William Marshall Cazalet (8 July 1865 – 22 October 1932) was a wealthy British landowner who represented Great Britain at the

1908 Olympic Games The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

in jeu de paume (real tennis).

Early life

Cazalet was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 8 July 1865. He was the son of

Edward Cazalet Sir Edward Stephen Cazalet DL (born 26 April 1936) is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales. Early life Edward Cazalet was born in 1936, the son of the Queen Mother's racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet and Leonora Wodehouse, th ...

, merchant and industrialist, and his wife, Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall (d. 1888), daughter and heir of William Marshall, doctor and Danish consul in Edinburgh. Cazalet graduated from

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

, in 1889. At Oxford, he won a Blue in real tennis (jeu de paume) in 1886, 1887 and 1889, and won the singles in 1889. His father had a real tennis court built for him at Fairlawne, the family home in Shipbourne, Kent.

Career

Cazalet was a wealthy landowner, with friends including Rudyard Kipling. He served as a Lieutenant in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, and held appointments by the Crown as

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, a

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and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. Cazalet represented Great Britain at the

in jeu de paume. Cazalet was painted by

John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more ...

in 1902, with his horse and wearing a hunting jacket. The painting was sold at

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, New York in May 2007, with an estimate of US$2–3 million, and realised $1.832 million. In 2015, Barbra Streisand donated Sargent's 1900–01 group portrait of his wife and two children, ''Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward and Victor'', to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Personal life

He married Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell (known as Molly; d. 1952), daughter of Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet. Cazalet's eldest son Edward, born 1894, was killed in action in France in 1916. His second son, Victor Cazalet, and his daughter

Thelma Cazalet-Keir Thelma Cazalet-Keir CBE (née Cazalet; 28 May 1899 – 13 January 1989) was a British feminist and Conservative Party politician. Early life Thelma Cazalet was born in London, the third child - of four - and only daughter, of William Marshall ...

, both became Members of Parliament, and his third son was the racehorse trainer

Peter Cazalet Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet KBE CB DSO DSC (29 July 1899 – 17 February 1982) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet. Naval career Cazalet joined the Royal Navy in 1917 and served as a midshipman ...

. Cazalet died on 22 October 1932 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

References

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