Kinnear_Wise

Percival Kinnear Wise

Percival Kinnear Wise

British polo player

Wing Commander Percival Kinnear Wise CMG DSO (17 April 1885 – 7 June 1968) was a British Olympic polo player and Royal Air Force officer.[1]

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Biography

Wise was born on 17 April 1885 in Hong Kong to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, and his brother was Alfred Roy Wise.

He was a Group Captain in the military and served with the British Indian Army[1] and then the Royal Flying Corps. For his services in the First World War, he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and the Order of St. Michael and St. George.[2]

He won the bronze medal in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympic Games alongside teammates Frederick W. Barrett, Frederick Guest, and Dennis Bingham.[3]

He died on 7 June 1968 in Aldeburgh.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Percival Kinnear Wise". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    Laffaye, Horace A. (10 January 2014). Polo in Britain: A History. McFarland. p. 113. ISBN 9780786489800. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Percival Kinnear Wise". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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