A scrapbook containing Major Walter Clopton Wingfield memorabilia including a rare example of his signature on a banker's cheque, other items comprisi

A scrapbook containing Major Walter Clopton Wingfield memorabilia including a rare example of his signature on a banker's cheque, other items comprising a visitor's card, a manuscript outlining the arrangements and wording he wished to have on his tomb stone, a set of accounts written on the back of an envelope, a share certificate for an investment in a restaurant, two postmarked envelopes addressed to him, a receipt from a utility company, a receipt for rates and charges, an invitation for a dinner at his regimental club, and a receipt for his medical attendance and residence at The Priory, Roehampton Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912) was the inventor of lawn tennis in 1874 which he called Sphairistik? after the Greek for ''ball games''. Wingfield was living at Nantclwyd Hall, Llanelidan, in north Wales, when he patented the new sport. He also was the author of the first book of the game The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis. His honours include the Royal Body Guard and Captain, First Dragoon Guards. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997.