Hugh Plaskitt
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| Bio | Hugh was born in Kensington, London, the seventh of the nine children, and the younger of the two sons, of Joseph Plaskitt, a solicitor with offices at l9 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and his wife Emily Julia Cowie. The family lived at 6, The Grove, The Boltons, Kensington. Hugh was baptised at St. Luke’s Church, Kensington on November 27. Both Hugh and his older brother Francis Joseph Plaskitt attended the school as Homeboarders, although Francis had left by the time Hugh arrived in 1893. Hugh educated at Westminster School, where he played cricket, and came up to Christ Church in 1899. In that year, Hugh represented the school at football, covering for regular team-members when they were injured. The Elizabethan records that “He tackles splendidly, but is inclined to roam around the field, and is much too careless in his passing.” After leaving the school in July 1899, Hugh matriculated into Christ Church, Oxford. While he was there, he represented Oxford at lawn tennis against Cambridge in 1900.The following summer he played tennis for the University against Cambridge partnering T.D. Rudkin in the Doubles. He played in the Singles at Wimbledon, having a bye into the second round in which he was beaten 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 by F. Payn. In 1901, Hugh played for the University in both the singles and the doubles. At the time of the 1901 census, Hugh was staying with a clergyman at Bishops Stortford. In 1910, he married his cousin Norah Francis Cowie. They had two daughters, Evenlode M. Plaskitt born in Watford in 1911 and Naomi Merlith Plaskitt born in 1913. In December 1910, Hugh was admitted as a solicitor to the family firm, F.J. Plaskitt and Co., Copthall Avenue, London. Later that month, on December 28, Hugh married his Scottish cousin, Norah Frances. Norah was the daughter of Colonel David Cowie of the Madras Staff Corps. Hugh Plaskitt was killed in action at the age of 37. He was buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania Plot 4. D. 1. (According to another source, he died of malaria contracted while on active service in the Army Service Corps in Africa. During the First World War, Hugh served as a Lance Corporal in the Army Service Corps, the organization responsible for supplying the army with food, equipment and provisions. He contracted malaria while on active service, and died on November 12, 1917.) |
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