 John Selwin Calverley, seated in the centre, with the crew of his racing yacht Brynhild which was built in 1899 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | John Selwyn Calverley | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1855 Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1900 (aged 45) Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | 20+ ton | ||||||||||||||
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John Selwyn Calverley (middle name sometimes spelled Selwin; 4 July 1855 – 30 December 1900)[1] was a British sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Le Havre, France. Calverley took the silver in the 20+ ton.[2]
Calverley was born in Leeds, a member of the Calverley family of Oulton Hall.[1] His father was Edmund Calverley and his mother, Isabella, was the daughter of Sir John Thomas Selwyn, 6th baronet Selwyn (or Selwin) and sister of the Conservative politician Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, 1st Baron Rookwood.[3] In 1888 he married Sybil Disraeli, a niece of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli,[4] and they had two daughters:
- Sybil Horatia Calverley (1889-1971)
- Frances Mary Calverley (1896-1970)
- ^ a b An Almanack...: By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., Containing an Account of the Astronomical and Other Phenomena ...information Respecting the Government, Finances, Population, Commerce, and General Statistics of the Various Nations of the World... Whitaker's Almanack. 1902. p. 387.
- ^ "Selwin Calverley". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 238
- ^ Marriage of Capt. Selwyn Calverley and Miss Sybil Disraeli, Chelmsford Chronicle, April 27, 1888