Windsor Holden White
Windsor Holden White was an American polo player.
Biography
Early life
His father was Windsor T. White of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.[1] As such, he was a scion of the prominent White family of Ohio.[2]
Polo
In 1941, he competed in the U.S. Open Polo Championship as part of the Westbury team, together with Gerald Dempsey, Earle Hopping and Stewart Iglehart.[3] However, they lost to the Gulfstream team (John H. H. Phipps, Michael Grace Phipps, Charles Skiddy von Stade and Alan L. Corey, Jr.).[3]
After he moved to England, he became a patron of the Polo Cottage team.[2]
The Holden White Qualifying Matches at the Guards Polo Club are named in his honour.[4] Moreover, the Holden White Cup at the Cowdray Park Polo Club at Cowdray Park, West Sussex is also named for him.[2]
Personal life
He married Jean Kathleen Mary Fielding, daughter of Sir Charles William Fielding and Florence Dixon, on 12 July 1944.[1] They resided at Polo Cottage in Midhurst, West Sussex, England.[1] He died in 1976.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 The Peerage: Windsor Holden White
- 1 2 3 Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 171
- 1 2 Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 98
- ↑ Guards Polo Club: Holden White Qualifying Matches