William Marshall Cazalet

William Marshall Cazalet DL JP (8 July 1865 – 22 October 1932) was a wealthy British socialite who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume (real tennis).

William Marshall Cazalet
William Marshall Cazalet, John Singer Sargent, 1902
Born8 July 1865
St. Petersburg, Russia
Died22 October 1932 (aged 67)
Tonbridge, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
EducationChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationSocialite
Known forrepresented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume
Spouse(s)Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell
Children4, including Victor Cazalet, Thelma Cazalet-Keir, and Peter Cazalet
Parent(s)Edward Cazalet
Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall
RelativesSir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet (father-in-law)
Fairlawne, where Cazalet grew up and lived as an adult

Early life

Cazalet was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 8 July 1865.[1] He was the son of Edward Cazalet, merchant and industrialist, and his wife, Elizabeth Sutherland Marshall (d. 1888), daughter and heir of William Marshall, doctor and Danish consul in Edinburgh.[2] Cazalet graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1889. At Oxford, he won a Blue in real tennis (jeu de paume) in 1886, 1887 and 1889, and won the singles in 1889.[1] His father had a real tennis court built for him at Fairlawne, the family home in Shipbourne, Kent.[2]

Career

Cazalet was a "wealthy socialite", with friends including Rudyard Kipling.[1] He served as a Lieutenant in the West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, was a High Sheriff of Kent, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.[1]

Cazalet represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in jeu de paume.[1][3]

Cazalet was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1902, with his horse and wearing a hunting jacket.[4][5] The painting was sold at Christie's, New York in May 2007, with an estimate of US$2–3 million,[6] and realised $1.832 million.[7] In 2015, Barbra Streisand donated Sargent's 1900–01 group portrait of his wife and two children, Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward and Victor, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[8]

Personal life
Mrs. Cazalet with Edward and Victor Cazalet, by John Singer Sargent, 1900–01

He married Maud Lucia Heron-Maxwell (d. 1952), daughter of Sir John Robert Heron Heron-Maxwell, 7th Baronet.[2][9]

Cazalet's eldest son Edward was killed in action in France in 1916. His second son, Victor Cazalet, and his daughter Thelma Cazalet-Keir, both became Members of Parliament, and his third son was the racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet.[1]

Cazalet died on 22 October 1932 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.[1][10]

References
  1. "William Cazalet Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "Cazalet, Edward (1827–1883)". ODNB. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. "William Marshall Cazalet – Olympic Jeu de paume – Great Britain". International Olympic Committee. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. "Sargent – The Complete Works – William Marshall Cazalet". www.johnsingersargent.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. "William Marshall Cazalet, 1902 – John Singer Sargent". www.wikiart.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. "William Marshall Cazalet sold by Christie's, New York, on Thursday, May 24, 2007". www.artvalue.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. "John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) William Marshall Cazalet". Christie's. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. Cascone, Sarah (28 May 2015). "Barbra Streisand Donates Priceless John Singer Sargent to LACMA". ArtNet News. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  9. "Mrs Cazalet and her Children (Victor Alexander Cazalet; Maud Lucia Cazalet (née Heron-Maxwell); Edward Cazalet)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. "William Marshall Cazalet". npg.si.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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