Claude Goldie
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Claude John Dashwood Goldie (29 December 1876 – 30 December 1956) 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 won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

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Goldie was born at St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...

, Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

, the son of John Goldie
John Goldie
John Haviland Dashwood Goldie was an English rower, and barrister. He was the Cambridge University Boat Club President between 1870 and 1872, won the Colquhoun Sculls in 1870 and captained Leander Club between 1873 and 1876.Goldie was the son of Rev. Charles Dashwood Goldie, vicar of St Ives,...

 and his wife Grace Miriam Watson. His father was a noted Cambridge University rower. Goldie was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

. He rowed for Cambridge
Cambridge University Boat Club
The Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828...

 in the Boat Race in 1898 and 1899, and was President of Cambridge University Boat Club in 1899 and 1900. In 1900 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

, partnering Graham Maitland
Graham Maitland
Graham Macdowall Maitland was an English rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.Maitland was born at Kirkcudbright, the third son of David Maitland of Cumstoun, Kirkcudbright. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Cambridge. In 1900 Maitland won the Silver...

. He won Silver Goblets again in 1904, this time partnering Claude Taylor
Claude Taylor (rower)
Claude Waterhouse Hearn Taylor CBE, DSO was an English rower who twice won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.Taylor was born in London, the son of John Henry Taylor. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1901, 1902 and 1903...

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Goldie served in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 as a captain in the Royal Field Artillery
Royal Field Artillery
The Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924....

 and was awarded the Military Cross
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

 in 1917. He was in business as a woolbroker and made business trips to the United States.

Goldie later lived at Saint George's Hill
Saint George's Hill
Saint George's Hill is a private estate in Weybridge, Surrey in the United Kingdom.The estate features both a Golf and Tennis club as well as approximately 420 houses. The estate is a popular residential location for celebrities and successful entrepreneurs...

, Weybridge
Weybridge
Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the River Wey, from which it gets its name...

 and was president of Walton Rowing Club
Walton Rowing Club
Walton Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. Its club and boat house is situated at on the Surrey bank of the Thames at Walton-on-Thames just above Sunbury Lock...

. He died at Weybridge at the age of 80.

Goldie married Bertha Mary Dupuis in Yorkshire in 1905.
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