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General First nameWilliam Percy
LastnameFrench
GenderMale
CountryIreland
Date of birth1854-05-01
Place of birthTulsk, County Roscommon, Ireland
Date of death1920-01-24
Place of deathFormby, Lancashire, England


About

Percy French, as he was known, studied civil engineering at Trinity College, Dublin before working as an inspector of drains. He later became one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters and was also a singer and entertainer as well a journalist and an excellent watercolourist who mainly painted landscapes. A keen follower of lawn tennis, he took part in a small number of tournaments in his younger days.

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Archive statistics Career1882 - 1892
Tournament wins2
Matches4
Match wins1


Tournament wins 1887 - County Cavan (Amateur)
1886 - County Cavan (Amateur)


Tournaments Hitchin - 1892 County Cavan - 1887 Buxton - 1884 Waterloo - 1882