Richard Boyle (rowing)
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Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle (11 October 1888 – 6 February 1953) was a British coxswain who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Boyle was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, the son of Major Charles John Boyle and Lillian Kennedy Pochin.[2] Boyle was educated at Cambridge University and coxed the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1907 and 1908. The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3]
In the First World War, Boyle was a captain in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was wounded.
Boyle married Marion Elisa Hill Wallace, daughter of Major-General Hill Wallace, on 12 February 1918
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Richard Boyle". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ the Peerage.com
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Richard Boyle
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