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Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley

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Sport
  
Fencing

Full name
  
Alastair Ivan Ladislaus Lucidus d'Oyley-Evans

Born
  
2 February 1880 (
1880-02-02
)

Died
  
26 May 1904, Paris, France

Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley, born Alastair Ivan Ladislaus Lucidus Evans, (2 February 1880 – 22 May 1904) was an American who competed for France at the Olympics in fencing. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. His father, Dr. d'Oyley-Evans, a Paris-base American dentist, bought the title of Marquis from the Pope, later acquiring the titles of Count and Viscount for his sons. Viscount d'Oyley killed himself from a self-inflicted gunshot.

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