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Fell & Rock Climbing Club Members

Founders

Climber Period Notes
Ashley Perry Abraham from 1906-1907

Founding member with his brother George. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Fell & Rock Climbing Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_%26_Rock_Climbing_Club
George Dixon Abraham from 1906-1907

Founding member with his brother Ashley. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Fell & Rock Climbing Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_%26_Rock_Climbing_Club

Presidents

Climber Period Notes
Ashley Perry Abraham 1907–1908

First president (A. P. Abraham). [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
William Cecil Slingsby 1910–1912

[1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Walter Parry Haskett Smith 1912–1917

[1] [2]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf

[2] FRCC Journal 1914, List of Officers http://web.archive.org/web/20250522155549/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Journals/Journal-1914.pdf
Godfrey A. Solly 1919–1921

G. A. Solly. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Robert Chorley 1935–1937

R. S. T. Chorley. [1] [2]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf

[2] Wikipedia: Roger Chorley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Chorley,_2nd_Baron_Chorley
Albert Hargreaves 1952–1954

A. B. Hargreaves. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Howard Somervell 1954–1956

T. H. Somervell. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf

Vice-Presidents

Climber Period Notes
George Dixon Abraham 1908–1910

[1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
William Cecil Slingsby 1912–1914

[1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Lehmann J. Oppenheimer 1914–1917

[1] [2]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf

[2] FRCC Journal 1914, List of Officers http://web.archive.org/web/20250522155549/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Journals/Journal-1914.pdf
Robert Chorley 1927–1929

R. S. T. Chorley. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
George Bower 1929–1931

G. S. Bower. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Bentley Beetham 1937–1939

B. Beetham. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Cecil Frederick Holland 1937–1939

C. F. Holland. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Katharine Chorley 1939–1943

Listed as Mrs. R. S. T. Chorley. [1]

References

[1] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf
Albert Hargreaves 1947–1949

A. B. Hargreaves (identity per his Independent obituary [1]). [2]

References

[1] Independent obituary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-a-b-hargreaves-1354219.html

[2] FRCC Journal 1956 (Vol. 17 no. 3), Officers of the Club https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V17-3.pdf

Honorary Members

Climber Period Notes
William Cecil Slingsby from 1907

Made an honorary member when the club was founded in 1907. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: William Cecil Slingsby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cecil_Slingsby

Members

Climber Period Notes
Bill Birkett

[1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Bill Birkett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Birkett
Dorothy Pilley

Joined the Fell & Rock Climbing Club as a young woman, before helping found the Pinnacle Club. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Dorothy Pilley Richards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Pilley_Richards
Eleanor Winthrop Young

Served on the club's committee. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Eleanor Winthrop Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Winthrop_Young
Geoffrey Winthrop Young

[1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Geoffrey Winthrop Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Winthrop_Young
Howard Somervell

Joined the club at the age of eighteen. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Howard Somervell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Somervell
Katharine Chorley

Became 'one of the (FRCC) Club's most active members'. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Katharine Chorley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Chorley