Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne

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Ernest de SH Browne (before 1903)

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne (born July 11, 1855 in England , † April 13, 1946 in Cheltenham ) was an Irish lawyer and tennis player.

Browne was born in 1855 to Major George Browne and his wife Susan Mary, noble son , and later attended Cheltenham College . From 1882 to 1885 he took part in the Wimbledon Championships , and reached there in 1885 the semi-finals, which he lost to Ernest Renshaw . In 1882 he won the Irish championships in singles and 1882-83 in mixed. He also won the title at the Scottish Championships from 1889 to 1891. In 1885 he married Ellen Augusta Ramsay. He later worked as a judge in King's County , Ireland.

Browne was a close friend of the brothers Ernest and William Renshaw . He died in 1946 in the resort of Cheltenham in the county of Gloucestershire .

Web links

Commons : Ernest Browne  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernest de sylly Hamilton Browne. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 1, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Wall Ford, E .: The county families of the United Kingdom. R. Hardwicke, London 1919, p. 176 ( online )
  3. ↑ Doherty, RF et al .: RF & HL Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker and Taylor Co., New York 1903, p. 173. ( online )
  4. ^ Myers, AW: Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York 1903, p. 180. ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Browne, Ernest de Sylly Hamilton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browne, Ernest; Browne, Ernest de SH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish lawyer and tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH England , UK
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1946
Place of death Cheltenham , England , UK