Cyril Mackworth-Praed

Cyril Winthrop Mackworth-Praed OBE (21 September 1891 – 30 June 1974) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was also a naturalist and ornithologist who specialized on the birds of Africa.

Life and work Mackworth-Praed was born to Robert Herbert and Mary Josephine Jolliffe, in Herefordshire where he became interested in shooting and natural history which was also encouraged at school in Sandroyd. After studying at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he settled in East Africa as a farmer. In 1919 he married, Edith Mary Henrietta, the daughter of Stephenson Robert Clarke and began to help identify African birds in his father-in-law's collection. This brought him to the bird room of the British Museum. He later joined the Scots Guards and served in both the First and Second World War, in the latter becoming Commanding Officer of the Commando Training School,

He had a parallel career as a sport shooter. In 1924 he won the gold medal as member of the British team in the team running deer, double shots event. He also won two silver medals in the running deer, single shots and double shots competition. In the 1924 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events: