Bill Bisset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Bisset

South African rugby union player

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1867

Place of Birth: Kenilworth, Western Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1958

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

William Molteno "Bill" Bisset (11 September 1867 – 23 February 1958) was a South African international rugby union player. He was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town, the second son of Wynberg Mayor James Bisset and the grandson of Cape Town Mayor Hercules Jarvis.
He attended Diocesan College and went on to become a solicitor. He represented Western Province in the inaugural Currie Cup.
He made his only two appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour.
He was selected, as a forward, to play in the 1st and 3rd matches of the three Test series, both of which South Africa lost. Bisset was an attorney by profession.
He was President of the Law Society (1919–20, 1924–25) and the South African Association in later life.
He also came to be a director of companies in later life and he was a founding partner of the law firm Bisset, Boehmke and McBlain.Bisset married Henrietta Katherine Tait and the couple had six children – four daughters (Islay Kathleen, Gwendolyn, Helen and Betty) and two sons (William Murray and Eldred).
In 1902 he bought the house St James Manor in St James, Cape Town and lived there until 1912.
He then settled with his family at Aboyne House in Kenilworth, Cape Town and died in 1958 at the age of 90.