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Alexander
Bonsor |
Wanderers
FC, Old Etonians FC
2 appearances, 1
(debut) goal,
0 goals against
P 2 W 0 D 1 L 1 F 0:
A 3
25% successful
1872-75
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Alexander George Bonsor |
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According to the 1851 census,
Eliza (née Denne Orme) Bonsor is pregnant with her sixth child that is
to become Alexander George. His father, Joseph is a stationer and
bookseller. There are twelve servants, all living at Polesden House [left] in
Bookham, Surrey |
Birth:
Tuesday, 7 October 1851, in Polesden Lacey
[left], Great Bookham, Dorking, Surrey [no registration
found].
"BONSOR.―Oct. 7, the wife of Joseph Bonsor, Esq., of Polesden, Great
Bookham, of a son." - Friday,
10 October 1851, London Daily News. |
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Baptism |
9 December 1851, in Great Bookham Parish. |
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None of the Bonsor family can
be found on the 1861 census. |
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According to the 1871 census,
living at 88 Eaton Place in St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Alex
G., a scholar, is the fourth of eight children. With thirteen servants.
His father is a Magistrate Brewer. |
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First marriage |
to Maria
Charlotte between 1871 and 1881 [no registration found]. |
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On 6 May 1878, an entry
into the Great Western Railway Shareholders shows Alexander George Bonsor
as an Executor, upon Malcolm Orme's death. Living at 51 Eaton Place. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Alexander G. was now married, to a Belgian named Maria Charlotte. They had
one Lady's Maid and living/visiting The Grand Hotel in The Strand. |
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According to the 1891 census,
still married to Maria, with one child Edwina, Alexander G. is living at
Popeswood House in Bracknell Road, Binfield, Berkshire. |
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On 8 July 1891, an entry
into the Great Western Railway Shareholders shows Alexander George Bonsor
as an Executor, upon Sir Archibald Little's death. In charge of Coombe's
Brewery in Long Acre, Middlesex. |
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Second marriage |
to Jeanne
Marie, on 24 June 1893, in St George Hanover Square, and divorced on 23 February 1896, on the ground of adultery and
desertion. |
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Third marriage |
His third marriage was to Claire Marie Silvie Kint in 1897. |
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Alexander cannot be found on
the 1901 census, already in Belgium? |
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Death |
Saturday, 17 August 1907
at 56 rue Locquemhein, Brussels, Belgium, aged
55 years 314 days.
[no registration found]. He left £5 to his widow, as
confirmed by The Index of
Wills & Administration and his Death Probrate confirm place of death. |
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Probate |
"BONSOR
Alexander George of 56 rue-Locquemhein Brussels
died 17 August
1907 Probate
London 12 September to
Clara Marie Silvie Bonsor widow.
Effects £5."
[2019 equivalent: £606] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Keith Warsop's
 The Early F.A Cup Finals and the
Southern Amateurs, Andy Mitchell's First Elevens [2012] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began life with
Eton College, before moving over to the Wanderers FC. Became a part
of Old Etonians towards 1874. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winner
1871-72, 1872-73; runners-up 1874-75, 1875-76; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
nine who became the
twelfth players
(16)
to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward; |
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First match |
No. 2, 8 March 1873, England 4 Scotland 2,
a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 21 years 152 days. 10 |
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Last match |
No. 4, 6 March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2,
a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged
23 years 150 days. |
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Individual honours |
Bonsor became
the second player to score on his England debut, nine minutes after the
first,
William Kenyon-Slaney. |
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Distinctions |
The first
member of the 1875 team to die. |
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Beyond England |
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A brewer by trade,
a director of Combe & Co., the family business. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.38. |
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