Birth name | Lennard Stokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 February 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Greenwich[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 May 1933 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Alton, Hants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sydney College, Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Guy's Hospital Medical School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | doctor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Lennard Stokes was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1881. He also captained his country on five occasions, notably in the first ever match against Wales. Like his brother Frederick Stokes, after captaining his country he went on to become the president of the Rugby Football Union.