur Alexander Hall
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A.F. Hosken
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
R.E. Firth
3-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
J.E. Donnison
6-1
6-2
Final
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Arthur Alexander Hall
6-2
6-5
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
George Arbuthnot Burns
w.o.
Quarterfinals
R. Matthews 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Ferdinand Edward Paul Forster
2-6
9-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
P.R.B. Mitchell
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
T.F. Donald
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A.M. MacRobert
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Augustus Wallace MacGregor
6-4
1-6
6-4
Final
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
William Reierson Arbuthnot
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Hampden Francis Wilkieson
6-0
6-3
Final
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
William Edward Barton
6-1
6-4
Round 2
George Ball Greene 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
John Ernest Orr
3-6
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
J.H. Ormond
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
George Arbuthnot Burns
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Arthur Hunter Buist 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
J.H. Ormond
2-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
George Arbuthnot Burns
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Arthur Hunter Buist 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
J.A. Stewart 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
w.o.
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Nesfield Grant Benson
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
H.F. Wilkinson
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
Charles Edward De Fonblanque
6-3
6-3
Final
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-2
7-5
Round 2
George Scott-Jackson 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
W.M. Slowan
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Louis J. Grant 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
7-5
6-2
Unknown
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
T. Baker
6-4
4-6
6-5
Round 2
James Cleland Burns 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-0
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
R.J.H. Arbuthnot
?
Quarterfinals
A.T. Mackenzie 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
?
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
George Arbuthnot Burns
6-0
6-5
Round 2
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-1
6-0
Challenge Round
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
G.H. Aitken
7-5
6-4
0-6
6-4
Round 1
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A.B. Mackechnie
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
J.C. MacKay
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
D.G.L. MacLure
6-4
7-5
Final
Anderson Mure Steel 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
7-5
6-2
9-7
Round 2
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham 1 *
A.G. MacFarlane
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edward Mortimer Shand 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
6-1
6-4
Round 1
John Patrick Alexander Latham 1 *
Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham
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