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British fencer (1863–1945) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sydney Martineau (6 January 1863 – 19 December 1945) was a British fencer who took part in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée.[1]
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Born | Clapham, London, England | 6 January 1863||||||||||||||
Died | 19 December 1945 82) Westminster, London, England | (aged||||||||||||||
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Martineau was the son of David Martineau (1828-1911) and Sarah Emma Scott (1833-1924). He was educated at Marlborough College as were his brothers Howard Martineau (1864-1953) and distinguished engineer Louis Martineau (1866-1895).[2] Sydney's son, Frederick Alan Martineau MBE (1904-1990), father of Baroness Vivian (née Carol Martineau) (1939-2013),[3] also boarded at Marlborough.[4][5]
As Unitarians, Sydney's father, David Martineau, made donations in 1893 to Manchester College, Oxford University (now Harris Manchester College) as did his third cousin Francis Martineau Lupton (1848-1921) and relatives Sir Thomas and Lady Martineau. Family member the Rev. James Martineau (1805-1900) was vice-president of the college at this time.[6] Francis Martineau Lupton's daughter Olive Middleton (1881-1936) boarded at Roedean around the same time as Sidney's spinster sisters, artists Lucy Martineau (1869-1952) and Sarah Madeleine Martineau (1872-1972).[7][8][9]
Martineau won an Olympic silver medal in fencing at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[10][11] He was part of the British team which came in second place, behind Belgium, in the team epee competition.
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