Charles Rought

Charles Rought
Personal information
Born16 October 1884
Surbiton, England
Died31 January 1919(1919-01-31) (aged 34)
Lambeth, London, England
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Men's coxed four

Charles Gardner Rought (16 October 1884 – 31 January 1919) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Life

Rought was born in Surbiton. He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1909 and 1911 was a member of the crew that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Also in the 1911 regatta, Rought and Bruce Logan dead heated in a heat of Silver Goblets against the eventual winners Julius Beresford and Arthur Cloutte to set a course record which lasted until 1934.[2] A year later in 1912 Rought and Logan won Silver Goblets.[3] Rought was a member of the Thames Rowing Club coxed four which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]

Rought saw service in the First World War[5] in the Royal West Surrey Regiment[6] but spent much of the conflict as a Prisoner of War.[7] Rought died in the Lambeth district aged 34.[8] The cause of death was a bad oyster. Since Rought was awaiting demobilisation at the time, he technically died on active service.[9]

Achievements

Olympic Games

  • 1912 - Silver, Coxed Four

Henley Royal Regatta

References

  1. ^ "Charles Rought". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ Henley Royal Regatta When they prayed for rain 29 June 2009 Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Charles Rought
  5. ^ New York Times Oarsmen in the War 24 January 1915
  6. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 November 1918
  7. ^ Page, Geoffrey (1991). Hear The Boat Sing. Kingswood Press. ISBN 0-413-65410-9.
  8. ^ Office for National Statistics - Death indices 1919 (non-official sources give his death as January 1918)
  9. ^ Page, Geoffrey (1991). Hear The Boat Sing. Kingswood Press. ISBN 0-413-65410-9.
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