The Honourable Sir Cecil James Henry Mussen
Campbell
Male
Ireland
1891-05-04
Dublin, Ireland
1952-05-11
Zamalek, Egypt
Adapted slightly from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Campbell_(tennis)
Cecil Campbell was the second son of Irish peer James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and Emily Campbell (née McCullagh).
On 23 May 1925, in London, Cecil Campbell married Lavender Letts, a fellow tennis player from Essex. She competed for Ireland in the women’s singles event at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships, and they competed together in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1928 and 1929.
Cecil Campbell moved to Egypt in 1922, where until 1930 he served as legal secretary to the Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government. He later became legal counsellor to the British residents in Cairo. In 1933, he became managing director of the Marconi Radio Telephone Company of Egypt, and later chairman of the local board of the Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields.
In 1934, Lavender Campbell successfully sued for divorce on the grounds of her husband's adultery with the wife of a British civil servant in Cairo. Cecil remarried the same year; his second wife was Martha Evelyn Audrey Stout. He had been named a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the 1930 New Year Honours. After his service in the Second World War, he received a knighthood.
From 1947 to the time of his death, Sir Cecil Campbell was president of the English Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. On 11 May 1952, he was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home in Zamalek, Cairo. According to The Times of London, he had been suffering from indifferent health for a long time.
1913 - 1937
6
52
33
1927 - International Championships of Egypt - Cairo (Open)
1921 - Hastings and St. Leonard's-on- Sea (Amateur)
1921 - Cinque Ports Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Irish Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Irish Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Irish National Championships (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
William Westerfield 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Jacques Georges Grandguillot
6-4
6-4
Final
Orestes Garangiotis 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Olliff 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Nicolae Mishu
6-2
6-4
5-7
6-1
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Henry Scriven Burrows
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-3
6-4
6-2
Final
Nigel G. Sharpe 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
C. Roberto (Robbie) Bocciardo
6-4
4-6
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 2
Pierre Henri Landry 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Dr. W.B. Stott
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
David H. Williams
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Norman Farquharson
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 4
Jean Borotra 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-8
8-6
6-0
6-1
Round 1
John (Brian) Gilbert 1 *
Cecil Campbell
7-5
2-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
D. Tennessee
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Lionel William Alderson 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
3-6
6-3
4-6
5-2
ret.
Round 2
Hassan Ali Fyzee 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Thomas Jermingham Richard Quill
w.o.
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Gerald Sherwell
7-5
6-1
8-6
Round 3
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Arthur W. MacPherson jr
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Rene Lacoste
1-6
3-6
6-3
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bill Johnston 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-1
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
Cecil Campbell
w.o.
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
G.W.V. Hurst
3-6
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Louis Meldon
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Arthur Lowe
15-13
6-2
6-4
Round 4
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Cecil John Tindell-Green
2-6
6-2
9-7
6-0
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-1
3-6
7-9
6-1
6-3
Final
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-1
6-3
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Brame Hillyard
6-2
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Alain Gerbault
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Maxwell (Max) Woosnam
7-5
6-3
5-7
2-6
6-4
Round 4
Cecil Campbell 1 *
André Gobert
9-7
1-6
4-6
4-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Frank Hunter 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-2
7-5
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Henry Marvelle (Harry) Read
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Cecil Campbell 1 *
William G. (Bunny) Ireland
8-6
9-7
6-0
Semifinals
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Edward Darcy McCrea
6-3
6-2
6-3
Final
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Simon Frederick Scroope
6-4
6-4
6-2
Final
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-1
5-7
6-4
5-7
6-4
Final
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon 1 *
Cecil Campbell
0-6
6-2
9-7
Final
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Richard Powell
6-0
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Captain Fellows
6-4
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Edward Darcy McCrea
3-6
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Horace Charles Grenfell
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Cecil Campbell 1 *
William G. (Bunny) Ireland
6-3
1-6
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Maurice Fitzmaurice Day
5-7
6-2
5-7
6-2
6-2
Final
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Val Miley
6-1
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Edward Darcy McCrea 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-3
9-7
Final
Val Miley 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
Cecil Campbell
6-3
6-1
6-4