Issette Pearson

Issette Pearson
in her 30s
Personal information
Full name Frances Issette Jessie Pearson
Born (1861-11-02)November 2, 1861
Littlehempston, Devon, England
Died April 25, 1941(1941-04-25) (aged 79)
Singleton, Lancashire, England
Spouse Thomas Horrocks Miller
Career
Status Amateur

Frances Issette Jessie Pearson, known as Issette, (2 November 1861 – 25 April 1941) was an English golfer and the first honorary secretary of the Ladies Golf Union which was founded in 1893.[1]

Personal life

Pearson was born at Gatcombe House, Littlehempston, near Totnes, Devon.[1] Her given names were Mable Frances, but she used the names Frances Issette Jessie and was known as Issette. She married Thomas Horrocks Miller (1846–1916) in 1911.[1]

Golf career

Pearson reached the final of the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in the first two years of its existence, 1893 and 1894, losing to Lady Margaret Scott on each occasion.[2]

Legacy

While telegraphic addresses were in use the LGU's address was "Issette".[1] A brand of ladies' golfwear is named "Issette" in her memory.[3][4] She founded a cup and a handicap system that allowed men and women of mixed abilities to compete together.[5]

Publications

  • The Ladies' Golf Union year book / compiled and edited by the Hon. Sec. Ladies' Golf Union (I. Pearson). (London : Ladies' Golf Union, 189?)[6]
  • Our Lady of the Green. A book of ladies' golf. With chapters by I. Pearson, A. B. Pascoe and others. Edited by L. Mackern and M. Boys. (London : Lawrence & Bullen, 1899)[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pottle, Mark. "Pearson [married name Miller], (Frances) Issette Jessie (1861–1941), golfer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65150. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "Mrs T. H. Miller". The Times. 7 May 1941. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "About Issette". Issette. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Branding for Issette golfwear". Mark Design Limited. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ↑ history of SLCGA, Retrieved 18 May 2017
  6. ↑ "Catalogue record: LGU year book". British Library. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Catalogue record: Our lady of the green..." British Library. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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