John Graham Chambers

Llanelly House, an eighteenth century town house in the centre of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an unexpected SportingLandmark. It is the birthplace of John Graham Chambers, the principal author of the Queensberry Rules for boxing.

While investigating other SportingLandmarks and reading more widely about sporting history the name John Graham Chambers crops up surprisingly often and in relation to a variety of sports.

Llanelly House, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Birthplace of John Graham Chambers, author of the Queensberry Rules for boxing.

Since 2015, I’ve been trying to tie-up the various strands of his story, as nobody appears to have tried before. Below, I’ve gathered together the links to all posts that touch on Chambers’ story.