Rev. Edmond Bennet
Brackenbury
Male
England
1843-11-27
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
1921-10-04
Parkstone, Dorset, England
Edmond Bennet Brackenbury was born in 1843 in the market town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He was the son of Bennet Brackenbury, a solicitor and native of Spilsby in Lincolnshire, and Alice Brackenbury (née Sooby), who was also from Gainsborough.
Edmond Brackenbury attended Oxford University and later took holy orders. On 2 January 1868, he married Elizabeth Holmes, who was from the suburb of Westbury-on-Trym in Gloucestershire. They had six children together: three sons and three daughters.
In 1873, Edmond Brackenbury helped found Saugeen School, a preparatory school located in Bournemouth, Dorset. He had a close association with the school for the rest of his life. For more on Reverend Edmond Bennet Brackenbury and this school, see here:
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1878 - 1882
5
25
15
1881 - South of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
1880 - Limerick (Amateur)
1880 - South of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
1879 - Bournemouth (Open)
1878 - Bournemouth Spring Tournament (Amateur)
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
H. Moore
w.o.
Round 2
Pelham George Von Donop 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-4
6-3
Challenge Round
Edward Montiford Longfield Lysaght 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
w.o.
Round 1
Dale Womersley 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Graeme Hammond
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
H. Fort
?
Semifinals
Montagu Hankey 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
2-6
6-5
6-0
Challenge Round
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Edward Montiford Longfield Lysaght
0-6
6-3
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Herbert Fortescue Lawford 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Rev. H.B. St. John
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Francis Robert (Frank) Benson 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-5
5-6
6-3
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
W.F. Percy
6-4
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Major Henry Hills Goodeve
6-4
9-7
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Samuel Martin Gully
4-6
6-4
6-4
6-3
Final
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Edward Montiford Longfield Lysaght
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
bye
Round 2
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Mr. Gilmore
?
Quarterfinals
W. Aldridge 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
?
Round 1
S. Pilkington 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-0
6-5
6-4
Final
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Sir Hubert James Medlycott
?
Round 2
Edgar Lubbock 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
?
Round 1
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Gwynne James
6-1
2-6
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
6-4
6-2
4-6
4-6
6-5
Round 3
Charles Gipps Hamilton 1 *
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
6-0
6-2
6-2
Final
Rev. Edmond Bennet Brackenbury 1 *
Sir Hubert James Medlycott
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