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| Birth name | John Marshall Dugdale [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 October 1851 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salford, England [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 October 1918 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Llanfyllin (aged 67 years 15 days) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rugby School [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Marshall Dugdale (1851-1918) was a rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871. [1]
John Marshall Dugdale was born at Irwell Bank, Eccles, Lancashire on 15 October 1851 and baptised at Eccles on 1 January 1852. [3] He was the son of John Dugdale, Esq. of 9, Hyde Park Gardens, London [4] and Llwyn, Llanfyllin, County Montgomery. [5] He attended Rugby School [3] and Brasenose College, Oxford where he received his B.A. [3]
Dugdale, having played rugby at school, went on to play for Ravenscourt Park FC, a stronghold of Old Rugbeians. He, along with nine other former pupils of Rugby School, was selected to play in the first international match in 1871. [2] The match was played on 27 March 1871 at Edinburgh against Scotland, and the hosts won. [1]
Following his education, he moved to London, giving him the opportunity to play for Ravenscourt Park. In London he trained as a barrister, [3] was a student of the Inner Temple from 18 January 1871 and subsequently called to the bar on 26 January 1875. [5] He was a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Club. [5]
He then moved to Montgomeryshire and became a member of the Northern circuit as a Justice of the Peace. [5] He became extremely active in political, military and administrative circles of Montgomeryshire. In 1872 he became the Cornet (Supernumerary) of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Montgomeryshire [6] and later Major of the Yeomanry from 1889 to 1892. [7] In February 1893, he became the Deputy Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. [8] and served as Mayor of Llanfyllin from 1893 to 1899. [7] In 1896 his political career in Montgomeryshire continued to progress when he became the High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire. [9] In 1910 he was elected Mayor of Llanfyllin. [10] In addition, he was on the Board of Bangor University College. [7] He later authored a book about his chosen home, A History of the Parish of Llanfyllin from 1861 to 1915. [11]
He married Isabella Hargreaves, the only daughter of John Hargreaves of Spring Bank, Lancaster, on 20 July 1876 at Tarporley, Cheshire. [3] They had a number of children including John Percy, who attended Rugby and New College, Oxford, October from 1898 but died in 1900 in his early twenties; Maj. William Marshall Dugdale CB DSO TD (13 January 1881 – 13 November 1952), who after being in the Learning Land Agency, 1899–1901, served in the South African War of 1901–02, in the Imperial Yeomanry, leaving as a captain in 1902; and Gerald. All three sons attended Rugby School. [12]
Dugdale died on 30 October 1918 aged 67, at Llanfyllin and was buried there 2 November 1918. [13] His widow died on 28 August 1922.
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