Richard Lucas (rower)
British rower
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Richard Saville Clement Lucas (27 July 1896 – 29 May 1968) was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Lucas was born at St Marylebone London and served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, being a 2nd lieutenant in 1915.[3] After the war he went to Oxford University and was a proficient rower. He was a member of the Leander eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, coming within half a length of winning.[4]
In 1921, he was a member of the Oxford crew in the Boat Race. He was also five times a member of the winning crew in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
Lucas and his wife Rene spent their later years rescuing abandoned boats. In 1947, they rescued the yacht Lulworth which they mud-berthed and used it as a houseboat. Lucas died of a heart attack while sailing his dinghy.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Richard Lucas". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "1920 Summer Olympics - Rowing - Eights, Men". Olympedia.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). london-gazette.co.uk. 24 February 1915.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Lucas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Guardian angels – the story of Richard and Rene Lucas". Lulworth. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
External links
- Richard Lucas at World Rowing
- Richard Lucas at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Richard Lucas at Team GB
- Richard Saville Lucas at Olympics.com
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The Pelly/Lucas family tree
| John Pelly (1711–1762) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Hinde Pelly (1744–1818) | John Pelly (1754–1809) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet (1777–1852) | John Hinde Pelly (1786–1852) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Henry Pelly, 2nd Baronet (1809–1864) | Raymond Pelly (1810–1886) | Richard Wilson Pelly (1814–1890) | Saville Marriott Pelly (1819–1895) | Sir Lewis Pelly M.P. (1825–1892) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, 3rd Baronet (1844–1877) | Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Baronet (1863–1950) | Rev. Raymond Percy Pelly (1841–1911) | Sir Henry Bertram Pelly (1867–1942) | Kathleen Emma Pelly (1856–1912) | Richard Clement Lucas (1846–1915) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Harold Alwyne Pelly, 5th Baronet (1893–1981) | Douglas Raymond Pelly (1865–1943) | Raymond Theodore Pelly (1881–1952) | Richard Saville Clement Lucas (1896–1968) | Charles Clement Lucas (1897–1917) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Alwyne Pelly, 6th Baronet (1918–1993) | Richard Heywood Pelly (1920–1988) | Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly (1902–1972) | Peter Douglas Pelly (1904–1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Richard John Pelly, 7th Baronet (b. 1951) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family tree of the Pelly family
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