Arthur Richard
Springett
Male
England
1861-05-15
Melksham, Wiltshire, England
1914-04-14
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
From https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bookplate/items/1.0215665:
Arthur Richard Springett was the son-in-law of Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, a member of the Great Coalition Cabinet, Canada's first Minister of Finance, and the first High Commissioner of Canada in London. Springett married Galt’s daughter, Evelyn Cartier Galt, in the spring of 1893. The Springetts, described by Evelyn C. Springett in her book “For My Children’s Children” as ‘a good old family,’ were distantly related to the wife of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
According to his wife, Springett was ‘a tall, good-looking Englishman who had been educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford, and had then come out to Canada to fare for himself.’ Springett was an Indian Agent on the Peigan Reserve near Fort Macleod in Alberta from 1887-1891, and then became the manager of the New Oxley (Lazy H) Ranch in southern Alberta from 1893-1903 and later the Canadian Land and Ranch Company (76 Ranch) in Saskatchewan from 1904-1907.
According to “For My Children’s Children,” by 1913, when Springett and his wife were living in Cheltenham, England, he ‘had become a confirmed invalid’ He had given up a struggle which had been a losing fight from the first, and was ‘much happier and more contented than he had been for years. He died on April the second, 1914, in his fifty-second year.’
The Springett family crest that appears on the ex libris is pictured in chapter three (The Springetts) of “For My Children’s Children.” A copy of this ex libris is also available in the Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University. Although Springett lived in Canada for at least 20 years, it is unknown whether his ex libris was produced in Canada or his native England.
1880 - 1892
1
13
9
1880 - Ripon LTC (Amateur)
Unknown
George Edward Vernon Cuppage 1 *
Arthur Richard Springett
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Robert Theodore Milford 1 *
Arthur Richard Springett
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
A.H. Dachwood
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
Thomas Walker
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
Richard De Clare Yeld
5-6
6-5
6-4
Semifinals
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
J.W. Fowler
6-2
6-5
Final
Mark Fenwick 1 *
Arthur Richard Springett
6-0
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
P.M. Evans
6-4
4-6
8-6
Round 2
Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis 1 *
Arthur Richard Springett
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Round 1
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
Mr. Carter
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Quarterfinals
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
A.J. Wise
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Semifinals
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
J. Walker
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Final
Arthur Richard Springett 1 *
Northing Pinckney Snowden
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