Rhona Adair
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| Born | 2 September 1881 Cookstown, Ireland |
| Died | 27 March 1961 (aged 79) |
| Children | two |
| Parent(s) | Hugh and (Mary) Augusta Lee Adair (née Graves) |
Rhona Kathleen Adair (2 September 1881 – 27 March 1961) was an
Life
Adair was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. She was the daughter of keen golfers Hugh Adair and (Mary) Augusta Lee Adair (née Graves). Her father manufactured linen but he and her mother captained golf teams.[1]
Along with
She played several golfing exhibition matches on a 1903 tour of the United States. While there she befriended
In October 1906, Adair married Algernon Cuthell, an army Captain from West Yorkshire and gave up her career in competitive golf to raise two children in Aldershot. Cuthell was killed in action in the Dardanelles during World War I.[1] After he died she returned to Ireland where she remained supportive of women's golf and rose to be president of the Irish Ladies Golf Union; she was president in 1961 when she died at Portrush in County Antrim.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press". dib.cambridge.org. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-894827-01-5)
- ^ Gilleece, Dermot (23 June 2001). "Old Tom had plenty to be worried about". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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