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General First nameEliot (Leonard)
LastnameCrawshay-Williams
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1879-09-04
Place of birthKensington, London, England
Date of death1962-05-11
Place of deathKent, England


About

Attended Eton College and Cambridge University, England. Was elected at the January 1910 general election as a member of parliament (M.P.) for Leicester, serving as parliamentary private secretary to David Lloyd George, but resigned from Parliament in 1913 following a divorce case. Served in the British Army during both world wars. In later life he wrote a great deal of fiction as well as political texts and devoted himself to Welsh affairs (his father was Welsh).

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Archive statistics Career1909 - 1939
Tournament wins0
Matches64
Match wins24


Tournaments Monte Carlo - 1939 Beaulieu - 1937 Monte Carlo - 1936 Middlesex Championships - 1933 Birchington - 1933 Beaulieu - 1932 Cannes Championships - 1932 Nice - 1932 South of France Championships - 1932 Beaulieu - 1931 South of France Championships - 1931 Beaulieu - 1930 South of France Championships - 1930 Beaulieu Second Meeting - 1930 Beaulieu - 1929 Cannes Championships - 1929 Wimbledon - 1927 Monte Carlo - 1927 Beaulieu - 1927 Nice - 1927 South of France Championships - 1927 Cannes Beau Site New Year Meeting - 1927 Cannes New Courts Club - 1927 Wimbledon - 1926 Championships of Wales - 1925 Wimbledon - 1924 Wimbledon - 1923 Monte Carlo - 1923 Nice - 1923 South of France Championships - 1923 Monte Carlo - 1922 Beaulieu - 1922 Cannes Championships - 1922 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1922 Nice - 1922 South of France Championships - 1922 Cannes Carlton 3rd Meeting - 1922 South of England Championships - 1910 Montreux Territet - 1910 Leicester - 1909