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Richard
Geaves |
Clapham
Rovers FC
1
appearance,
0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
2:
A 2
50% successful
1875
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Captain
Richard Lyons Geaves |
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"On the 28th of March last, at
the British Legation in Mexico, by Percy W. Doyle, Esq., her Britannic
Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, Richard Geaves, Esq., to Helen
Mackenzie, daughter of John Sidney Farrell, Esq., captain Royal Artillery." -
The Standard/The Morning Hearld, Thursday, 5
May 1853 |
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Birth |
Saturday, 6 May 1854, as a British subject born in
the British Legation, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Mexico |
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registered in the GRO Consular Birth Indices 1849-1965 |
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According to the 1861 census, Richard is the eldest of two children to Richard and Helen
Mackenzie (née Farrell). His
younger sister, Adelade, was born in West Derby in 1858, meaning the Geaves family returned to England after 1854, but before
that point. His father,
a British subject born in Turkey, is a commission merchant. His mother
is a British Subject born in Malta. The four of them, along with four
servants, live at Bankfield Road in West Derby. |
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According to the 1871
census, Richard is a pupil at Harrow School.
Appointed a lieutenant
of the the 15th (York) Battalion on 15 November 1875. |
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"DEVONSHIRE
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
"The will of the late Mr.
James Lyon Geaves, of Heavitree, who died on 11th January last, has been
proven in the Exeter District Court of Probate, the personalty being sworn
under
£140,000. The will, which was made last year, was proven on 14th
February by James Richard Geaves, the son, Richard Geaves, the nephew,
residing at 6 Gloucester Square, Hyde Park;... To his nephew Richard the
deceased bequeathed
£25,000....The residue of the personalty and the whole
of the real estate is left to the testator's son, James Richard Geaves,
absolutely." - The Western Times, Friday, 4 March 1881
[2018 equivalent personalty = £16,182,795 & bequeathed = £2,889,785] |
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According to the 1881
census, R.L. is living with his parents and his sister at 6 Gloucester
Square in Paddington [left]. He is a Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment. |
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Marriage |
to Jane Chute Ellis,
on 9 August 1881 at St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington. |
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registered in Kensington July-September 1881 |
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"GEAVES―ELLIS―On
the 9th inst., at St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington, Lieutenant R.
Lyon Geaves, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. R. Geaves, Esq., of 6
Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, to Janet Chute, daughter of the late Mr.
John Ellis, Esq., of Benara, South Australia." -
Pall Mall Gazette/The Globe, Thursday, 11 August 1881 |
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Children |
Richard and Jane
had six children. Gladys Helen Lyon (b.10 March 1884), May Lyon (b.29 May 1885), Violet
Constance Lyon (b.early 1887), Dorothy Lyon
(b.6 January 1889), and twins Phyllis Hilda Lyon
(b.3 October 1896) & Janet Evelyn Lyon (b.3
October 1896) |
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"The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)―Lieutenant Richard
Lyon Geaves resigns his commission" - London Morning
Post, Saturday, 1 October
1881 |
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(His father died on 24 September 1886 in Eastbourne)
According to the 1891
census, Richard is now married to an Australian, Jane, living with three
daughters, May, Violet and Dorothy. Along with six servants, they live in
the Manor House on Blackwater Road in Yateley, Hampshire. Richard is
a retired Army Officer. |
According to the 1901
census, 'Lyon' still married and still living at The Manor House in
Yateley with his six daughters. Evelyn, Gladys and Phyllis are the
additions to those found in the 1891 census. They have four servants.
(His mother died on 20 October 1907) |
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According to the 1911
census, Richard is still married to Jane, and live with four daughters.
They have five servants, all still living at The Manor House [left]. |
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"CLIMO―GEAVES―On
the 9th inst., at Rangoon, Major Percy Hill Climo, R.G.A., fourth son of
Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. W. Hill Climo, Fir Glen, Yateley, Hants, to Gladys
Helen, second daughter of Mr. R. L. Geaves (late 14th Regt.) and Mrs.
Geaves, Silverthorne, Camberley, Surrey, and late of the Manor House,
Yateley, Hants." -
Hampshire Advertiser, Saturday,
13 November 1915, |
According to the 1921
census, Richard is still married and still lives with their four daughters,
and his sister, Adelaide.
They now have four servants and are all still living at The Manor House.
(Jane Geaves died 8 January 1929) |
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Death |
Thursday, 21 March 1935,
at The Manor House in Yateley, Hampshire |
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aged
80 years 319 days |
registered in Aldershot
January-March 1935 |
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Probate |
"GEAVES
Richard Lyon of The Manor House Yateley
Hampshire died 21
March 1935 Probate
London 20 May to
Sidney Lyon Geaves farmer.
Effects £10226 10s. 5d."
[2019 equivalent: £732,735] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Geaves was educated at Harrow School, playing
his football there. Moved up to Cambridge University and earned his
'Blue' in 1874. Joined
Clapham Rovers FC and also played for Old Harrovians AFC. |
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Club honours |
None |
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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
six who became the
28th players
(33) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 4, 6
March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2, a friendly match at
The Surrey Cricket Ground,
The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged 20 years 304 days. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Geaves was the last member of the 1875 team to die. |
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Beyond England |
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Geaves was commissioned into the
Bucks Militia in 1874 and transferred to the 14th Regiment in November of
the following year. He embarked with the Regiment to Afghanistan and was
present at the action at Mazina and took part of the Kama Expedition.
Along with a fellow Officer he was invalided home following contracting an
illness in the field and resigned his commission on the 1 October 1881. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.105./FindMyPast.com/Bosleys
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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captain |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
50 |
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His only match was a friendly match and at a home venue |
Match History
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Club:
Clapham Rovers F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) - one full
appearance (90 min)x
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