List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France, a memoir was published praising Merriman's contribution to sport at the Royal Engineers: Personal life. Merriman married Emily Jane Anna Elizabeth Somerset (1851–1923) at St Stephen's Church, South Kensington on 13 February 1872. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and the daughter of Colonel FitzRoy Molyneux Henry Somerset, also an officer in the Royal Engineers, and Jemima Drummond Nairne. Her brother, Arthur, played first-class cricket for Sussex. The couple had four children: William Merriman died at the family home at Creffield House, Gray Road, Colchester, Essex on 11 March 1917, aged 	William Merriman
8337513	78. William Merriman Colonel William Merriman (2 April 1838 – 11 March 1917) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played as a goalkeeper in three FA Cup Finals, winning the cup in 1875. Family and education. Merriman was born at 13 Young Street, Kensington, London on 2 April 1838, the eighth of nine children of Dr John Merriman (1800–1881) and his wife Caroline née Jones (1800–1870), and was baptised at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington on 25 May 1838. His father, grandfather John (1774–1839) and uncle James Nathaniel (1806–1854) were all physicians to HM Queen Victoria. Merriman was 	William Merriman
8337514	List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France In the 1921 Tour de France, two veteran cyclists who joined the race were Ernest Paul and Lucien Pothier, both forty years old. Paul rode his first Tour de France in 1908, while Pothier had started in the first Tour de France in 1903, and finished second. The winner of 1920, Philippe Thys, was the dominant stage racer of the time, but he was recovering from an illness and could not compete for the victory. The economic impact of World War I was still not over, so as in the previous 	List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France
8337515	years there were not sponsored teams, but the cycling companies had bundled their forces under the nick La Sportive. The cyclists were divided in two categories, this time named 1ère class" (first class), the professionals, and "2ème classe" (second class), the amateurs. This year, some of the second class cyclists would finish higher than some of the first class cyclists. The 1921 Tour de France saw the introduction of foreign press. They followed the race in their own cars. For the first time, an inhabitant from Monaco joined the Tour de France. Laurent Devalle needed more than twenty-seven hours  for the fifth stage, and would finally give up in the eleventh stage. List of cyclists in the 1921 Tour de France In the 1921 Tour de France, two veteran cyclists who joined the race were Ernest Paul and Lucien Pothier, both forty years old. Paul rode his first Tour de France in 1908, while Pothier had started in the first Tour de France in 1903, and finished second. The winner of 1920, Philippe Thys, was the dominant stage racer of the time, but he was recovering from an illness and could not compete for the victory. The economic impact