John Graham Chambers

He rowed for Cambridge, founded inter-varsity sports, became English Champion walker, coached four winning Boat-Race crews, devised the Queensberry Rules, staged the Cup Final and the Thames Regatta, instituted championships for billiards, boxing, cycling, wrestling and athletics, rowed beside Matthew Webb as he swam the English Channel[1] and edited a national newspaper.

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as B.A., won the Colquhoun Sculls and became President of the University Boat Club.

[2] Chambers codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" upon which modern-day boxing is based.

In 1867, he established the rules, which include the required use of boxing gloves, the ten-count, and three-minute rounds.

Chambers died, aged 40, at 10 Wetherby Terrace, Earls Court, London on 4 March 1883[2] and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.