Henry Wheare

Henry Jeremy Hugh Wheare (born 1952) is a retired coxswain who competed for Great Britain[1] and practices intellectual property law in Hong Kong.[2]

Henry Wheare
Personal information
BornOctober 1952
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 Villach Lwt eight

Rowing career

Wheare was the cox of the losing Cambridge boat in the 1974 Boat Race (won by Oxford in record time), and cox of the 1972 Head of the River crews of Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge).[3]

He coxed the winning 1974 Henley Regatta Prince Philip Challenge Cup crew for Lady Margaret & First & Third Trinity Boat Club.[4]

He was selected by Great Britain as cox of the lightweight eight that secured a silver medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach, Austria.[5]

After a degree in law at Cambridge, Wheare practiced intellectual property law as a solicitor and UK patent attorney in London. He moved to Hong Kong in 1985, where he was from 1991-97 president of the Hong Kong Group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) and a vice-president of APAA (2018-2023).[6]

Personal life

He is the youngest son of the distinguished academic Sir Kenneth Wheare, former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, and brother of Tom Wheare, former headmaster of Bryanston School.

References
  1. "H Wheare". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. "HIPP". www.hipp.org.hk. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. Railton, Jim (2 April 1974). "Monday blues on the Tideway". The Times. No. 59054. p. 9.
  4. "Henley – Friends of Rowing History". Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. Railton, Jim (12 August 1976). "Shock therapy for lightweight eight". The Times. p. 6 – via Times Digital Archives.
  6. APAA website. "Officers – APAA Online". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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