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Walter Clopton Wingfield blue plaque
Walter Clopton Wingfield · Father of Lawn Tennis
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“Major Walter Clopton Wingfield 1833-1912 father of lawn tennis lived here”
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1833-1912
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33 St George's Square, Westminster, SW1
SW1V
Erected 1987
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, English Heritage
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