Mabel Bramwell Parton (22 July 1881 – 12 August 1962) was a British tennis player who won a bronze medal at the

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in Stockholm. Parton had won a place in the semi-final but lost to

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, she then won the bronze medal final 6–3, 6–3 against

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of Sweden.

Family life

Parton was born on 22 July 1881 at Hampstead in London as Mabel Bramwell Squire the daughter of Peter and Mabel Squire. Parton married firstly solicitor Ernest George Parton in 1906 and then tennis player Theodore Mavrogordato in 1924.

References

1881 births 1962 deaths English female tennis players Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis People from Hampstead Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis people from Greater London {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub