Augurio Perera

[4] After the rest of the family relocated to Manchester in 1839,[5] Perera remained in the Midlands, becoming naturalised in 1856,[6] settling in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham and establishing a successful business importing Spanish merchandise.

[7][11] However, new research has revealed that he relocated to Italy, where he died in Siena on 1 November 1905 and was buried two days later at the city's main cemetery.

[12] The invention of tennis is traditionally ascribed to Walter Clopton Wingfield, who published rules for a game he called sphairistikè in 1874.

[13] It is now no longer in dispute (despite the traditional credit given to Wingfield) that Gem and Perera, who had established an organized lawn tennis club in Leamington Spa 1874, had been playing their invention for a decade or more.

[2] In addition, much less is known about Perera than his friend and fellow tennis pioneer Harry Gem, whose life is well documented as a prominent figure in several walks of Birmingham society.