Allan Arthur (rugby union)

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Allan Arthur
Date of birth(1857-04-03)3 April 1857
Date of death9 October 1923(1923-10-09) (aged 66)
Place of death Moffat, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1873–76 Glasgow District ()
1876 West of Scotland District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1875–76 Scotland 2 (0)

Sir Allan Arthur (1857-1923) was a Scotland international rugby football player. [1] [2] He later moved to India as a merchant, where he became a civil servant. He was knighted in 1900 for his Indian public service work. [3] He was named as one of Queen Victoria's birthday knights. [4]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Arthur went to school at Glasgow Academy and then Merchiston College. [3]

Arthur played for Glasgow Academicals. [2]

Provincial career

Arthur was capped by Glasgow District.

He also played for the West of Scotland District on 28 February 1876. [5]

International career

He was capped twice for Scotland between 1875 and 1876. [2]

Horse-racing career

The newspaper The Sportsman noted in its obituary of Arthur that he was a noted owner of race horses. Arthur became the chairman of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club. The newspaper noted that although Arthur owned a number of horses, his colours did not merit any great success. [6]

Business and Civil Service career

Allan's father, another Arthur Allan, was a merchant in the firm of Henry Montieith and Company. [4]

At the age of 20, the younger Allan went to India. He began in the employ of the merchants Finlay, Muir and Company. He later became a director of the merchant firm Ewing and Company. [3]

As a merchant, Allan became involved in the trade of jute. He became a director of an extensive jute shipping company: R. Steel and Company Limited.; and a director of the Manipiet Jute Company. He was also a director of the Union Baling Company. [7]

He was elected four times as the president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. He retired in 1920. [3]

His civil service career began in parallel. He was appointed a member of the Viceroy's Leglistaive Council; and in 1890 became the Sheriff of Calcutta. For his public services he received a knighthood in 1900. [3]

Family

Arthur was unmarried. [3] He died at his home at Larch Hill in Moffat. [3] He was the brother of John Arthur who was also capped for Scotland during the first ever rugby international. [2]

Arthur's funeral was held on 11 October 1923. The funeral processed from Glasgow Central Station to the Necropolis, [8] where he is buried. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Allan Arthur". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p136
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BNA: 0000563/19231010/092/0011" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 "BNA: 0000060/19000524/024/0006" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "BNA: 0000060/18760228/032/0006".
  6. ↑ "BNA: 0001055/19231011/068/0004" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "BNA: 0001876/19000525/022/0002" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "BNA: 0000540/19231011/144/0012" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Allan Arthur (1857-1923) - Find a Grave Memorial". Find a Grave .
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)
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