Marjorie Barrett

Marjorie Barrett born Lucy Marjory East (1889-1968) was an English badminton player.

Marjorie Barrett
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born1889[1]
Camberwell
Died1968(1968-00-00) (aged 78–79)
Newton Abbott

Biography

She started playing badminton in the village of Shaldon in Devon where Meriel Lucas tutored her.[2] After becoming a member of the Crystal Palace Club she married Frederick Barrett in 1915.[3] The left hander became a force after the war and secured five All England singles titles.[4]

Her husband died in 1932 and she remarried in 1949 to another badminton player Percy Macfarlane. She died in 1968, aged 79 in Newton Abbott. Her brother Frederick Arthur Dudley East married Dorothy Lyon, another leading badminton player at the time.[5]

Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships

[6]

Medal Year Event
Gold medal – first place1926Women's singles
Gold medal – first place1927Women's singles
Gold medal – first place1929Women's singles
Gold medal – first place1930Women's singles
Gold medal – first place1931Women's singles
Gold medal – first place1928Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1929Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1930Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1932Women's doubles

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. "The Queen". Middlesex County Times. 27 January 1912. Retrieved 3 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Mrs Barrett". Badminton England.
  4. Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  5. "The Queen". Middlesex County Times. 27 January 1912. Retrieved 3 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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