11 Facts About James Crowden

James Gee Pascoe Crowden CVO was an English former oarsman who competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

James Crowden grew up in Peterborough and attended King's School before going on to Bedford School.

James Crowden had his first victory at Henley Royal Regatta in 1946 as part of the school crew which won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup, which that year was presented by the future Queen herself.

James Crowden went to the United States to compete against American college crews at Yale and Harvard and won Silver Goblets at Henley partnering Brian Lloyd.

James Crowden was in the Boat Race again in 1952, when Cambridge lost and he competed in the coxless fours at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

James Crowden became the Cambridge crew's coach for the next 20 years.

James Crowden followed in the family profession, and became a chartered surveyor with a firm of auctioneers.

James Crowden was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1970 and was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 3 July 1992 to 2002.

James Crowden was a vice-president of the British Olympic Association and a Steward of Henley Regatta.

James Crowden was involved with the Cambridgeshire Olympic Committee, and with Peterborough Rowing Club.

James Crowden died at the age of 88 on 24 September 2016.