William Runciman Thomson (1869)

Born 3 Jun 1869 in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland

Ancestors

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited. It has been added to by Alan Runciman using an extract (immediately following) from http://www.northberwick.org.uk/clubmakers_3.html#wrthomson.

WILLIAM R. THOMSON West Hove Golf Club, East Sussex UK

William Runciman Thomson born 3 June 1869, Old Manse, Dirleton son of George Thomson, gardener and his wife Margaret Runciman. He learned to play the game over the Archerfield course and caddied on the West Links, North Berwick. Thomson was appointed professional at Beckenham Golf Club, Woodside, Croydon (1897-1906). The course was laid out by Tom Dunn in 1892 on the old Croydon race course. At the opening Jack White from North Berwick played an exhibition match with J.H. Taylor which White won 2 & 1. Willie Thomson held the course record 72 for several years. In 1901 he attended a meeting to form the London and Counties Golf Professionals' Association. At the first AGM, on 2nd December 1901, the name was changed to 'The Professional Golfers' Association'. Thomson moved to Huntercombe Golf Club (1907-1916) and lived with his wife Annie and two children at 'The Nest' Henly-On-Thames, Oxfordshire. In 1916 he moved to West Hove Golf Club, Brighton East Sussex where he remained for over twelve years. The original course was situated between Hove and Portslade

Name

Name: William /Thomson/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1869

Place: Dirleton, , East Lothian, Scotland^[2]

Reference

Reference: 72987

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 03 AUG 2013

Prior to import, this record was last changed 03 AUG 2013 .

Ancestors of Interest

Ancestors of Interest: @SUB1@

Sources

• Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.

1. ↑ Source: #S3222
2. ↑ Source: #S3222

Acknowledgments

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