Roger Mary
Sweetman
Male
Ireland
1874-08-15
Longtown, County Kildare, Ireland
1954-05-20
Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland
Roger M. Sweetman was the brother of fellow lawn tennis player Hugh M. Sweetman and the uncle of another player, (Hugh) Gerard Sweetman.
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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sweetman
Roger Mary Sweetman was the son of brewer Hugh Sweetman of Roebuck Hall, Dundrum, Dublin, from a Catholic family that became prosperous as brewers in the 18th century. His mother was Gertrude Blackney. He was educated at Downside School. He was called to the Bar from King’s Inns in 1898.
Sweetman’s cousin John Sweetman was an Irish Parliamentary Party MP from 1892 to 1895, who migrated to Sinn Féin and became its second president in 1908. When John declined on age grounds to stand in the 1918 UK general election in Wexford North, Roger stood instead and unseated Thomas Esmonde of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He joined the other Sinn Féin members by refusing to sit in the Westminster House of Commons and in January 1919 attended the inaugural meeting of the First Dáil at the Mansion House, Dublin, which proclaimed itself parliament of an Irish Republic.
In November 1920, breaking ranks with Sinn Féin, Sweetman wrote to the press calling for a truce and peace negotiations in the Irish War of Independence, and criticising Irish Republican Army actions, in particular the assassinations on Bloody Sunday. He was criticised for this when the Dáil next met on 25 January 1921. Two days later he announced his resignation as Teachta Dála [TD; member of the Irish parliament] because of his “radical disagreement with the majority… on a vital matter of policy”. He did not contest the June 1921 election. Thereafter he concentrated on farming, promoting use of Friesian cattle in dairy farming.
In May 1904 Sweetman married Katharine (Kathleen) Mary Kelly, daughter of Thomas Aliaga-Kelly. They lived in Herbert Park, Dublin, and later at Derrybawn House, Glendalough, County Wicklow. They had 11 children: 5 sons and 6 daughters, including Edmund Sweetman, a senator. A nephew, Gerard Sweetman, was Minister for Finance in the 1954–1957 coalition
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1905 - East of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Louis Meldon 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
w.o.
Round 1
George Alan Thomas 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Simon Frederick Scroope 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Neville Deed
5-7
1-6
6-2
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Simon Frederick Scroope 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
8-6
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Val Miley 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-3
6-4
Round 1
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
John Felix O'Connell (Jack) Miley
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Graham Adamson 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Richard Clifford 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-2
2-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
J.M. Roberts
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
H. Rowan
6-0
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Frederick Stokes 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
3-6
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Thomas Douglas Good 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-4
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
William Stewart Drapes 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-0
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Ernest George Parton
6-4
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-3
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Sydney Lawrence Fry
1-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
A.N. Other
7-5
6-4
Final
William Stewart Drapes 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
C.T. Stewart 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
8-6
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
C. Mallet
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Henry Johnston Carson
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Henry Vere Shirley Dillon
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Robert Malcolm Graham
6-4
6-2
Final
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Sydney Lawrence Fry
6-2
7-5
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
4-6
8-10
8-6
8-6
6-3
Round 1
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-3
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
William Stewart Drapes
6-4
6-2
9-7
Quarterfinals
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
James Cecil Parke
7-5
7-5
3-6
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-1
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Walter Herbert Boyd
0-6
9-7
9-7
ret.
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-1
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Étienne Durand
6-1
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Roger Mary Sweetman 1 *
Frederick William Payn
6-4
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Roger Mary Sweetman
6-4
9-7
3-0
ret.