Marjorie Barrett

Marjorie Barrett born Lucy Marjory East was an English badminton player. She started playing badminton in the village of Shaldon in Devon where Meriel Lucas was a member. After becoming a member of the Crystal Palace Club she married Frederick Barrett in 1915.[1] The left hander became a force after the war and secured five All England singles titles.[2] Her husband died in 1932 and she remarried in 1949 to another badminton player Percy Macfarlane. She died in 1968, aged 79 in Newton Abbott

Marjorie Barrett
Personal information
Country England

Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships

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Medal Year Event
1926Women's singles
1927Women's singles
1929Women's singles
1930Women's singles
1931Women's singles
1928Women's doubles
1929Women's doubles
1930Women's doubles
1932Women's doubles

References
  1. "Mrs Barrett". Badminton England.
  2. Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  3. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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