Aubone Surtees

Aubone Alfred Surtees (2 October 1865 – 22 November 1923)[1] was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.

[2] He graduated in 1887 and by 1891 was admitted into the legal profession, practising at Bond Court in Walbrook.

[3] In 1914, following the death of his cousin, John Ralph Surtees, he inherited the manor of Dinsdale Park, though he sold most of the estate fairly soon after acquiring it.

[3] Surtees enlisted into the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War, and served his country from 1914 through to 1919.

[5] In 1891 Surtees was invited to join the first official British Isles team in their tour of South Africa.