Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (married name Ellen Hemsted) (1878–1958) was a British female badminton and tennis player. She has notably competed mainly in the All England Open Badminton Championships and

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. Ellen Mary is the first woman ever to serve overarm in the Ladies' singles at the

. Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown represented

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simultaneously in both international badminton competitions and Tennis competitions during the early 20th century (in 1900s). She competed at the

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

and

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

. Her notable achievement including the mixed doubles title victory along with F. S. Collier at 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 single ...

. She also competed at the

1906 All England Badminton Championships The 1906 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, London, England, from February 28 to March 3, 1906. Ethel Thomson and Meriel Lucas won a fourth women's doubles crown and third consec ...

. Ellen's great grandson, Tim Henman is a popular retired tennis player. Her granddaughter, Jane Henman is also a tennis player who represents

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in international level.

References

1878 births 1958 deaths English female badminton players British female tennis players Professional tennis players before the Open Era Place of birth missing {{UK-tennis-bio-stub