Thomas Brooks Bumpsted (1822–1917) was an English surgeon and

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who won both the

Diamond Challenge Sculls The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. First run in 1844, it is open to male scullers from all eligible rowing clubs.

and

Wingfield Sculls The Wingfield Sculls is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames in London, England, on the Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake. The race is between single scullers and is usually on the Saturday three to four weeks before the Sc ...

in 1844. He later died at the age of 94 in the Chesterton district. Bumpsted was born at

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. He studied medicine at

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, London and became MRCS in 1844. In 1843 he stroked the

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crew that won the

Stewards' Challenge Cup The Stewards' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless fours at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine t ...

Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...

. In the same year he competed unsuccessfully in the Wingfield Sculls. In 1844, rowing for Scullers Club, he won the first Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, beating H Morgan of

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and J W Conant of

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. His time was 10 minutes 32 seconds Later that year he won the Wingfield Sculls beating the holder H Chapman. In 1845 he was beaten in the Wingfield Sculls by Chapman. Bumpsted was in medical practice in

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and was surgeon at Cambridge County Gaol. Bumpsted married Margaret Louisa Yaustin Doria of

Flempton Flempton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the A1101 road 5 miles NW from Bury St Edmunds. Flempton takes its name from the Flemings who came from Flanders and settled the area in Anglo ...

in 1856.National Archives Suffolk Record Office FL571/4/11/x
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1822 births 1917 deaths British male rowers {{England-rowing-bio-stub