Birth name | Hugh Corbet Vincent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 April 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Caernarfon, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 February 1931 | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bangor, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Friars School, Bangor Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent (27 April 1862 – 22 February 1931)[1][2] was a Wales rugby union, association football player and politician. He played club rugby for Bangor RFC and club football for Carnarvon Wanderers and Bangor City F.C. as well as a single international for the Wales national rugby union team. A solicitor by profession, Vincent also ran for parliament and was Mayor of Bangor, and in 1924 was knighted for political and public services.