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Kenneth
Wilson |
Hendon FC
uncapped
1884 |
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Timeline |
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Kenneth Plumpton Wilson |
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Birth |
Friday, 31 May 1861 in Ringstead, Norfolk [registered in
Docking, September 1861]. |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 7 July 1861 in Ringstead |
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According to the 1871
census, Kenneth is the second oldest, behind Charles, of six children to
Rev. Plumpton Stravcusan and Elizabeth (née Walker). They have two servants and they live at
Pinchbeck Vicarage in Spalding, where his father is the Vicar. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Kenneth P. is an undergraduate at Cambridge, he is attending Pembroke
College, on Trumpington Street in Cambridg.. |
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According to the 1891
Scottish
census, Kenneth Plumpton is a tutor of history at Fettes College,
Edinburgh. |
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According to the 1901
Scottish census, Kenneth remains a schoolmaster of classics and English at
Fettes College. |
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Cannot be found on
the 1911 census.
Berkshire Electoral Registers place Kenneth at
Heatherdene, on Ravenswood Avenue in Crowthorne from at least 1930. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 18 May 1949
at Moorcroft House in Hillingon, aged 87 years 352 days [registered in Uxbridge,
June 1849]. |
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Probate |
"WILSON
Kenneth Plumpton of Heatherdene Crowthorne
Berkshire died 18 May 1949
at Moorcroft House Hillingdon Uxbridge Middlesex Probate
London 15 September to the
right reverend Roger Plumpton Wilson lord bishop of Wakefield and Ernest
Cleave of no occuation.
Effects £12711 7s. 10d."
[2019 equivalent: £452,551] |
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Source |
Andy
Mitchell &  |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
He
attended and played for Rossall School, Fleetwood in 1878-80, captain in
his last two years. Also attended Pembroke College at Cambridge University
and earned a triple blue. Also played and scored for the South
against the North in February 1884, that resulted in him getting picked
for England. And represented the Old Rossalian side. |
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Distinctions |
Was also a cricketer, playing for Lincolnshire CCC and Norfolk
CCC, as well as Cambridge University. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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Distinctions |
Brother of Geoff Wilson
and Charles Wilson |
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Beyond England |
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Appointed master at Fettes College,
Edinburgh, in July 1884 until 1925. A Latin/Greek teacher, who also wrote
Lower Latin Prose
and Lower Greek Prose, both in
1899, First Latin Sentences and Prose in 1900
and A First Latin Reader in 1903. |
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