Lady Margaret Scott (golfer)
by Ellis William Roberts
Lady Margaret Rachel Hamilton-Russell (née Scott; 5 April 1874 – 27 January 1938) was an English golfer who was a dominant player in early women's golf. She won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895.[1]
Scott was born at No. 1. Hamilton Place, Mayfair,[2] the fourth of seven children born to John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon and his wife Henrietta Turner.[3] Several of her brothers were also golfers; Michael Scott won The Amateur Championship in 1933 towards the end of a long career, Osmund Scott was the runner-up in the same tournament in 1905, and Denys Scott also played.[1]
In her first two championship wins, Lady Margaret Scott beat Issette Pearson, the founder and first Secretary of the Ladies' Golf Union.[4] She won by 7 & 5 in 1893 and 3 & 2 in 1894, then beat Emma Lythgoe 5 & 4 in 1895. Thereafter, Scott retired from competitive golf.
In 1897, she married the Hon. Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, younger brother of 9th Viscount Boyne. She died in 1938 in London at the age of 63.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Obituary: Death of the First Lady Champion". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 31 January 1938. p. 7.
- ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 8 April 1874. p. 1.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 475. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Pottle, Mark. "Pearson [married name Miller], (Frances) Issette Jessie (1861–1941), golfer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65150. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
[edit]- Hutchinson, Horace G. (May 1915). "Fifty Years of Golf part 13" (PDF). Golf Illustrated & Outdoor America. pp. 34–35.
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