Roderick James McNair (25 November 1870 – 18 November 1944) was a British amateur

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player who competed at the turn of the 20th century. He married Winifred Margaret Slocock on 22 April 1908.

Tennis career

McNair reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...

and

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. * ...

. He also regularly competed at

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, reaching the semifinals in 1899 and 1907.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McNair, Roderick 1870 births 1944 deaths English male tennis players Tennis players from Greater London British male tennis players