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General First nameErnest George
LastnameParton
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1878-12-10
Place of birthStreatham, London, England
Date of death1924-12-04
Place of deathKensington, London, England


About

Ernest Parton attended Rugby School before going up to Cambridge University and then transferring to Oxford University, where he studied law and obtained his degree. He later practised as a solicitor.

In 1906, Parton married fellow lawn tennis player Mabel Bramwell Squire; together they had one child, a son named Richard (b. 1909). They later divorced and she married, secondly, Theodore Mavrogordato, another lawn tennis player. One of Ernest Parton’s siblings, Nina Jessie Parton, also married another lawn tennis player, Edward Key Harvey, in 1903.
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From Alumni Cantabrigienses:

Parton, Ernest George. Admitted at Clare May 11, 1897. [Eldest son of George Adolphus, Esquire, of Streatham Common, London.] School, Rugby. Matriculated Michaelmas 1897. Migrated to University College, Oxford; B.A. (Oxford) 1903. Admitted Solicitor, February 1905; practised in London. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Captain, London Regiment and General Staff (Draft Conducting Officer).

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Archive statistics Career1902 - 1921
Tournament wins0
Matches84
Match wins46


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1921 Wimbledon - 1920 Wimbledon - 1919 Wimbledon - 1914 Wimbledon - 1912 Wimbledon - 1911 Wimbledon - 1910 South of England Championships - 1910 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1910 Chichester - 1910 Sandown - 1910 South of England Championships - 1909 Shropshire Championships - 1908 London Covered Court Championships - 1908 Warwickshire Championships - 1908 Wimbledon - 1907 Sussex Championships - 1907 Mid-Kent Championships - 1907 Shropshire Championships - 1907 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1907 Chichester - 1907 Warwickshire Championships - 1907 Hythe - 1907 Irish Championships - 1906 Chichester - 1906 Wimbledon - 1905 Sussex Championships - 1905 Northumberland Championships - 1905 Welsh Covered Court Championships - 1905 Mid-Kent Championships - 1904 London Covered Court Championships - 1904 East of England Championships - 1904 Crystal Palace - 1904 Kent Championships - 1903 Middlesex Championships - 1903 Queens Club Tournament - 1902 Sussex Championships - 1902 South of England Championships - 1902