Maurice John Kingscote
Captain Maurice John Kingscote (30 July 1887 – 5 June 1959) was a British polo champion.[1][2]
Biography
He was born on 30 July 1887. He was the son of Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote and Evelyn Mary Gifford.[3] He won the Roehampton Trophy in 1922, 1923 and 1929.[4] He died in 5 June 1959 in an automobile accident.[5]
Family
Kingscote was married three time, the first two marriages ending in divorce:[3]
- He married Violet Owen Lord, and had a daughter Joyce Kingscote, who married Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey.[3][6][7] Maurice and Violet divorced in 1936.[3]
- He married Kathleen Sarah Vestey.[3]
- He married June Darby Philips in 1947, and had a son, Michael John Fitzhardinge Kingscote (born 1950).[3] Michael had one son and one daughter.[8].
References
- ↑ "Maurice John Kingscote". The Polo Encyclopedia.
- ↑ The Old Public School Boys. Eton College. 1933. p. 460.
Kingscote, Maurice John, younger son of Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote, CVO, of Watermoor House, Cirencester, ... Recreations: hunting and polo
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maurice John Kingscote". The Peerage. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye. Polo in Britain: A History. p. 306.
- ↑ "Maurice John Kingscote Dies". The Manchester Guardian. 6 June 1959.
- ↑ "Obituary: Hugh Trefusis Brassey". The Telegraph. 12 April 1990.
- ↑ "Miss Joyce Kingscote Recovers Consciousness". The Manchester Guardian. July 26, 1935. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ↑ "Kingscote". Daily Mail. November 12, 2016.
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