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Sydney Martineau
Personal information
Born(1863-01-06)6 January 1863
Clapham, London, England
Died19 December 1945(1945-12-19) (aged 82)
Westminster, London, England
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Épée, team

Sydney Martineau (6 January 1863 – 19 December 1945) was a British fencer who took part in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée.[1]

Early life and family

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Martineau was the son of David Martineau (1828-1911) and Sarah Emma Scott (1833-1924). He was educated at Marlborough College as were his brothers Howard Martineau (1864-1953) and distinguished engineer Louis Martineau (1866-1895).[2] Sydney's son, Frederick Alan Martineau MBE (1904-1990), father of Baroness Vivian (née Carol Martineau) (1939-2013),[3] also boarded at Marlborough.[4][5]

As Unitarians, Sydney's father, David Martineau, made donations in 1893 to Manchester College, Oxford University (now Harris Manchester College) as did his third cousin Francis Martineau Lupton (1848-1921) and relatives Sir Thomas and Lady Martineau. Family member the Rev. James Martineau (1805-1900) was vice-president of the college at this time.[6] Francis Martineau Lupton's daughter Olive Middleton (1881-1936) boarded at Roedean around the same time as Sidney's spinster sisters, artists Lucy Martineau (1869-1952) and Sarah Madeleine Martineau (1872-1972).[7][8][9]

Career

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Martineau won an Olympic silver medal in fencing at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[10][11] He was part of the British team which came in second place, behind Belgium, in the team epee competition.

References

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  1. ^ "Sydney Martineau". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Obituary - LOUIS MARTINEAU". icevirtuallibrary: 399. Retrieved 12 September 2024. LOUIS MARTINEAU, son of Mr. David Martineau, of South Road, Clapham Park, was born on the 2nd of March, 1866. He was educated at Marlborough College and at University College, London, where he greatly distinguished himself, obtaining several prizes and a Gilchrist Engineering Scholarship...
  3. ^ Debrett's. Debrett's. p. 1620. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  4. ^ Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive. Marlborough College Ltd. 1905. pp. 295, 315. Retrieved 12 September 2023. Sydney Martineau, born Jan 6th 1863...Howard Martineau born Sept. 27 1864...
  5. ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 OCTOBER, 1939" (PDF). 1939. p. 6938. Retrieved 12 September 2023. 5th Sept. 1939: — Lce.-Bombr. Frederick Alan MARTINEAU (97968), from R.A. (late Cadet Lce.-Corpl., Marlborough Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.).
  6. ^ Proceedings and Addresses on the Occasion of the Opening of ...books.google.com.au › books Manchester College (University of Oxford). Longmans, London. 1894. p. 156. Retrieved 18 November 2023. ...1893: Vice-President James Martineau...October 18–19, 1893... Donors...Sir Thomas and Lady Martineau...F.M. Lupton...David Martineau ...
  7. ^ "Papers of Sarah Madeleine Martineau". The National Archives UK. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ^ Maclaren, P. (2015). Royal Fever: The British Monarchy in Consumer Culture. University of California. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-520-96214-9. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ Crawford, E. "Woman and Her Sphere - 'Painting Days at School of Art are perfect bliss: the manuscript diary (1892-1914) of Sarah Madeleine Martineau, art student and craft worker'". Woman and Her Sphere. Retrieved 3 January 2024. Lena [Sarah Madeleine] Martineau and her sister Lucy, [daughters of David Martineau (died 1911)] who was three years older, had been boarders at Roedean school in Sussex, which, recently founded, was much favoured by the daughters of the wealthy non-conformist middle class. When Lena begins her diary in an exercise book in January 1892 one of the first entries relates that Barbara Shore Smith, who had been a contemporary at Roedean...
  10. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Sydney Martineau". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Sydney Martineau Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2010.


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