George Algernon
Draffen
Male
England
1858-04-23
London, England
1947-09-13
Ascot, Berkshire, England
George Draffen attended Oxford University before pursuing a career in the British Army. He married fellow lawn tennis player Beatrice Wood (1865-1962) on 23 April 1892. They had two children together.
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From The Carlisle Journal, 26 April 1892:
Weddings – Mr George A. Draffen and Miss Beatrice Wood
In lovely weather on Saturday last the pretty Yorkshire hamlet of Ackworth was en fête to celebrate the nuptials of Miss Beatrice Wood and Mr George A. Draffen. Ackworth is a small village situated about three miles south of Pontefract, on the road to Doncaster, in pretty undulating country, and is patronised by hunting men frequently as being in the centre of the Badsworth Hunt country, and there are one or two charming little hunting boxes in the vicinity.
Dr George Wood, the bride’s father, is well known as a sportsman, though the “Ehen fugaces anni” have begun to tell on him, and he cannot indulge in the recreations of earlier years. Miss Wood bas won the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championship four ears running (1887-1890), and will very probably have a good “look-in” this year.
Mr George A. Draffen is the youngest son of Colonel William Pitt Draffen, of 64, Lowndes Square, and is well known in Cumberland as an ardent spirit in the Westmorland Militia in which he holds the rank of captain, and in the neighbouring county of Dumfries he has sometimes been seen leading the field like a “good ‘un” when hounds were running.
The villagers were early astir on Saturday morning decorating their houses and the bridal route – might it not be called a “bridle path”? – with flags and garlands, and opposite the porch of Ackworth Grange, Dr Wood’s house, there was a triumphal arch adorned with flowers and ribbons.
The marriage was fixed for 2.30 pm, and long before that time the little Ackworth Grange Chapel was encompassed with sightseers, and at the commencement of the service there was no standing room at the back. The bride, who was dressed in a splendid white dress of ivory duchesse satin, trimmed with old Limerick lace which bad been in her mother’s family for over 100 years, carried a beautiful bouquet of lilies of the valley, while round her tulle veil was a lovely wreath of orange blossoms.
The bride arrived punctually – rather an unusual occurrence with brides – and was escorted by Miss Florence Carr (her half-sister), Miss Evelyn Simpson, and Miss Maye Tempest as bridesmaids. The bridesmaids were dressed in pale primrose and cream dresses, hats and ribbons to match, and carried large bouquets of pale yellow tulips, matching the colour of their dresses. Each wore a diamond and gold fox’s bead pin, the gift of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom was attended by Mr Arthur Mounsey-Heysham as best man The service, which was Roman Catholic, was conducted by Father Speet, chaplain to Mr Wilfrid F. Tempest and was partly in Latin, partly in English. After the ceremony the invited guests adjourned to Dr Wood’s for rest and refreshment, and were greeted with liberal showers of rice from the assembled villagers.
1880 - 1907
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Round 1
George Algernon Draffen 1 *
T.C. Hassell
6-3
6-2
Round 2
W.W. Hunt 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
Round 2
Harold Issidro Tower Aitken 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Clement Cazalet 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
6-0
6-2
Round 2
E.J. Solomon 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
8-6
6-0
Round 1
J.K. Mackay 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
6-2
6-4
Round 1
W.K. Stephens 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
6-2
9-7
Round 1
George Algernon Draffen 1 *
Rev. T. Paske
?
Quarterfinals
George Algernon Draffen 1 *
George Muckleston Travers Smythe
?
Semifinals
George Algernon Draffen 1 *
bye
Final
J.M. Wilkinson 1 *
George Algernon Draffen
?