Lady Margaret Rachel Scott (5 April 1874 – 27 January 1938) was a dominant player in early women's golf

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, who won the first three British Ladies Amateurs in 1893, 1894, and 1895.

Scott was a daughter of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon

Earl of Eldon

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, and the fourth of seven children. Several of her brothers were also golfers; Michael Scott

Michael Scott (golfer)

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 won The Amateur Championship

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 in 1933 towards the end of a long career, Osmund Scott was the runner-up in the same tournament in 1905, and Denys Scott also played.http://www.thepeerage.com/p3518.htm#i35176

In her first two championship wins, Lady Margaret Scott beat Issette Pearson, the founder and first Secretary of the Ladies' Golf Union

Ladies' Golf Union

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. She won by 7 & 5 in 1893 and 3 & 2 in 1894, then beat Emma Lythgoe 5 & 4 in 1895. Thereafter, Scott retired from competitive golf.

She married the Hon. Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell in 1897, and died in 1938 at the age of 63.

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