John Walmisley

John Richard Lambert Walmisley (1816–1890) was an English solicitor, Volunteer officer, and prominent oarsman who twice won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames.

Walmisley was the son of John Angus Walmisley of Westminster and Anna Maria Lambert, daughter of Col. W. Lambert of the East India Company. He was educated at Westminster School.

Walmisley became a solicitor in the City of London and was appointed Clerk to the Vestry and Commissioners for Paving of the Parish of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. He held the latter post for over 45 years, though its importance diminished as local government developed in the later 19th century. He was also a Commissioner to Administer Oaths in Chancery, and a Fellow of the Statistical Society.

Walmisley rowed for Thames Club and in 1846 he stroked the Thames Club eight that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Also in 1846, he challenged unsuccessfully for the Wingfield Sculls. He won the Wingfield Sculls in 1847 beating H Murray and C Harrington. However he fouled so badly that no one would challenge him in the following year and he won in 1848 by a row over. In November he was a member of the committee that revised the rules of the race. John Walmisley and his youngest brother Walter Milbanke Walmisley (1831–1915) were also noted cricketers for Surrey Club and Ground and for the Honourable Artillery Company.

In 1850, Walmisley was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Honourable Artillery Company, London's oldest Volunteer regiment. He resigned as a captain four years later.

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