James Crowden
James Gee Pascoe Crowden (born 14 November 1927)[1] is an English former rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
Crowden was born in Tilney All Saints, near Wisbech. He grew up in Peterborough and attended King's School before going on to Bedford School. He had his first victory at Henley Royal Regatta in 1946 as part of the school team which won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup, which that year was presented by the future Queen herself. He then went to Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2] In 1951 he was part of the winning Cambridge boat in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in the year when Oxford sank, and the umpire stopped the race and ordered a rerow the following Monday. He went to the United States to compete against American college teams at Yale and Harvard and won Silver Goblets at Henley partnering Charles Lloyd.[3] Also in 1951, he won gold at the European Championships at Mâcon, in France. He was in the Boat Race again in 1952, when Cambridge lost and he competed in the coxless fours at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[4] Crowden became the Cambridge crew's coach for the next 20 years.
Crowden followed in the family profession, and became a chartered surveyor with a firm of auctioneers. He was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1970 and was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 3 July 1992 to 2002.[1][5]
Crowden is a vice-president of the British Olympic Association and a Steward of Henley Regatta. He was involved with the Cambridgeshire Olympic Committee, and with Peterborough Rowing Club.[2]
His first wife Kathleen died in 1989 and his only son Richard was killed in a road accident in 1982. His second wife Margaret was his brother's widow,[2] and died in November 2009.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Peterborough Today Wednesday, 29 July 2009 "Why Rowing Still Floats"
- ↑ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946-2003
- ↑ Sports Reference Olympic Sports - James Crowden
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52985. p. 11491. 8 July 1992.
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by | High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1970–1971 |
Succeeded by Douglas Beaumont Kaye |
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1992–2002 |
Succeeded by Hugh Duberly |
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- 1927 births
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- People educated at The King's School, Peterborough
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- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Cambridge University Boat Club rowers
- English rowers
- Olympic rowers of Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Rowing coaches
- Members of Leander Club
- Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta
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