Willoughby Hamilton (1907–1971), was a male Irish badminton international, not to be confused with his uncle

Willoughby Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton (born as James Willoughby Hamilton; 9 December 1864 – 27 September 1943) was a co-world No. 1 Irish male tennis player, a footballer and international badminton player. Tennis career Hamilton played his first tournament ...

Badminton career

Willoughby born in 1907 won five Irish Open titles (including four singles) from 1929 to 1934. In addition he won seven Scottish Open titles) including three singles and five

Welsh International The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...

titles (including three singles).

Family

Willoughby came from a famous sporting playing family. His father Blayney Hamilton was a badminton and cricket international, his uncle William Drummond Hamilton represented Ireland at cricket and tennis, another uncle

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 his siblings were badminton internationals (

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and Mavis Hamilton).

References

Irish male badminton players 1907 births 1971 deaths Hamilton family (Ireland) {{Ireland-badminton-bio-stub