Denis St. George Daly
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| Men's polo | ||
Representing a  Mixed team
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1900 Paris | Team competition |
Denis St George Daly (5 September 1862 – 16 April 1942) was an Irish polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Denis St George Daly was the son of the second Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal and Mary Broderick, but as his parents were unmarried at the time of his birth he could not inherit the title.[2] From 1925 to 1934 he was Joint Master of the Heythrop Hunt. He was part of the Foxhunters Hurlingham polo team which won the gold medal.[3][4]
He gained the rank of Major in the 18th Hussars. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant for County Galway. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire. He lived at Dunsandle, Atheny, County Galway, Ireland and at Over Norton Park, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Denis St George Daly". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Person Page: Major Denis St. George Daly". ThePeerage.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Heythrop Hunt Masters & Huntsmen since inception in 1835" (PDF). HeythropHunt.com. 27 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Denis Daly". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis Daly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Denis Daly at Olympedia
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