Ernest Still
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Ernest Still was a rugby union international who represented England
England national rugby union team
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 from 1873 to 1873.

Early life

Ernest Still was born on 14 July 1852 in Epsom, the fifth son of Robert Still of Sutton in Surrey. He attended Rugby School
Rugby School
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 and went on to study Law at Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
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 from where he received his BA in 1874 and his MA in 1880.

Rugby union career

Still made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
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 vs England
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 match.

Career and later life

Ernest became a solicitor and later married Amy Gordon Churchill, the daughter of Charles Chrchill. Their son, Francis Churchill Still, married Margaret Burdett Money-Coutts, daughter of Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill, 5th Lord Latymer
Baron Latimer
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and Edith Ellen Churchill, on 8 June 1907. He died on 14 December 1937.
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