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Walter Clopton Wingfield
(1833-1912)
Early pioneer of Lawn tennis
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Major Walter Clopton Wingfield MVO (16 October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a Welsh inventor and a British Army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997, as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield himself can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.

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Born
16 October 1833
Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales
Died
18 April 1912 (aged 78)
Zodiac Libra
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