General Montagu
Hankey
Male
England
1840-08-16
Wimbledon, England
1919-08-25
Dorchester, Dorset, England


About

Montagu Hankey attended Eton public school before going up to Cambridge University. He later took holy orders, being ordained in 1866. A gifted lawn tennis player, he was one of the 22 men who in July 1877 took part in the first Wimbledon Championships tournament, which consisted of only a men’s singles event.
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From Alumni Cantabrigienses:

Hankey, Montagu. Admitted pensioner, at Trinity, February 1859. Son of Thomas [Alers], of 17 Prince’s Gate, London. School: Eton. Matriculated Michaelmas 1859; B.A. 1863; M.A. 1866. Ordained deacon (Canterbury) 1866; priest (London) 1868; Canon of Ramsgate, 1866-7 Canon of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, London, 1867-8. Rector of Maiden Newton, Dorset, 1868-1913. Rural Dean of Bridport, 1885-1913. Prebendary of Salisbury, 1885-1919. Proctor, Diocese of Salisbury, 1900-19. Resided latterly at Lambert House, Dorchester, where he died August 25, 1919. Buried at Maiden Newton.
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From The Times, 26 August 1919:

Obituary – Canon Montagu Hankey

The death has occurred at Lambert House, Dorchester, of Canon Montagu Hankey, one of the best-known clergymen in the diocese of Salisbury. He was Rector of Maiden Newton for about 45 years, and was a proctor for the diocese in Convocation, where he often-spoke. He was prominent in the cause of religious education, and worked zealously in defence of Church schools.

Canon Hankey, who had lived in retirement for some years, was an M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, was ordained in 1866, and served his first curacy at Ramsgate. Only two years after his ordination he went to Maiden Newton as rector. In 1866 he was appointed Prebendary of Lyne and Halstock in Salisbury Cathedral, and for a number of years he held the office of Rural Dean of Bridport.



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Archive statistics 1877 - 1887
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30
21


Tournament wins 1882 - Bournemouth (Open)
1881 - Bournemouth (Open)
1879 - Dorchester Kingston Park Tournament (Amateur)


Tournaments Weymouth - 1887 Bournemouth - 1885 Bournemouth - 1884 Exmouth - 1883 Cirencester Park Tournament - 1883 Bournemouth - 1882 Bournemouth - 1881 Cirencester Park Tournament - 1881 Wimbledon - 1880 Blackmoor Vale LTC - 1880 Dorchester Kingston Park Tournament - 1879 Wimbledon - 1877

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