Fonds CCPP/MCG - Papers of Thomas McGown

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CCPP/MCG

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Papers of Thomas McGown

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  • 1896 (Creation)

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2 items, paper and photographic print

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McGown, Thomas Melville Whitson (1876-1956), Irish rugby union player
(22 February 1876 - 15 July 1956)

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Born on 22 February 1876 in Belfast
School - Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh
Admitted to Clare College on 16 March 1894
Matriculated at Michaelmas 1894
B.A. 1897
Rugby Football 'blue,' 1896
Played for Ireland, 1899 and 1900; in the Anglo-Australian XV, 1899

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature Ireland

Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, R.A.O.C.; D.A.Q.M.G.; mentioned in dispatches)

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Clare College Archives, University of Cambridge

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Photograph of Clare College rugby team, October 1896 and one page extract from his memoirs giving details of rugby at Clare College and Cambridge.

Names on board of photograph read:
M. David, H. Rolfe, G. Bowcher, H.C. Hunter, G.H. Pells Tucker, T. Fasson, L.W. Indermaur, J. Kennington, C.G. Mackie, T.M.W. McGown, A.J.L. Darby, H.A. Cutter, D.W. James, W. Drew

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