Julia Margaret "Daisy" St John (1877-1956) was an English international

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player.

Badminton career

Daisy born in 1877 was a three times winner of the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

. She won the women's 1899 All England Badminton Championships and

1900 All England Badminton Championships The 1900 All England Championships was the second annual badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 18–19 April 1900. Final results ...

mixed doubles and the

1901 All England Badminton Championships The 1901 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 10–11 April 1901. The men's and women's singles ...

women's doubles. The name Daisy was likely taken from her middle name Margaret. Her full name was Julia Margaret St.John. The evidence relating to her name is the fact that she was a member of the Ealing Club, as were her father

Richard Fleming St Andrew St John Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839–1919) of Ealing was an English orientalist. St John's works include readers and guides to the Burmese language, and papers and correspondence in journals of folklore and 'Asiatic studies'. Manuscrip ...

(Honorary Secretary of the English Badminton Association), younger sister Catherine Frances Muriel St.John and older brother Richard Stukeley St.John. The latter two competed as a mixed doubles pairing at the

References

English female badminton players 1877 births 1956 deaths Daisy {{England-badminton-bio-stub