Peggy Dawson-Scott (1920 – 1993), born Peggy Maccorkindale, was a British amateur

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player. Born in Oxfordshire, Dawson-Scott was active in the 1940s and 1950s. She reached the singles quarter-finals of the

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, beating sixth seed

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en route. Dawson-Scott's first marriage was to Scottish rugby union international William Penman in 1940. He was killed in

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while serving with the

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and she remarried in 1945 to Edward Dawson Scott.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson-Scott, Peggy 1920 births 1993 deaths British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Oxfordshire Sportspeople from Brentford