Charles Gilbert
Heathcote
Male
England
1841-03-02
Conington Castle, Peterborough, England
1913-11-15
Kilmeston Manor, Alresford, Hampshire, England
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gilbert_Heathcote
Charles Gilbert Heathcote was born at Conington Castle, Conington, Huntingdonshire, the third son of John Heathcote of Conington Castle Huntingdon and his third wife Emily Colbourne. He was educated at Eton College and was admitted at Trinity College Cambridge on the 6 April 1859. He was a scholar and migrated to Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 20 June 1863, being awarded an M.A. in 1866.
He was admitted at Inner Temple on 26 January 1865 and was called to the bar on 18 November 1867. He served on the South Eastern Circuit. Heathcote was also a member of the Alpine Club and an amateur artist. Heathcote married Lucy Edith Wrottesley, daughter of Honourable Walter Wrottesley on 9 September 1869. His son Walter was a consul in Turkey.
Heathcote was one of the founders of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. He is cited as one of the committee that formulated the rules of tennis in 1877 before the first Wimbledon Championships, although according to other sources the Heathcote concerned was his brother John Moyer Heathcote who was a representative of the Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) committee. In the inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship Charles reached the semi-final of the men’s singles when he was defeated by Spencer Gore and lost to William Marshall in the 3rd place play-off. He played again in 1878 and reached the quarter-finals in 1879. He last entered in 1880.
From 1884 to 1902, Heathcote was a Stipendiary Magistrate for Brighton. He acquired Kilmeston Manor, Alresford, Hampshire in 1902 and became a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hampshire in 1906.
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1877 - 1880
0
12
8
Round 1
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Sir William Francis Clerke
6-5
6-2
6-5
Round 2
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Charles Thomas Wallis
6-4
2-6
6-0
6-5
Round 3
Richard Ridley Farrer 1 *
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
5-6
6-1
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
C.J. Coventry
6-2
4-6
6-3
5-6
6-5
Round 2
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
C.Leslie Stephen
1-6
6-2
6-1
5-6
6-1
Round 3
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Victor Alexander Brooke
6-2
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Thorneycroft Hartley 1 *
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Henry Thomas W. Wheeler
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
6-4
6-2
4-6
4-6
6-5
Round 1
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Geoffrey Fowell Buxton
6-0
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Gilbert Heathcote 1 *
Julian Marshall
6-3
6-3
6-5
Semifinals
Spencer William Gore 1 *
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
6-2
6-5
6-2