About Peter Latham
Lived 1865 – 1953 (aged 87–88). Peter Latham was a British tennis player.
Peter Walker Latham (1865–1953) was a British racquets and real tennis player.
Biography Peter Latham was born in Manchester on 10 May 1865. He married Annie Sarah Carpenter in 1888, and they had five children.
Latham was the world champion of rackets from 1887–1902, and was also the world champion of real tennis from 1895–1905 and from 1907–1908. He is the only person to hold both titles simultaneously (which he did in 1895–1902) as of 2024.
He died at his home in Chiswick on 22 November 1953.
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Who was Peter Latham?
British racquets and real tennis player (1865–1953)
When was Peter Latham born?
Peter Latham was born in 1865 in Manchester.
When did Peter Latham die?
Peter Latham died in 1953.
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Peter Latham was a tennis player.
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Peter Latham was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Peter Latham (tennis)
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