Dr Thomas Bowen
Pedlow
Male
Ireland
1866-07-09
County Armagh, Ireland
1952-07-12
Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland
From The British Medical Journal, 2 August 1952:
Obituary – Dr Thomas B. Pedlow
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow, who died at Lurgan, Co. Armagh, on June 16, in his 87th year, was educated at Lurgan College and at the old Queen’s College, Belfast, where he graduated M.B., B.Ch. in 1892. He was a grand sportsman, and while still an undergraduate he won a rugby cap, playing three-quarters for Ireland in 1889.
A tennis enthusiast, he promoted the game in Ulster and won many prizes at tournaments held throughout the province, and took a great interest in the coaching of the younger generation. He kept up the game until he was 80 years of age, and had been heard to say that when he could no longer play tennis he had no wish to live. He was a former president of the All-Ireland Tennis Association.
Dr Pedlow conducted an extensive practice in Lurgan and was respected by all. He held the position of visiting surgeon to Lurgan Hospital from 1919 to 1948. He was medical officer to the Post Office, medical officer to the rugby union club, and had held the appointment of factory surgeon. He was an active member of the British Medical Association for 58 years and was honorary treasurer of the old Ulster Branch from 1927 to 1937, and president of the Northern Ireland Branch in 1937-8. He was also at one time a member of the central war emergency committee.
Outside his professional and sporting activities Dr Pedlow was an eminent freemason. All his life he was a strict teetotaller and a non-smoker. He never drove a car and did all his rounds on a bicycle.
Dr Pedlow’s wife, who predeceased him, was a sister of the famous James Cecil Parke, a rugby international, who also won his singles match for Great Britain in the Davis Cup in 1912. They are survived by three daughters and one son, Dr Robert Pedlow, who is in general practice at Lurgan. Their eldest daughter, Dr Olive Mary Darling, practises in Belfast and is anaesthetist to the Samaritan Hospital in that city.
1891 - 1910
0
13
6
Semifinals
Russell McWilliam 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
Dr Seton Sidney Pringle
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
Mr. B.P.
7-5
0-6
6-4
Final
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-3
6-1
5-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
Dr Seton Sidney Pringle
6-4
5-7
6-3
Semifinals
Robert Manning Gilbert 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-1
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
H.A. Crawford
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
T. Gahan
8-6
6-4
Final
G. Carruthers 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
?
Round 1
Robert William Pringle 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow 1 *
J.S. Hamilton
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
T. Gahan 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-4
8-6
Final
E.P. Roe 1 *
Dr Thomas Bowen Pedlow
6-3
6-2
6-2