Emily Quihampton (19 July 1834 – 29 March 1909) was a 19th-century outdoor enthusiast who was the first woman to climb Mont Blanc and

Monte Rosa : , other_name = Monte Rosa massif , translation = Mount Rose , photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg , photo_caption = Central Mon ...

in the same week. These peaks are the highest mountains in France and Switzerland. In his autobiography, ''Life's a pudding'', her son

Guy Nickalls Guy Nickalls (13 November 1866 – 8 July 1935) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times. Early ...

says this was in 1868. If this is correct, she would have been pregnant at the time as she gave birth to a daughter, Grace in October 1868.

Biography

Quihampton was the fifth of nine children of Henry Quihampton and his wife Jane Rush of Little Totham, Maldon, Essex. In 1860 she married

Tom Nickalls Tom Nickalls (1828–1899) was a stockjobber on the stock exchange and one of the founding members of London Rowing Club. He was known as the "king of the American railroad market" after making his fortune in American railway shares. Biography N ...

, a jobber on the

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with a particular expertise in investing in American railroads. He was one of the founding members of London Rowing Club. Together they had twelve children. Her son

was an extremely successful rower, winning a gold medal in the 1908 summer Olympic Games. Another son,

Vivian Nickalls Vivian Nickalls (1871–1947) was a British rower who won the Wingfield Sculls three times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1891. Biography Nickalls was born at Farningham, Kent, the son of Tom Nickalls and his wife E ...

was also a successful oarsman. Vivian Nickalls ''Oars, Wars and Horses'': Hurst & Blackett 1932 Her daughter Florence married

William Adolf Baillie-Grohman William Adolph Baillie Grohman (April 1 1851 – February 11 1921) was an Anglo-Austrian author of works on the Tyrol and the history of hunting, a big game sportsman, and a pioneer in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Biography Grohman ...

, an Anglo-Austrian author. Florence and her husband organised the Tyrolean Relief fund after the first world war to help the destitute population of Trol.

References

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