Edward Hawthorn
{{Short description|English badminton player}}
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Ernest Edward Shedden Hawthorn (1878–1951) was an English international badminton player.
Badminton career
Born in 1878 in Sussex he joined the Crystal Palace badminton club after becoming involved in badminton. He was a prominent player before the First World War winning two All England titles.{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Pat|title=Guinness Book of Badminton|year=1983|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-271-X}} After retiring in 1928 he became vice-president of the badminton Association and was chairman from 1936 to 1947. He died on 4 December 1951 at his home in Beckenham, Kent, at the age of 73.{{cite web|url=http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=2717§ionTitle=Edward+Hawthorn#.Vj8i7dLhAdU|title=Edward Hawthorn|publisher=Badminton England|access-date=2015-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011033026/http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=2717§ionTitle=Edward+Hawthorn#.Vj8i7dLhAdU|archive-date=2015-10-11|url-status=dead}}
He was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/98143396/Badminton-in-the-1930|title=Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport|publisher=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/|title=UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, Southampton, England 1926|publisher=Ancestry UK}}
Medal Record at the [[All England Badminton Championships]]
Personal life
He was an insurance broker by trade and lived in Beckenham, Kent.
References
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{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Men}}
{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Mixed}}
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Category:English male badminton players
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