Richard Bagnall-Oakeley

Richard Henry Bagnall-Oakeley aka Oakeley (12 November 1865 – 5 July 1947) was a Welsh archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Richard Bagnall-Oakeley
Born	12 November 1865[1] Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	5 July 1947 (aged 81) Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	Welsh
Known for	Olympic archer

Life

Bagnall-Oakeley was baptised on 23 November 1865 as the youngest child of the Reverend William and Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley.[2][3] Bagnall-Oakeley entered the double York round event in 1908, taking 21st place with 374 points. He also participated in the Continental style event but his result is unknown. He was a member of the Royal Toxophilite Society.[4] He died on 5 July 1947 at a nursing home in Gloucestershire.[4]

Family

He married Augusta Robina Bolden (1866–1961) in October 1895 in Monmouthshire, Wales. They had 3 children:

• Leoline Richard Bagnall-Oakeley (1897–1972)
• Rachel Bagnall-Oakeley (1900–1978)
• John Rowland Bagnall-Oakeley (1904–1977)

Sources

1. Richard Bagnall-Oakeley at Olympedia
2. Oakaley, Mary Ellen. "1871 Wales Census". ancestry.com. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. The National Archives of the UK (as re-printed on Ancestry.com). Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. Bagnall-Oakeley, William. "1911 Wales Census". ancestry.com. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. The National Archives of the UK, 1911 (as re-printed on Ancestry.com). Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. "Richard Bagnall-Oakley". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Archery 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 12 July 2006.
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Bagnall-Oakeley_Name_Study