Person    | Male  Born 1781  Died 1811

Jim Belcher (or Jem)

Categories: Sport / Games

Jim Belcher (or Jem)

Boxer. Won the English heavyweight prize-fighting championship in 1800, retaining it until 1805. His younger brother Tom was also an accomplished boxer.

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Jim Belcher (or Jem)

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The Round Table

Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the ...

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Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge

Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge

He was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. Elected President of the International Olympic Committee in 2001 and served until 2013 when he was made the IOC's Honorary President, a lifetime positio...

Person, Medicine, Sport / Games, Belgium

1 memorial
W. Stuart Surridge

W. Stuart Surridge

Born Walter Stuart Surridge at Herne Hill. First-class cricketer who played for Surrey, who won the title every year he was captain, 1952-6. Died Derbyshire on a visit to his family's bat-making fa...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Sir Henry Segrave

Sir Henry Segrave

World speed record holder. Born Maryland, USA. His American mother died when he was 2. His father was Irish and he was brought up in Britain. Took the land record in 1929. Then at Lake Windermere, ...

Person, Sport / Games, USA

1 memorial
Mick Fowler

Mick Fowler

Mountaineer and tax inspector. Born Michael Fowler in London. Voted "The Moutaineers' Mountaineer", he has tackled some of the world's most difficult peaks, mostly during his holidays from his job ...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Lord's cricket ground

Lord's cricket ground

Thomas Lord laid out his original cricket ground in Dorset Square in 1787. It was used mainly by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which was founded there in the same year. Following a dispute over...

Place, Sport / Games

5 memorials