Rosamund Victoria Colman née; Salusbury (June 1885 – 1950) was a Welsh golf and tennis player and a member of the Salusbury family. She competed at the Wimbledon Championships

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and

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. She was active from 1905 to 1912 and won 18 career singles titles.

Tennis career

Rosamund was born in June 1885 on the Bach-y-graig Estate, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, the daughter of Edward Pemeberton Salusbury Esq and Julia Melville Smith. Rosamund started playing tournaments around 1904/5 though she mainly competed at events on the

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, the Italian Riviera, in Germany and in Switzerland. In 1909 she was residing in Dover, Kent, England. She competed at the

1910 Wimbledon Championships The 1910 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 20 June until 30 June.2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little ...

where she lost in the second round to

Winifred McNair Winifred McNair (née Winifred Margaret Slocock, 9 August 1877 – 28 March 1954) was a tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her women's doubles (partnering Kathleen McKane) gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Be ...

, and at the

1911 Wimbledon Championships The 1911 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 26 June until 8 July.2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little ( ...

where she reached the third round, but was beaten by Marie Hazel. Her main career singles successes include winning the

Italian Riviera Championships The Italian Riviera Championships also known as the San Remo International was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo ( ...

three times (1908, 1910, 1911), Eastern Germany Championships two times (1907–1908), the Mid-Kent Championships two times (1909–1910), the

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two times (1910–1911), the French Riviera Championships two times (1909–1910), Franzensbad (1906), Frankfurt-am-Main (1907), the

French Switzerland Championships The French Switzerland Championships or Championnats de Suisse romande was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905. It was first staged at the Le Montreux Palace Lawn Tennis Club, Le Montreux Palace Hot ...

(1908), Heiligendamm (1908), Les Avants Championship (1908), Nice Lawn Tennis Club Championships (1909), the

South of France Championships The South of France Championships its original name or Championnats du Sud de la France also known as the Championships of the South of France and the Championship of Southern France was a tennis event held from 1895 through 1971 it was originall ...

(1910) She was also a finalist at the Championships of Leipzig (1906), Swiss International Championships (1906), Heiligendamm (1907), Wiesbaden Championship (1907),

German International Championships The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ...

(1908),

(1908)

(1909),

North of England Championships The North of England Championships and later known as the Rothmans Open North of England Championships (for sponsorship reasons), was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the North Yorkshire Tournament. It was mainly ...

(1910), Cannes Championships (1911),

Golf career

She was also The Lady Golf Champion of Switzerland (1907–1908).

Family

She was the daughter of Edward Pemeberton Salusbury Esq (born 2 November 1854), Captain and Hon. Major 3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry. Her mother was Julia Melville Smith she was the daughter of James White Smith of Kathali, Bengal, British India. Her parents married on 2 January 1884. Their second child was Edward Clare Frederick Salusbury (born 10 May 1886) her brother. her great grandfather was John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury. She married Charles Frederick Colman, in September 1912 in

St Asaph, Denbighshire St Asaph (; cy, Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, making it the second-smallest city in Britain in terms of population and urban ...

. He died 1 February 1922.

References

External links

Free BMD Entry: Salusbury, Rosamund Victoria. St. Asaph.
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