Alister Kirby

Alister Kirby went up to Magdalen College, Oxford from Eton and although he was in the Oxford Boat for four years (1906-09) it was not until his last year 1909, when he was President that Oxford avenged three successive defeats by Cambridge. Kirby was captain of the Leander eight that won the gold medals at the 1912 Olympics. On the outbreak of war he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade and later died of a war illness.