| Edith Orr | |
| Fullname: | Edith Constance Orr |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Status: | Amateur |
Edith Constance Orr (19 September 1870 – 19 February 1955) was a Scottish amateur golfer. She won the Womens Amateur Championship at Gullane in 1897, beating her sister Theodora in the final.
In 1897, the Womens Amateur Championship was held in Scotland for the first time, at Gullane. There were 102 entries including 35 from Scotland. Orr won her first two matches 9&7 and 8&7 and then had 3&2 win over Miss Phillips from Royal Eastbourne.[1] [2] In the fourth round she beat Mrs Murray 3&2 and then had a 9&7 win over Blanche Anderson in the quarter-finals.[3] On the final day, Orr beat Maud Titterton by two holes in the semi-finals and then met her sister Theodora in the final, winning 4&3.<ref>News: Close of ladies' championship at Gullane . The Glasgow Herald . 29 May 1897 . 11.
Orr was born in September 1870 at 21 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, the daughter of John Orr, a thread manufacturer, and his wife Frances Bethia Adam.[4] John Orr died in February 1887.[5] [6] Frances Orr died in May 1913.[7] [8] Her older sister Theodora died suddenly in Edinburgh in October 1914.[9] Edith Orr died, unmarried, in February 1955.[10]