John Pius Boland
 John Pius Boland |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's tennis | ||
| Representing Great Britain | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1896 Athens | Singles |
Representing a  Mixed team
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1896 Athens | Doubles |
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John Pius Boland BA (Lond), BA (Oxon), MA (Oxon), LLD (NUI), MP, KSG |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 September 1870 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 17 March 1958 (aged 87) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| Spouse(s) | Eileen Moloney (1876–1937) |
| Relations | Honor Crowley(Daughter) |
| Children | 2 sons, 5 daughters |
| Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford University of London University of Bonn |
| Occupation | Politician and Tennis Player |
| Religion | Catholic |
John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for South Kerry 1900–1918. He was also noteworthy as a gold medallist tennis player at the first modern Olympics.
Boland was born at 135 Capel Street, Dublin, to Patrick Boland (1840–1877), businessman, and Mary Donnelly; following the death of his mother in 1882, he was placed with his six siblings under the guardianship of his uncle Nicholas Donnelly, auxiliary bishop of Dublin.
Boland was educated at two private Catholic schools, one Irish, the second English, and both of whose existence and evolution were influenced by John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman – the Catholic University School, Dublin, and The Oratory School, Birmingham (since re-located to near Reading) where he became head boy. His secondary education in the two schools either side of the Irish Sea helped give him the foundation and understanding to play an influential role in the politics of Great Britain and Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, when he was a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party which pursued constitutional Home Rule.
In 1892 he graduated with a BA from London University. He had studied for a semester in Bonn, Germany, where he was a member of Bavaria Bonn, a student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband. Boland studied law at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a BA in 1896 and MA in 1901; although called to the Bar in 1897, he never practised.
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