Clement Cazalet
Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet DSO (16 July 1869 – 23 March 1950) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
 Cazalet, ca. 1900 | |||||||||||
| Full name | Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet | ||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1869 Holmwood, Surrey | ||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1950 (aged 80) Harrow, London | ||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1896, 1906) | ||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1897, 1902, 1906) | ||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||
| Olympic Games | SF (1908) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the son among 10 children of businessman William Clement Cazalet[1] (brother of Edward Cazalet) and Emmeline Agnes Cazalet (nee Fawcett). Cazalet was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition together with his partner Charles Dixon.[3]
While serving in the First World War as a Major and volunteer ambulance driver with the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Brigade,[1] Cazalet was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[4] By profession he was a marine engineer who worked on undersea cable laying projects in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.[1]
References
- "Clement Cazalet". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 546. ISBN 9781108036115.
- "Clement Cazalet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5469.