Mavis Hamilton

Mavis Hamilton
Hamilton as part of the Irish Leinster Interprovincial Badminton team 1936
Personal information
Country Ireland
Born14 September 1911
Rathdowney, County Laois
Died1958 (aged 47)

Mavis Henrietta Irene Hamilton married name Mavis Macnaughton (1911–1958), was a female Irish badminton international.

Badminton career

Mavis born in 1911[1] won three Scottish Open titles (including two singles) and four Irish Open titles (three under her married name of Macnaughton).

Family

Mavis came from a famous sporting playing family. Her father Blayney Hamilton was a badminton and cricket international, her uncle William Drummond Hamilton represented Ireland at cricket and tennis, another uncle Willoughby Hamilton was world ranked number one at tennis at one time and a third uncle Francis Cole Lowry Hamilton played cricket for Ireland. In addition two of her siblings were badminton internationals (Willoughby Hamilton and Arthur Hamilton).[2][1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ireland, Census, 1911". Ancestry.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Willoughby J. Hamilton – One of Ireland's greatest tennis players". Tennis Warehouse.
  3. ^ "Welcome page". Badminton Ireland Museum.


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