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Francis Greenaway

Number of games in database: 32
Years covered: 1850 to 1859
Overall record: +16 -12 =4 (56.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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FRANCIS GREENAWAY
(born Jul-02-1824, died Dec-30-1907, 83 years old) United Kingdom

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Last updated: 2022-02-12 15:02:15

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Greenaway vs Horwitz  ½-½231850Odds Game (Pf7+1)000 Chess variants
2. F Greenaway vs Horwitz  1-0501850Odds Game (Pf7+1)000 Chess variants
3. F Greenaway vs C Mayet  0-1381851Casual gameC38 King's Gambit Accepted
4. F Greenaway vs Anderssen 0-1321851Casual gameC23 Bishop's Opening
5. Anderssen vs F Greenaway 0-1301851Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
6. F Greenaway vs Anderssen  0-1351851Casual gameC67 Ruy Lopez
7. Anderssen vs F Greenaway  0-1211851Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
8. F Greenaway vs Anderssen  0-1211851Casual gameC37 King's Gambit Accepted
9. F Greenaway vs Anderssen  1-0301851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
10. F Greenaway vs Lowenthal  0-1281851Casual gameC27 Vienna Game
11. Anderssen vs F Greenaway 1-0351851Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
12. F Greenaway vs Anderssen  1-0291851Casual gameC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
13. F Greenaway vs A Mongredien  1-0221851Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
14. F Greenaway vs A Mongredien  1-0331851Casual gameC51 Evans Gambit
15. A Mongredien vs F Greenaway  1-0201851Casual gameC24 Bishop's Opening
16. A Mongredien vs F Greenaway  0-1501852Casual gameC24 Bishop's Opening
17. F Greenaway vs A Mongredien 1-0401852Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
18. Horwitz vs F Greenaway  371852Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
19. F Greenaway vs NN  1-0231852Odds game (Ra1)000 Chess variants
20. F Greenaway vs NN 1-0181852Odds game (Nb1)000 Chess variants
21. F Deacon vs F Greenaway  1-0251853Odds game (Pf7+1)000 Chess variants
22. Lowenthal vs F Greenaway  ½-½391853Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
23. Harrwitz vs F Greenaway  1-0451853Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
24. F Deacon vs F Greenaway  0-1291853Odds game (Pf7+1)000 Chess variants
25. F Greenaway vs NN  1-0191853Odds game (Ra1)000 Chess variants
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-03-04  Swindler: How come I've never heard of this player before? He seems to have a good record against the greats... He has some more wins against Anderssen at Chess Notes 2 september at www.chesscafe.com .
Mar-19-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Which exactly are the sources for <F. E.> Greenaway? There is a L. L. Greenaway sending in solutions to chess problems a lot of times in the 1880-ies.
Mar-19-17
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  Tabanus: The Era, 18 January 1863: <Mr. F. E. Greenaway> is new member of the Committee of the London Chess Club.

My best candidate is Francis Edward Greenaway:

1824: Francis Edward Greenaway, draper of London, son of Mitchell Greenaway, born 1824 July 2 (London, Freedom of the City Admission Papers 1845)

1824: Francis Edward Greenaway, Baptism Date: 28 Jul 1824, Baptism Place: St Botolph Without Aldgate, London, Father: Mitchell Greenaway, Mother: Sarah Elizabeth (England Select Births and Christenings)

1841: Mitchell Greenaway, 54, Ind., Mary Greenaway, 50, Francis, 17, Mblk (?), Mary, 15, George, 13, living in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey (census)

1851: Francis Edw Greenaway, 26, Clerk in Provident Institution, Mary Elizt Greenaway, 24, and Mitchell Greenaway, 64, living in 18 The Green, Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey (census)

1859: Francis Edward Greenaway, Estimated birth year: abt 1824, Age: 35, Spouse: Eliza Anne Allender, Spouse Age: 25, Record Type: Marriage, Event Date: 20 Aug 1859, Parish: St Peter, Notting Hill, Borough: Kensington and Chelsea, Father Name: Mitchell Greenaway (Church of England Marriages and Banns)

1861: Frances E Greenaway, 36, Secretary London Provident Institution, Eliza Ann Greenaway, 26, and one cook and one housemaid, in 42 Elgin Crest St Mary Abbott Kensington Middlesex (census)

1881: Francis Edwd Greenaway, 56, Comptroller Savings Bank, Eliza Anne Greenaway, 46, Ethel Mary, 15, Francis, 12, Beatrice, 10, and one cook, in 75 Elgin C Kensington London.

1891: Francis E Greenaway, 66, Comptroller G. P. O. Bank, Eliza A Greenaway, 56, Ethel M, 25, Francis, 29, Beatrice, 20, and a servant, in 75 Elgin Crescent, Kensington, London.

1901: Francis Ed Greenaway, 76, Retired Comptroller Savings Bank, Eliza Greenaway, 66, Ethel, 35, Frances Hugh, 32, Beatrice, 30, and two servants, in 75 Elgin Crescent, Kensington, London.

1907: England & Wales National Probate Calendar:

<Greenaway Francis Edward of 75 Elgin-crescent Kensington-park Middlesex died 30 December 1907 Probate London 7 February to Francis Hugh Greenaway architect Beatrice Eleanor Pigott (wife of Philip Robert Pigott) and Perceval Alleyn Nairne solicitor. Effects L 12321 11s. 9d. Resvorn L 12739 19s. 1d.>

Sep-17-20  paulmorphy1969: From the research of the Italian historian Gianfelice Ferlito who studied Paul Morphy it results: Francis Edward Greenaway
On the fifth board Morphy met Francis Edward Greenaway a member of the London Chess Club. Mr. Greenaway was one of the 12 highest rated London players of that period. The other chess players besides Greenaway were Staunton, Buckle, Brien, Campbell, Wyville, Slous, Boden, Bird, Barnes, Mongredien, Medley.
Feb-12-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: West London Observer, 26th December 1863, p.2:

<Births.

On the 17th inst, at 42 Elgin Crescent, Kensington Park, the wife of Francis Edward Greenaway, Esq., of a son, stillborn.>

When did the family move from #42 to #75?

<Elgin Crescent runs from Portobello Road west across Ladbroke Grove and then curls round to the south to join Clarendon Road. East of Ladbroke Grove, it was originally called Elgin Road. West of Ladbroke Grove, it was originally numbered from 1-36 consecutive on the northern side, starting at the western end (so the present No. 120 was No. 1) and from 37-81 consecutive on the southern side starting at the eastern end (so the present No. 63 was No. 37). The street was officially renumbered in 1880.>

http://www.ladbrokeassociation.org/...

I assume this means the merger itself of the Road and Crescent occurred in 1880. Notwithstanding the renumbering, it's clear that we are dealing with separate properties, with #75 being more upmarket, as would befit a senior bank official.

Feb-12-22
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  MissScarlett: Notes on the life of Howard Staunton, John Townsend, 2011, pp.159-161:

<In April 1874 Staunton's financial circumstances compelled him to move to cheaper accommodation. [...]

He and his wife moved into lodgings, and when he next wrote, on 9 April 1874, it was to give his new address, which is only a few hundred yards away [from Landsdowne Road], at 29 Elgin Road, Kensington Park. [...]

Some insight into the living conditions in his new lodgings is offered by an undated letter written at some stage during his time at 29 Elgin Road. In it he complains of "a severe attack of (I think) bronchitis attributable to the infernal state of the drainage". He felt he was being poisoned at night by the stenches from a privy and a drain opening just below his nose. The former was open all day and night for the convenience of the seven people who formed the household, and within a foot of the privy stood the larder, with both doors open. "I have had a narrow escape - a run away knock at Death's door...">

Within a few weeks, he was indeed dead.

Were Staunton and Greenaway personally acquainted? Were they aware they were practically neighbours?

Feb-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Notwithstanding the renumbering, it's clear that we are dealing with separate properties, with #75 being more upmarket, as would befit a senior bank official.>

I was wrong. It is the same property, so Greenaway must have lived there continuously from on or about the time of his marriage in 1859 to his death.

I hadn't appreciated at first the 1880 change was from consecutive numbering to that of odd and even. My field trip there today confirmed the matter. Swanky street; BoJo used to live there.

As for 29 Elgin Road, that's not quite clear. Is it #29 Elgin Crescent or #57?

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