Rosamund Colman

Rosamund Victoria Colman^[1] née; Salusbury (June 1885 – 1950) was a Welsh golf and tennis player and a member of the Salusbury family. She competed at the Wimbledon Championships 1910 and 1911.^[2] She was active from 1905 to 1912 and won 18 career singles titles.

Rosamund Colman

Rosamund Victoria Salusbury in 1909
Full name	Rosamund Victoria Collmann
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	June 1885 Bach-y-graig, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
Died	1950 Dover, Kent, England
Turned pro	1905 (amateur)
Retired	1912
Singles
Career record	80–33 (70.8%)
Career titles	18
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	3R (1911)

Tennis career

Rosamund was born June 1885 on the Bach-y-graig Estate,^[3] St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales,^[4] the daughter of Edward Pemeberton Salusbury Esq and Julia Melville Smith.^[5] Rosamund started playing tournaments around 1904/5 though she mainly competed at events on the French Riviera circuit, the Italian Riviera, in Germany and in Switzerland. In 1909 she was residing in Dover, Kent, England.

She competed at the 1910 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in the second round to Winifred McNair,^[6] and 1911 Wimbledon Championships where she reached the third round, but was beaten by Marie Hazel.^[7]

Her main career singles successes include winning the Italian Riviera Championships three times (1908, 1910, 1911),^[8] Eastern Germany Championships two times (1907–1908), the Mid-Kent Championships two times (1909–1910), the Monte Carlo Championships two times (1910–1911),^[9] the French Riviera Championships two times (1909–1910), Franzensbad (1906), Frankfurt-am-Main (1907), the French Switzerland Championships (1908), Heiligendamm (1908), Les Avants Championship (1908), Nice Lawn Tennis Club Championships (1909), the South of France Championships (1910)

Also a finalist at the Championships of Leipzig (1906), Swiss International Championships (1906), Heiligendamm (1907), Wiesbaden Championship (1907),^[10] German International Championships (1908), South of France Championships (1908) French Switzerland Championships (1909), North of England Championships (1910), Cannes Championships (1911),

Golf career

She was also The Lady Golf Champion of Switzerland (1907–1908).^[11]

Family

She was the daughter of Edward Pemeberton Salusbury Esq (born 2 November 1854), Captain and Hon. Major 3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry.^[12] Her mother was Julia Melville Smith she was the daughter of James White Smith of Kathali, Bengal, British India.^[13] Her parents married on 2 January 1884.^[14] Their second child was Edward Clare Frederick Salusbury (born 10 May 1886) her brother.^[15] her great gradfather was John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury.^[16] She married Charles Frederick Colman, in September 1912 in St Asaph, Denbighshire.^[17] He died 1 February 1922.

References

1. Description of 'Hester Lynch Piozzi, née Salusbury, afterwards Thrale, Thrale-Piozzi Manuscripts, (1732–1854). Custodial History (1931–1936). Mrs. Rosamund V. Colman. (19. University of Manchester Library. GB 133 TPM' on the Archives Hub website, [1], (date accessed 16 May 2023)
2. "Player Profile: R.V.Salusbury". Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
3. "Salusbury, Sailsbury, Salesbury family, of Lleweni and Bachygraig". The Dictionary of Welsh Biography. The National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
4. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
5. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. pp. 1315, 1416.
6. "R.V. Salusbury (GBR) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
7. "R.V. Salusbury (GBR) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
8. "LAWN TENNIS AT SAN REMO: Italian Riviera Ladies' Open Singles Championship of San Remo. —Final Round : Miss R. V. Salusbury beat Miss Bridgewater (6–1, 6–0)". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 20 February 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
9. "MONTE CARLO LAWN TENNIS:Monday.—The final of the ladies' singles, the only .outstanding match in the level events, was decided to-day, when Miss R. V. Salusbury beat Miss M. Brooksmith (4–6, 6—2, 6–2)". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 1 March 1910. p. 14. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
10. "LAWN TENNIS. WIESBADEN TOURNAMENT: The Ladies Wiesbaden Championship went to Frau Nerescheimer, who beat Miss Salusbury after good match, while Simond and Wilding won the Gentlemen's Open Doubles". Morning Post. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 11 May 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
11. "National Library of Wales Viewer:Miss Salusbury (daughter of the late Major Salusbury, owner of the Bachygraig Estate) she holds the titles of "The Lady Golf Champion of Switzerland" ; of the "Ladies Suisse Romande" and, of "Les Avants Lawn Tennis Championships, 1908–09"". viewer.library.wales. The National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
12. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910)
13. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910)
14. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910)
15. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910)
16. University of Manchester Library
17. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

External links

• Free BMD Entry: Salusbury, Rosamund Victoria. St. Asaph.