Full name | William Cecil Marshall |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Born | citation needed] Mayfair, Middlesex, England[citation needed] | 29 April 1849[
Died | 24 January 1921 Hindhead, Surrey, England | (aged 71)
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Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1877) |
William Cecil Marshall (29 April 1849 – 24 January 1921) was a British architect and amateur tennis player, who was runner-up in the very first Wimbledon tournament to Spencer Gore in 1877. Marshall designed private houses and university buildings in Cambridge, a university building in Dublin, and tennis courts in Cambridge and London, and extended Down House for his friend Charles Darwin. He was an original member of the Art Workers' Guild.