Alfred Alexander Julius was an English rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 who was a three times winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames

River Thames

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Julius was born at Richmond on Thames, the son of George Charles Julius and Isabella Maria Gilder. His father was from Nichola Town, St Kitts, West Indies.

Julius challenged the Wingfield Sculls champion Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis (sculler)

Charles Lewis was an English rower who was twice winner of the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....

 in 1832 and won the race. Lewis won the championship back in 1833. But Julius was then so preeminent that he put off challengers in 1834 and 1835 and won with row-overs.
Julius died in the Richmond district at the age of 43

Julius married Eliza Alexander, daughter of Major General James Alexander of the East India Company, in 1844 at St Marylebone. Their daughter Ada married Sir Charles Layard, the Government Agent of the Western province of Ceylon.