Hugh Vincent
| Full name | Hugh Corbet Vincent | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 April 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Caernarfon, Wales | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 February 1931 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bangor, Wales | ||||||||||||
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Friars School, Bangor Sherborne School |
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| University | Trinity College, Dublin | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | solicitor | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1882 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent (27 April 1862 – 22 February 1931) was a Welsh rugby union and association football player. He played club rugby for Bangor RFC and club football for Carnarvon Wanderers and Bangor City F.C. as well as a single international for the Wales national rugby union team. A solicitor by profession, Vincent also ran for parliament and was Mayor of Bangor.
Hugh Vincent was born in 1862 to Rev. James Crawley Vincent and Grace Johnson. His paternal grandfather, the Very Reverend James Vincent Vincent was the Dean of Bangor Cathedral. Vincent was one of seven children, but in 1869, Vincent's father died during a cholera epidemic. Vincent was initially educated at the local public school, Friars School but later switched to Sherborne School in England. He graduated to Trinity College, Dublin and after obtaining his degree, moved to Caernarfon where he became articled to solicitor Charles Jones. Once Vincent had qualified as a solicitor, he went into partnership with a Mr H. Loyd Carter.
A keen local politician, Vincent served on the Bangor City Council, and during his time with the council served as the Mayor of Bangor on three occasions. In 1910 he stood for the political seat of Caernarfon against Liberal politician, and then Chancellor of the Exchequer,David Lloyd George, but did not win the election. Vincent was knighted in 1924.
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