General Jack Montagu
Hillyard
Male
England
1891-01-02
Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
1983-02-16
Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland


About

Adapted slightly from Wikipedia at: Jack Hillyard - Wikipedia

Jack Hillyard was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, the son of Commander George Whiteside Hillyard and Blanche Bingley. His father won an Olympic gold medal for tennis in 1908, and his mother won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon six times between 1886 and 1900. His younger sister Marjorie was born in 1896, in the Hillyard’s house, The Elms, in Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire.

Jack Hillyard attended Harrow School, and played in the Eton versus Harrow cricket match twice. In 1909, he took 3 wickets; the following year, in the famous match that became known as “Fowler’s match”, he was Harrow’s top scorer, reaching 62 runs in the first innings, and took 5 wickets, but against the odds Harrow lost to Eton. Hillyard served in the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War, spending four years in France and reaching the rank of major. His father served in the Royal Navy.

Jack Hillyard took part in the men’s singles event at Wimbledon from 1920 to 1930, and from 1932 and 1934, reaching the third round in 1920, 1922 and 1923. He lost the final of the All England Plate in 1924 to Jack Condon, but won the Surrey Grass Court Championships that year. He also won the Romsey Open in 1920, beating Bernard Vernon-Harcourt in the final.

Hillyard achieved greater success in the men’s and mixed doubles events. He was Riviera doubles champion with Erik Worm, and won the Monte Carlo Second Meeting in April 1921. He reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in both the men’s doubles and mixed doubles in 1921, with Algernon Kingscote and Phyllis Satterthwaite respectively. He repeated the feat in 1923, with Gerald Sherwell and Satterthwaite again.

Hillyard married writer Fabienne d’Avilla in 1945. She was the daughter of French author Léon Brethous-Lafargue and the divorced wife of Pedro Frederico Vaz de Carvalhaes. She wrote under the names Francis D’Avilla and Evelyn Fabyan. She did not remarry after she and Hillyard divorced, and died in 1980.

In 1952 Hillyard married, secondly, Mary Penelope Colthurst, daughter of Sir Richard Saint-John Jefferyes Colthurst, 8th Baronet. She had divorced her first husband, Brigadier Godfrey John Hamilton, in 1942. She inherited Blarney Castle in County Cork, Ireland, and died in 1975. Jack Hillyard died at Blarney Castle in February 1983 at the age of 92. He left no children.



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Archive statistics 1905 - 1946
22
216
130


Tournament wins 1927 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Hampshire Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Winchester (Amateur)
1925 - Hunstanton (Amateur)
1924 - Harpenden (Amateur)
1924 - Bordighera (Amateur)
1924 - Nottingham (Open)
1924 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Sussex Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Surrey Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Hyères (Amateur)
1924 - Beaulieu (Open)
1923 - Angmering-on-Sea (Amateur)
1923 - Bordighera (Amateur)
1923 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
1923 - Hyères (Amateur)
1922 - Harpenden (Amateur)
1922 - Bordighera (Amateur)
1921 - Falmouth (Amateur)
1921 - Dovercourt Hard Courts (Amateur)
1921 - Monte Carlo Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1920 - Dovercourt Hard Courts (Amateur)


Tournaments Midland Counties Championships - 1946 Beaulieu - 1933 Monegasque Championships - 1933 Wimbledon - 1932 Menton - 1932 Roland Garros - 1931 Championships of Merano - 1931 Villa d'Este - 1931 Wimbledon - 1930 Nice - 1930 Alassio - 1930 Beaulieu Second Meeting - 1930 Albaro - 1930 Wimbledon - 1929 Cannes Beau Site New Year Meeting - 1929 Wimbledon - 1928 Monte Carlo - 1928 German International Championships - 1928 Wimbledon - 1927 Beaulieu - 1927 South of France Championships - 1927 Championships of Wales - 1927 Middlesex Championships - 1927 Shanklin - 1927 Cannes Championships - 1926 Cannes Métropole - 1926 Midland Counties Championships - 1926 Hampshire Championships - 1926 Winchester - 1926 Gleneagles Hard Courts - 1926 Wimbledon - 1925 Hunstanton - 1925 Gleneagles Hard Courts - 1925 Wimbledon - 1924 Monte Carlo - 1924 Beaulieu - 1924 Cannes Carlton - 1924 Cannes Championships - 1924 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1924 Riviera Championships - 1924 Nice - 1924 South of France Championships - 1924 Bordighera - 1924 Cannes Beau Site New Year Meeting - 1924 Cannes Métropole - 1924 Hyères - 1924 Kent Championships - 1924 Sussex Championships - 1924 Surrey Championships - 1924 Midland Counties Championships - 1924 Nottingham - 1924 San Remo - 1924 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1924 Harpenden - 1924 Cannes Carlton Winter Tournament - 1924 Wimbledon - 1923 Monte Carlo - 1923 Cannes Carlton - 1923 Cannes Championships - 1923 Riviera Championships - 1923 Nice - 1923 Hyères - 1923 Harpenden - 1923 Cannes Carlton Winter Tournament - 1923 Angmering-on-Sea - 1923 Wimbledon - 1922 Monte Carlo - 1922 Beaulieu - 1922 Cannes Championships - 1922 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1922 Riviera Championships - 1922 Nice - 1922 Bordighera - 1922 Cannes Beau Site New Year Meeting - 1922 Cannes Métropole - 1922 Hyères - 1922 World Hardcourt Championships - 1922 Cannes Club Tournament - 1922 North of England Hardcourts - 1922 Monte Carlo Christmas Tournament - 1922 Harpenden - 1922 Wimbledon - 1921 Cannes Carlton - 1921 Cannes Championships - 1921 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1921 Riviera Championships - 1921 Nice - 1921 South of France Championships - 1921 Hyères - 1921 Cannes Club Tournament - 1921 Falmouth - 1921 Monte Carlo Easter Tournament - 1921 Dovercourt Hard Courts - 1921 Angmering-on-Sea - 1921 Wimbledon - 1920 West of England Championships - 1920 Surrey Championships - 1920 Sidmouth - 1920 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1920 Surrey Hard Court Championships - 1920 Norwich Open - 1920 Budleigh Salterton - 1920 Harpenden - 1920 Dovercourt Hard Courts - 1920 East of England Championships - 1908 Northumberland Championships - 1907 Nottingham - 1905

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