James
Baldwin
Male
England
1858-08-25
Aitkins Gap, Victoria, Australia
1934-07-17
Bath, Somerset, England
From The Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald, 21 July 1934:
Death of Mr James Baldwin of Green Park – Famous Bath Sportsman – Tennis Champion
General regret is felt in Bath sporting circles, more particularly among sportsmen and sportswomen of the last generation, at the death of Mr James Baldwin, of 21 Green Park, which occurred on Tuesday in a Bath nursing home. Mr Baldwin, who was 78, was probably the best all-round sportsman known in Bath for a great many years. He was the son of Mr James Baldwin, of Mount Pleasant, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
Mr Baldwin belonged to a very sporting and well-known Irish family. His father kept and hunted harriers for many years, and his uncle, Captain Rye, of Rye Court, County Cork, hunted the Muskerry Foxhounds for 25 years. Still earlier in the family’s sporting history, Godfrey Baldwin kept a pack of hounds in County Cork. This was probably one of the first packs of foxhounds ever hunted in Ireland.
To complete this interesting family sporting record, it is only necessary to mention that Mr Baldwin’s uncle, Chambre Baldwin, and his great-uncle Captain Chambre Corker, of Cor Castle, Innishannon, were also Masters of Foxhounds.
Sporting Blood
Mr James Baldwin, with so noteworthy an ancestral record in the world of sport, was, naturally, at home in the hunting field. He early earned the reputation of a keen straight rider, and when he accepted the Mastership of the Bath and County Harriers in 1895, the expectations which the members had formed of his capabilities proved to be well founded. The game little pack of stud-book harriers showed some good sport under his Mastership. The field, generally, numbered from 60 to 70, of whom many were ladies. Mr Baldwin hunted the Bath and County Harriers for about five years.
Mr Baldwin was educated in England; and, when at school, was stroke of his boat. At the early age of 16, the spirit of adventure being strong within him, he abandoned the idea of entering the army, which was his relations’ wish, and went to New Zealand and Australia, returning three years later. For two seasons Mr Baldwin captained the Bath football team.
Tennis Champion
He afterwards took up lawn tennis, and at this game was most successful for many years, having held nearly all the championship cups in England. His successes in this sport were, indeed, exceptional. For something like 28 years in succession he won the West of England Championships; and for a quarter of a century was captain of the Bath Lawn Tennis Club. Mr Baldwin also won the All England Championship Mixed Doubles, at Wimbledon, and practically all the other territorial championships.
In addition to the sporting activities already enumerated, boxing claimed a considerable share of Mr Baldwin’s attentions. In this sport, he had won heavy- and lightweight cups competed for by amateurs in Bath and the County. He had been the hero of several truly Homeric combats, in one of which he was the victor after 23 rounds. Further, he was a remarkably good shot and a keen fisherman. At one time he was vice-president of the Bath Anglers’ Association.
Amateur Rider
Mr Baldwin had represented Somerset at lawn tennis in the County Championship, and was honoured by being placed on the Committee of the Somerset Lawn Tennis Association, when that body was formed in 1907. He was twice Master of the Bath Harriers, originally succeeding Colonel Hugh F. Clutterbuck. In November 1905, he accepted the Mastership for a second time, succeeding Mr H. Hunter.
Mr Baldwin’s first period as Master ended after the 1898-9 season, when he resigned, and Captain Delaval Astley accepted the Mastership. A presentation of a handsome silver salver was made to Mr Baldwin at a complimentary banquet at the Assembly Rooms in April 1899. In his riding days, Mr Baldwin had raced at all the Hunt meetings every year.
Enlisted at 60
During the Great War, when in his 60th year, Mr Baldwin enlisted as a private. He was afterwards given a commission. His exceptional knowledge of horses and horsemanship was recognised by his being given an appointment in the Army Service Corps.
For a time Mr Baldwin was a member of the Bath Art Gallery Committee. He was elected to that body after it was taken over by the Corporation in 1908. Mr Baldwin married [in 1880] Adelaide Dunbar Yescombe, the daughter of the late Reverend Morris Yescombe and Mrs Yescombe [née Mary Jane Crosbie], and there is a family of three – two sons and one surviving daughter. Mr and Mrs Baldwin had spent all their married life at 21 Green Park. They celebrate their golden wedding anniversary about four years ago.
1884 - 1891
16
199
150
1891 - Burton on Trent (Amateur)
1891 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1890 - Edgbaston (Amateur)
1890 - North of England Championships (Open)
1889 - Edgbaston (Amateur)
1889 - West of England Championships (Amateur)
1889 - Taunton (Amateur)
1888 - Somersetshire (Amateur)
1888 - Taunton (Amateur)
1888 - Fitzwilliam Plate (Amateur)
1888 - Edgbaston (Amateur)
1887 - Taunton (Amateur)
1887 - Somersetshire (Amateur)
1886 - Tenby (Amateur)
1885 - Tenby (Amateur)
1884 - Hayesland LTC (Amateur)
Round 2
Arthur Gore 1 *
James Baldwin
1-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
J.V. Kell
w.o.
Round 3
James Baldwin 1 *
Frank Middleton
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Harold Weston Carlton
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-3
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
6-3
6-2
2-6
7-5
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
A. Firth
6-2
6-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
6-0
6-2
6-1
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
6-1
6-5
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Andrew Laurie Macfie
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Anthony Dod
6-4
6-1
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-3
7-9
3-6
6-2
6-1
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Canon William Vernon Doherty
w.o.
Round 3
James Baldwin 1 *
S.F. Hulton
6-1
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Stuart Leslie Bathurst
6-3
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Harold (Harry) Bacon
6-1
6-2
4-1
ret.
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
2-6
6-3
6-0
4-6
6-1
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
6-4
11-9
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
J.D. Brown
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Herbert Wilberforce
w.o.
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
David Davy
8-6
6-2
2-6
6-3
Challenge Round
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Horace Chapman 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-2
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Sydney Viccars
6-8
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Frederick Latham
6-0
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
George Ball Greene 1 *
James Baldwin
5-7
6-3
4-1
ret.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
J. Smith
w.o.
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
F. Rathbone
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
R.A. Bennett
4-6
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
George Ball Greene
6-4
6-4
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Chaytor
6-4
2-6
6-3
4-6
9-7
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
4-6
6-8
6-3
16-14
6-0
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-4
3-6
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
6-2
8-6
6-3
Final
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
1-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
P. Cook
w.o.
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-2
6-4
Round 3
James Baldwin 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles William Wade
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
L. Harrison
6-1
6-4
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Henry Chaytor
9-7
6-0
6-0
Challenge Round
James Baldwin 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
8-10
6-1
6-1
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
J. Hare
6-1
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
N. Egerton
w.o.
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
5-7
2-6
6-1
7-5
6-2
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
7-5
6-3
6-2
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
George Ziffo
6-0
6-1
6-5
Round 3
James Baldwin 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-1
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Edward De Fonblanque
6-1
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilberforce Eaves
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
4-6
6-4
8-10
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
Andrew George Ziffo 1 *
James Baldwin
7-9
6-1
6-2
7-5
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Edward Fletcher
w.o.
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles William Wade
6-3
6-4
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
David Davy
6-3
8-6
0-6
6-1
Challenge Round
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Andrew Laurie Macfie
6-2
7-5
1-6
6-3
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Booth Hodgetts Lynes
6-1
6-1
5-7
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Blaney Hamilton
6-3
6-1
2-6
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
James Baldwin
w.o.
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Hobson Marriott
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
1-6
6-4
6-0
6-3
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-4
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
2-6
8-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
John William Beaumont Pease
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
8-10
6-3
6-0
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Alfred Ernest Crawley
6-3
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
James Baldwin
w.o.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Cameron Dean-Shute
7-5
6-0
6-4
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
A. Taylor
6-2
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Nesfield Grant Benson
7-5
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
6-8
6-3
6-1
6-4
Final
George Hillyard 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-1
2-6
4-6
6-3
Round 1
David Davy 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
6-0
ret.
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-0
6-4
10-8
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Cameron Dean-Shute
6-3
6-3
4-6
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William Methven Brownlee
2-6
6-2
6-1
7-5
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Vincent Wilks
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
8-6
1-6
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Gladstone Eames 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
ret.
Round 1
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
James Baldwin
6-3
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
5-7
6-8
6-3
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
F.R. Oakley
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-3
3-6
6-2
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
F.R. Oakley
2-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
T.G. Hill 1 *
James Baldwin
8-6
3-6
6-2
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Saint John Brown Killery
6-2
6-0
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Francis Russell Burrow
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Joshua Francis Pim
6-2
5-7
9-7
Semifinals
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
William John Bush-Salmon
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-5
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
6-0
6-4
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-4
6-4
6-4
Challenge Round
James Baldwin 1 *
Francis Escott Hancock
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Francis Escott Hancock
2-6
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
3-6
6-1
Preliminary Round
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Henry Greene
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Frank Stoker
6-4
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
G.B. Hodson
6-1
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Marmaduke Strickland Constable
6-4
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William C. Taylor
6-4
6-4
1-6
6-2
Final
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-3
8-10
3-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
3-6
3-6
6-0
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Marmaduke Strickland Constable
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
Willoughby James Hamilton 1 *
James Baldwin
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Alfred Henry Betham
6-3
6-0
6-3
Round 3
James Baldwin 1 *
James Alexander Rome
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Marmaduke Strickland Constable
7-5
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Chipp 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Archibald Thomson 1 *
James Baldwin
6-3
5-6
6-0
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Bargeny McCulloch
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Archibald Thomson
4-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
2-6
6-2
6-4
Final
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
James Baldwin
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Claude Erskine Farrer
6-2
6-2
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
Harold Weston Carlton
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-1
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
G.E. Lowe
6-2
3-1
ret.
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
7-9
6-0
6-2
6-4
Challenge Round
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
1-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
G.B. Hodson
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
5-7
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
J. Hare
6-2
6-1
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Frederick Stanley Kipping
w.o.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
7-5
6-3
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest George Meers
9-7
6-3
6-3
Round 1
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
James Baldwin
4-6
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
J. Muir MacDonald
6-1
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
James Baldwin
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
F.W. Shutes
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
E.H. Rehder
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry (Harry) Grove
8-6
6-2
5-7
6-3
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Marmaduke Strickland Constable
6-2
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Baldwin
7-5
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Dwight 1 *
James Baldwin
3-6
3-6
6-3
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Lacy Sweet
6-1
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
F.E. Gibbs
8-6
6-4
6-0
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson
6-4
6-4
0-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-2
ret.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Wool Lewis
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
George Hillyard
6-0
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Henry Edwin Hunter Kent
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Arthur Godfrey Pease 1 *
James Baldwin
2-6
6-4
10-8
Round 1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
R.W. Fox
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Charles Leslie Fox
6-1
6-3
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
w.o.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
E.D. Hancock
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Reverend Leonard Rhys Hancock
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
R.W. Fox
6-1
6-0
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Reverend William Arthur Newman
8-6
6-0
Challenge Round
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
James Baldwin
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Mark Anthony Hartnell 1 *
James Baldwin
6-5
6-4
3-6
3-6
7-5
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Ernest Legassicke Hancock
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William Gascoyne Dalziel
6-0
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William Methven Brownlee
6-4
6-0
7-5
Final
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
James Baldwin
6-0
ret.
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
Dr. Thomas Pagan Lowe
w.o.
Round 2
James Baldwin 1 *
G.P.A. Bloomfield
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William Sidney Nelson Heard
6-0
6-5
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
J.T. Jones
6-0
6-2
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
E.U. David
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
James Baldwin
6-2
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
E.T. Alms
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
F. Badcock
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
4-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Ernest Legassicke Hancock 1 *
James Baldwin
2-6
8-6
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
G.T. Alms
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
F. Badcock
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
4-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Ernest Legassicke Hancock 1 *
James Baldwin
2-6
8-6
6-4
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
William Gascoyne Dalziel
w.o.
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
William George Wyld
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
E.W. Evans
6-2
6-5
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
S.F. Hulton
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake 1 *
James Baldwin
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
James Baldwin 1 *
J.A. Leon
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
P.D. Tucker
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
L.K. Smith
6-0
6-1
8-6