Athol Alexander Stuart

Athol Alexander Paul Rees Stuart (born 1881) was an English rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup to achieve the rowing triple crown in 1909.

Stuart was the son of Montague Pelham Stuart, of Steynton, Surbiton and his wife Mary Rees. He was educated at Cheltenham College and spent two terms at Caius College, Cambridge.[1] In 1900 he became a Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion the Manchester Regiment[2] and served in the Second Anglo-Boer War.[3]

Stuart rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and was runner up to Alexander McCulloch in the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1908. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls in 1909 beating R Lucas.[4] Later in 1909 he won the Wingfield Sculls, beating William Kinnear.[5] Stuart also won the London Cup at the Metropolitan Regatta, winning the triple crown in the year.

Stuart served in the First World War as a captain and adjutant of the Manchester Regiment and a major in the Sherwood Foresters.[6]

Stuart's brother Douglas Stuart was a Cambridge University and Olympic rower.

References

  1. ↑ "Stuart, Athol Alexander (STRT899AA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ the London Gazette, 3 August 1900
  3. ↑ Anglo Boer War - Shipping records 1902 Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839-1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
  6. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 August 1917
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