Ernest Still
| Born | Ernest Robert Still 14 July 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 23 November 1931 (aged 79) (registered in) Epsom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rugby School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Still (1852-1931) was a rugby union international representing England from 1873 to 1873.[1]
Early life
[edit]Ernest Still was born on 14 July 1852 in Epsom,[1] the fifth son of Robert Still of Sutton in Surrey.[2] He attended Rugby School and studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he received his BA in 1874 and his MA in 1880.
Rugby union career
[edit]In the Scotland vs England match, he made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow.[1]
Career and later life
[edit]Ernest became a solicitor and later married Amy Gordon Churchill, the daughter of Charles Churchill. Their son, Francis Churchill Still, married Margaret Burdett Money-Coutts, daughter of Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill, 5th Lord Latymer and Edith Ellen Churchill, on 8 June 1907. He died on 14 December 1937.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ernest Still Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Joseph Foster (ed), Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Sabin-Zouch p1355, (Parker and co.), 1891
- ^ the peerage.com
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