William George
Manson
Male
Scotland
1873-01-08
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
1944-03-05
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
From The Scotsman, 7 March 1944:
Death of Mr William G. Manson, Writer to the Signet
The death has occurred in Edinburgh of Mr William George Manson, LL.B., Writer to the Signet, of 5 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh. Mr Manson, who was 71 years of age, was a son of Mr George Manson, Secretary to the Port Trust of Bombay, [and…]. Apprenticed to the legal firm of Beith & Murray, he was admitted to the Society of Writers to the Signet in 1895, and founded the firm of W.G. Manson & Co., developing a wide practice.
During the last war Mr Manson served with the Edinburgh Volunteers. In his early life he achieved considerable reputation as a tennis player, and, with Mr Alfred Dunlop, won in 1911 the gentlemen’s doubles competition in the South of Scotland Championships tournament. In 1900 Mr Manson married Jane Campbell, a daughter of Mr David Murison, a Dundee grain merchant, his wife predeceasing him in […].
1899 - 1910
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15
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Round 1
R.H. Brand 1 *
William George Manson
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
D.E. Kelly 1 *
William George Manson
10-8
9-7
Round 1
Charles Pritchett 1 *
William George Manson
6-3
6-1
Round 1
R. Davis 1 *
William George Manson
6-2
3-6
3-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Geoffrey Blenkinsop Youll 1 *
William George Manson
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Sydney Lawrence Fry 1 *
William George Manson
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Ferdinand Uhl 1 *
William George Manson
5-7
6-4
6-1
Round 1
William George Manson 1 *
A.J. Smellie
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Augustus Wallace MacGregor 1 *
William George Manson
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Robin Welsh 1 *
William George Manson
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
William George Manson
6-3
6-2
Round 2
William George Manson 1 *
A. Hudson
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 3
George Crosfield Glenny 1 *
William George Manson
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Augustus Wallace MacGregor 1 *
William George Manson
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Augustus Wallace MacGregor 1 *
William George Manson
6-3
6-3