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Slazenger (/ ˈ s l æ z ə n dʒ ər /) is a British sports equipment brand owned by the Frasers Group (formerly Sports Direct). [1] One of the world's oldest sport brands, the company was established as a sporting goods shop in 1881 by entrepreneurial brothers, Ralph and Albert Slazenger, on Cannon Street, London. [2]
[citation needed] Wendy Slazenger, daughter of the late Ralph Slazenger, married Mervyn Wingfield (1935–2015) in 1962. Mervyn later succeeded, in 1973, as the 10th Viscount Powerscourt . Through her children, the 11th Viscount - Mervyn Anthony Wingfield - and Julia Wingfield, there remains a strong connection between the two families and the ...
Sir Thomas Abney, sheriff of London in 1694 This is a list of sheriffs of the City of London. Pursuant to a royal charter of Henry I c. 1131, the liverymen of the City elected two sheriffs of "London and Middlesex" upon payment of £300 per annum to the Crown. This practice continued until 1889, when the Local Government Act 1888 came into force. Thereafter a High Sheriff of Middlesex and a ...
He married Wendy Anne Pauline Slazenger, daughter of Ralph C.G. Slazenger (heir to the Slazenger sporting goods company) on 15 September 1962, a year after the 9th Viscount had sold the family's Powerscourt Estate to the senior Slazenger. They were divorced in 1974.
[65] [66] In 1882, Jewish brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger founded Slazenger, one of the world's oldest sport brands, which has the longest-running sporting sponsorship in providing tennis balls to Wimbledon since 1902. [67] [68]
Ralph Slazenger Trust Albemarle Street London: Doors, screen and showcases were made for The Ralph Slazenger Trust building, London in about 1936. The works were designed by Walter Gilbert, modelled by Donald Gilbert, and made by the foundry H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham. [3] Neptune Fountain Kansas City, United States of America
Born in Utah, U.S. on April 21, 1958, Ralph Leroy Menzies came from a dysfunctional family background.Menzies was reportedly subjected to relentless child abuse by his stepfathers, and they had assaulted him, refused to give him food and forced him to sleep in a very small room with his sister for three years, and even prevented him from going to school.
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