Marguerite Dockrell
{{Short description|Irish swimmer (1912–1983)}}
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| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|9|9|1912|3|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = Weymouth, Dorset, England
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Marguerite Dockrell (10 March 1912 – 9 September 1983) was an Irish swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48292 |title=Marguerite Dockrell |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 March 2022}} She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/marguerite-dockrell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/marguerite-dockrell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Marguerite Dockrell Olympic Results |accessdate=7 September 2016}}
Early life
Marguerite Dockrell was born on 10 March 1912 in Blackrock, County Dublin.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Hilary |title=Sports references |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/marguerite-dockrell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/marguerite-dockrell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=SR/Olympic Sports |access-date=19 November 2019}} Marguerite and the rest of the Dockrell family lived at Danvers House. Which was previously owned by a flower arranger and cookery expert Constance Spry.{{cite book|title=Constance Spry: A biography W. Luscombe, 1975|last1=Coxhead|first1=Elizabeth|date=1975|publisher=William Luscombe|isbn=0860020738}} She mentions the house in her memoirs. She attended Alexandra college like both her mother and grandmother Margaret Dockrell.
Family life
Dockrell was the third child of Henry Morgan Dockrell{{cite web |title=Henry Morgan Dockrell. Oireachtas Members Database |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Henry-Morgan-Dockrell.D.1932-03-09/ |website=Oireachtas Members Database |publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=19 November 2019}} and Alice Evelyn Dockrell. Her older brother Maurice E. Dockrell{{cite web |title=Maurice E. Dockrell. Oireachtas Members Database |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Maurice-E-Dockrell.D.1943-07-01/ |website=Oireachtas Members Database |publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=19 November 2019}} and younger brother Percy Dockrell{{cite web |title=Mr. Henry Percy Dockrell. Oireachtas Members Database |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/14 |website=Oireachtas Members Database |publisher=Oireacthas Members database |access-date=19 November 2019}} were both Fine Gael politicians. Her father Henry Morgan Dockrell was also a politician. She had a very sporty family with her uncle George Dockrell swimming in the 1908 Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=George Dockrell Sports references |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/george-dockrell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/george-dockrell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=SR/Olympic Sports |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=19 November 2019}} Her eldest brother Hayes was part of the water polo team at the 1928 Olympics.{{cite web |title=Hayes Dockrell Sports Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/hayes-dockrell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/hayes-dockrell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=SR/Olympic Sports |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=19 November 2019}} Her youngest brother was a well-known orthodontist and he had a bursary named after him.{{cite web |title=Orthodontist, administrator who was noted for sharp wit |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/orthodontist-administrator-who-was-noted-for-sharp-wit-1.949880 |website=Irishtimes.ie |publisher=The Irish Times |access-date=19 November 2019}}
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Category:People from Blackrock, Dublin
Category:Olympic swimmers for Ireland
Category:Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers from Dublin (city)