| Birth name | William Auld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 April 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 July 1945 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bridge of Weir, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Auld OBE (25 April 1868 – 19 July 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played rugby union for West of Scotland. [2]
He was capped by Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887. [3]
He was capped by West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 11 February 1888. [4]
Auld played twice for Scotland; in the 1889 Home Nations Championship match against Wales on 2 February 1889; [5] and in the 1890 Home Nations Championship match against Wales on 1 February 1890. [6]
He served in the First World War in the Labour Corps and was given an O.B.E. in 1919. He was active in the Territorial Army. [7]
He became a stockbroker and was well known in the Glasgow Stock Exchange. He became its chairman in 1931-32. He was a senior partner in the firm Auld and MacEwan. [7] On his death the National Probate Calendar lists Auld's address as the business address of Auld and McEwan as 24 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow; not using his home address of The Grange, Bridge of Weir. [8]
His father was William Auld; and his mother was Isabella Black Dill.
He married Winifred Alice Burton. They had one son William Connel Auld, born in 1902; and two daughters.
His son William Connel Auld married Barbara Keelan, the daughter of D.H. Keelan of India State Railways, on the 26 November 1930 in Calcutta. [9]
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