Memorial

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Plaque: Walter Clopton Wingfield

Inscription

Greater London Council
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.

SW1, St George's Square, 33

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Walter Clopton Wingfield

Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield. The Wimbledon championships b...

Born at Rhysnant Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Served in the 1st Dragoon Guar...

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Walter Clopton Wingfield

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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