Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent (27 April 1862 – 22 February 1931) was a

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player and politician. He played club rugby for

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and club football for Carnarvon Wanderers and

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as well as a single international for the

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. A solicitor by profession, Vincent also ran for parliament and was Mayor of Bangor, and in 1924 was knighted for political and public services.

Personal life

Hugh Vincent was born in 1862 to Rev. James Crawley Vincent and Grace Johnson. His paternal grandfather, the

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James Vincent Vincent was the Dean of Bangor Cathedral. Vincent was one of seven children, but in 1869, Vincent's father died during a cholera epidemic. Vincent was initially educated at the local public school,

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but later switched to

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. He graduated to Trinity College, Dublin and after obtaining his degree, moved to

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where he became

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to solicitor Charles Jones. Once Vincent had qualified as a solicitor, he went into partnership with a Mr H. Loyd Carter. A keen local politician, Vincent served on the Bangor City Council, and during his time with the council served as the Mayor of Bangor on three occasions. In 1910 he stood for the political seat of

against Liberal politician, and then Chancellor of the Exchequer,Lloyd (1959), pg 1009.

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, but did not win the election. Vincent was knighted in the 1924 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. He married Bronwen Adelaide Trevor and they had six children, five daughters and a son. His son died in France during World War I, while serving with the

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. Vincent's younger brother,

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, was a civil servant who represented India at the

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, and was himself knighted, in 1913.

Rugby career

Vincent was a notable sportsman, playing for three different clubs in Bangor, the rugby, football and cricket clubs. He was also the club captain of St Deiniol's Golf Club. Vincent had a brief but notable rugby career, playing in one of the first Welsh teams. In 1882, after Wales were humiliated by

in the first Welsh international rugby match, a game was arranged with Ireland. This was the first time the two teams met, but on arrival at Dublin, the Welsh team arrived a player short. This was not an unusual occurrence for the time, and Wales turned to Trinity College, Dublin to supply a stand-in from the university's rugby team. Vincent, with his Welsh background, was a perfect replacement and came into the pack for his only game. The result was a massive turn around for the Welsh team, and after losing to England by eight tries to nil, they beat Ireland by two goals to nil. Vincent never played for Wales again, but continued playing for Bangor on his return to Wales.

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 472. * 1882

External links

Hugh Corbet Vincent
Bangor-Rugby.co.uk

Bibliography

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References

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