Fortescue Willoughby
Porter
Male
England
1846-01-18
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
1927-10-26
Poole, Dorset, England
Fortescue W. Porter was the brother of fellow lawn tennis player Henry Blaine Porter. They were two of the thirteen children – ten sons and three daughters of Robert Tindall Porter (1805-79) and Maria Eliza Porter (née Brassey). Fortescue Porter attended Cheltenham College before joining the India Civil Service like his father before him.
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From Cheltenham College Register:
Porter, Fortescue Willoughby, son of Robert Tindal Porter, Esq., 3, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham; Day Boy. [Entered, August 1860.] Left December, 1863.
Indian Civil Service, 1863; appointed to Bengal, 1865. Assistant-Magistrate and Collector, Rohilcund, 1866-69; Assistant Settlement Officer, Bareilly, 1869-72, and at Allahabad, 1872-78; Joint-Magistrate and Deputy-Collector, Allahabad, 1878-83; in North-West Provinces, 1883-85; Deputy-Commissioner, North-West Provinces, 1885-87; Magistrate and Collector, North-West Provinces, 1887-91 ; Inspector-General of Police, North-West Provinces, 1891 ; retired 1894.
1878 - 1885
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Round 1
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Fortescue Willoughby Porter
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Lestocq Robert Erskine 1 *
Fortescue Willoughby Porter
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Fortescue Willoughby Porter 1 *
W.J. Watson
6-5
6-3
Round 2
William Charles Renshaw 1 *
Fortescue Willoughby Porter
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Fortescue Willoughby Porter 1 *
E. Bates
6-0
3-6
6-0
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Fortescue Willoughby Porter 1 *
Seton Montolieu Montgomerie
5-6
6-5
3-6
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Lestocq Robert Erskine 1 *
Fortescue Willoughby Porter
6-1
6-3
5-6
6-1