About Sir Thomas Devitt, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1902 – 1995 (aged 92). Sir Thomas Devitt, 2nd Baronet was a rugby union player.
Sir Thomas Gordon Devitt, 2nd Baronet (27 December 1902 – 23 December 1995) was a British Army officer, businessman, peer and international rugby union player of the 1920s.
Born in Surrey, Devitt was the grandson of shipping magnate Sir Thomas Devitt, 1st Baronet, one of the founders of Devitt and Moore. He attended the Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and subsequently commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in December 1926.
Devitt was a speedy wing three-quarter and scored a hat-trick of tries for Cambridge University in their winning 1925 Varsity Match side. He also played with Blackheath and from 1926 to 1928 gained four caps for England.
Devitt was a Governor of Sherborne School from 1967 to 1975.
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English rugby union player (1902-1995)
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Sir Thomas Devitt, 2nd Baronet was born on 27 December 1902.
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Sir Thomas Devitt, 2nd Baronet died on 23 December 1995.
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Sir Thomas Devitt, 2nd Baronet was a rugby union player.
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