Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Sir Cecil James Frederick Campbell (4 May 1891 – 11 May 1952) was an amateur Irish
tennis player, lawyer and businessman. He reached the quarterfinals of
Wimbledon
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for three consecutive years between 1921 and 1923.
Biography
He was the second son of Irish peer
James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, who served as
Attorney-General for Ireland and
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
Cecil was considered the best Irish tennis player of his era.
On 23 May 1925 in London, Campbell married Lavender Letts, a fellow tennis player from
Essex. She competed for Ireland in women's singles at the
1929 Wimbledon Championships
The 1929 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1929. It was the 49th ...
, and they competed together in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1928 and 1929.
Campbell moved to Egypt in 1922, where until 1930 he served as legal secretary to the Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government. He later became legal counsellor to the British resident in
Cairo. In 1933, he became managing director of the
Marconi Radio Telephone Company of Egypt, and later chairman of the local board of
Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields.
In 1934, Lavender successfully sued for divorce on the grounds of her husband's adultery with the wife of a British civil servant in Cairo. Cecil remarried the same year.
He was named a Companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III.
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in the
1930 New Year Honours
The 1930 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1929.
The recipients of honour ...
After his service in the
Second World War, he received a knighthood.
From 1947 to the time of his death, he was president of the English Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
On 11 May 1952, he was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home in
Zamalek, Cairo, after suffering "indifferent health for a long time," according to ''
The Times''.
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Irish male tennis players
1891 births
1952 suicides
1952 deaths
Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Deaths by firearm in Egypt
Tennis players from Dublin (city)
Suicides by firearm in Egypt