Frederick Dorville Jackson
{{Short description|English coffee planter and tennis player}}
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|birth_date =6 June 1859
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|death_date =15 March 1878 (age 18)
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Frederick Dorville Jackson (6 June 1859 – 15 March 1878) was an English coffee planter and tennis player who competed at the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877.{{cite web |title=Draw Archive: The Championships 1877 Gentlemen's Singles |url=https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/draws/1877_MS_A4.pdf |website=Wimbledon |publisher=AELTC |access-date=28 May 2023}}
Biography
Jackson was born on 6 June 1859 in Bentley, Hampshire, England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=QBgwVI3OmN%2FLCJoNeP5XwQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=28 May 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} he was the son of the Reverend C. Jackson of Bentley, Farnham, Hants.{{cite book |editor1-last=Lisle |editor1-first=G.W. De |title=Marlborough college register, from 1843 to 1869 inclusive to 1879 inclusive |date=1880 |publisher=Marlborough College |location=Marlborough |page=219 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLgHAAAAQAAJ&dq=Frederick+Dorville+Jackson,+Marlborough+College&pg=PA219 |language=en |chapter=Jan 1873}} He attended the English public school Marlborough College in Marlborough, Wiltshire. In 1876, he represented Marlborough College at the Annual Public Schools Rackets Championship, which was held at the original Prince's Club in Hans Place, London.
In July 1877 he took part in first Wimbledon Championship where he was defeated in the first round by the eventual finalist William Marshall in straight sets. Following his Wimbledon appearance he left to work as a coffee planter in Ceylon.Lisle, G.W. De. (1880) p.219. He died from complications due to meningitis in Mercara, Mysore, India on 15 March 1878 aged 18.
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External links
- [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=29343840:8097&d=bmd%201682618632 Free BMD Entry: Birth Record Jackson, Dorville Frederick Sep 1859]
- [https://www.wimbledon.com/en%20GB/draws%20archive/player%20profile/f6b4f5de-5c20-4b40-b6ff-deadf3c3f872.html Wimbledon Official Player Profile.]
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Category:19th-century male tennis players
Category:English male tennis players
Category:British male tennis players