Lord Aberdare was a lifelong devotee of real tennis, winning the British amateur singles championship four times between 1953 and 1957, and the amateur doubles championship four times between 1954 and 1961. He served as president of the Tennis and Rackets Association from 1972 until 2004. During his tenure there was a significant expansion in both real tennis and rackets, and a number of new courts were built while several others were re-opened. His book, The JT Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets (London: Quiller Press, 2001. ISBN1-899163-62-X), is the most comprehensive modern reference for these sports.
Lord Aberdare was President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs the London Welsh Centre, from 1959 until 1962, and from 1969 to 1970.[4]
Family
In 1946 he married Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood,[5] daughter of Sir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet, and Helen Moira Eaton. They had four children:
^"Aberdare, Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce". Who's Who 1998 : an Annual Biographical Dictionary. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. pp. 2–3. ISBN0-312-17591-4.