William Hamilton Kidston
Birth name | William Hamilton Kidston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 June 1929 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Falmouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1876–1877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Benjamin Blyth II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | John Chiene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Kidston (29 April 1852 – 4 June 1929) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He could play as a half-back or three-quarters.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for West of Scotland, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time.
Provincial career[]
He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city' against Edinburgh District on 23 November 1872.[2]
International career[]
He was called up to the Scotland squad in February 1874 and played England at The Oval on 23 February 1874.[3]
Football career[]
He played for Glasgow Wanderers in 1873.[4]
Other interests[]
Active in many sports including golf, curling and bowls, especially in his hometown of Helensburgh, as a founder of the golf club; a club president of the bowling club; and a member of the curling club. He was a noted businessman and philanthropist and was involved in funding the Helensburgh Town Mission. A chairman of A.G. Kidston & Co. - an iron and steel merchant firm - he later became involved in insurance and banking. The Prime Minister Bonar Law was his cousin.[5]
He was a client of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whom he commissioned to build the Helensburgh Conservative Club building.[6]
References[]
- ^ "William Kidston - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18730331/016/0005. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "The Kidston Family".
- ^ "Mackintosh Architecture: The Catalogue - browse - display".
External links[]
- 1852 births
- 1929 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- History of rugby union in Scotland
- West of Scotland FC players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Kidston family
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union