Violet Baddeley Explained

Violet Baddeley
Birth Date:	22 February 1902^[1]
Birth Place:	Kensington, London
Death Date:	January 1989 (aged 86)
Death Place:	Hampshire
Country:	England

Violet Maude Baddeley married name Violet Engelbach (1902-1989) was an English international badminton player.

Badminton career

Baddeley twice reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships. In 1922 she reached the final partnering A. M. Head and in 1927 she reached the final with D. Myers.^{[2] [3]}

Family

She was the daughter of the famous tennis player Herbert Baddeley. In 1930 she married fellow badminton player Archibald Engelbach.^[4]

She remarried and died in 1989 as Violet Maude Thompson.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Index entry. 28 March 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
2. News: Badminton . Pall Mall Gazette. 11 March 1922. Gale Primary Sources. 4 April 2021.
3. News: Badminton, Progress of All England Championships . Western Morning News. 5 March 1927. Gale Primary Sources. 4 April 2021.
4. Web site: Index entry. 4 April 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.