Harry Stirling Crawfurd Everard (1848–1909) was an English writer on

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Life

Born at Claybrook House,

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, on 30 January 1848, he was only son of Henry Everard of

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, near

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, by his wife Helen Maitland. daughter by his second wife of Captain William Stirling of Milton and Castlemilk,

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. After education at

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(1862–6) he matriculated at

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, on 23 May 1866, graduating B.A. in 1871. A student at the

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in 1867, Everard was not

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. He settled at

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, to which he was attracted by the golf course. He enjoyed success at golf, winning in the competitions of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Silver Medal (second prize at the spring meeting) in 1888, the Calcutta cup in 1888 and 1890, and the Silver Cross (the first prize) in 1891. He was successful in competitions at

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and Montrose. He was also a cricketer, tennis player, pedestrian and swimmer. Everard died, after a short illness, on 15 May 1909 at St. Andrews.

Works

Everard known as a writer on golf, contributing to the ''Scots Observer'' and to the '' National Observer'' (under

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's editorship), to ''

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'', '' Saturday Review'', and many specialist golfing periodicals. He published ''Golf in Theory and Practice'' (1897; 3rd edit. 1898); ''A History of the Royal & Ancient Club of St. Andrews from 1754–1900'' (1907), and he wrote on "Some Celebrated Golfers" for the

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golf manual (1890; 5th edit. 1895).

Family

Everard married in 1880 Annie, eldest surviving daughter of Colonel Robert Tod Boothby of St. Andrews (d. 1907). They had two sons and two daughters.

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