Douglas Cecil Rees Stuart (1 March 1885 – 1969) was a

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rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed in the

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. Stuart was the son of Montague Pelham Stuart, of Steynton,

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and his wife Mary Rees. He was educated at

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, where he received his boating colours. The Rowers of Vanity Fair He rowed for

Kingston Rowing Club Kingston Rowing Club (KRC) is a rowing club in England founded in 1858 and a member club of British Rowing. The club is located on the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames, downstream and north-east of Kingston Bridge and Kingston Railway B ...

and in 1903, at the age of 17 was runner up with C M Steele in the Silver Goblets at

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. Two years later, in 1905, he partnered Charles Vincent Fox for the

London Rowing Club London Rowing Club (LRC, or colloquially, 'London') is the second-oldest of the non-academic active rowing clubs on the Thames in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1856 by members of the long-disbanded Argonauts Club wishing to compete ...

, and they only just failed to win the Silver Goblets. Stuart went on to

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. He won the Colquhoun Sculls, and his Trinity Hall crew was head of the river in 1907. He stroked three successive

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crews to victory in 1906, 1907 and 1908. He was the strokeman of the Cambridge University boat in the eights, which won the bronze medal for Great Britain

rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the Riv ...

. In 1909 his Trinity Hall crew were again Head of the River. He was president of the C.U.B.C. in 1909, but the crew lost to

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that year. Stuart became a solicitor after taking a third class in the 1909 law Tripos. In the

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, he served with the First Battalion of the

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and was badly wounded as a second lieutenant in the

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in July 1916. He later served as a captain in the Courts Martial. In 1920 he was appointed assistant chief clerk in the Solicitor's Department at the Inland Revenue. Stuart's elder brother

Athol Alexander Stuart Athol Alexander Paul Rees Stuart (born 1881) was an England, English Rowing (sport), oarsman who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley, the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup to achieve the rowing triple crown in 1909. Stuart was the son of ...

also rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and won the

Single Scull A single scull (or a scull), abbreviated as a 1x, is a racing shell designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-se ...

s triple crown.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Douglas 1885 births 1969 deaths People educated at Cheltenham College Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Border Regiment officers British Army personnel of World War I Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Gloucestershire Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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