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Edmund Williamson
Sutton-on-Sea/Matlock

Edmund Williamson, born in Ropsley, Lincolnshire, in 1852 worked for the Great Northern Railway and ended up as stationmaster at Bulwell Forest in Nottingham. When the Bulwell Forest club formed in 1887 he allowed it to use one of the rooms in the station house. His son Tom became a caddy at the course and ultimately its first professional in 1896. The club grew, Edmund became a member and ‘displayed considerable efficiency in the game’. When the club built its own clubhouse Edmund’s wife acted as steward assisted by their two daughters.

Tom had laid out a course in Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire and, when father Edmund retired from the railway in 1903, he went there as professional. In 1908 he became professional at Matlock before retiring to Ropsley in 1910. He died there on 19 October 1943.

Two other sons, Edmund jr and Hugh, were also professional golfers.

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