Sir William Henry
Mahon
Male
Ireland
1856-12-31
Castlegar, County Galway, Ireland
1926-08-13
Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
From The Times, 16 August 1926:
Obituary – Sir William H. Mahon
Sir William Henry Mahlon, Baronet, of Castlegar, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, died on Friday, in his 70th year. The second son of the Reverend Sir William Vesey Ross Mahon, rector of Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, he was born on December 3 1, 1856, and succeeded as fifth baronet in 1893.
In the South African War he commanded the 4th Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment, and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1901. Sir William was a magistrate for the West Riding and a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for County Galway, for which he was High Sheriff in 1898.
He married in 1905 the Honourable Edith Augusta Dillon, sister of Lord Clonbrock; she survives him with two sons and a daughter. He is succeeded by his elder son, George Edward John, born in 1911.
1881 - 1892
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69
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1890 - Hull Westbourne Avenue (Amateur)
1886 - Ilkley (Open)
1886 - Burton on Trent (Amateur)
1886 - Hull Westbourne Avenue (Amateur)
1885 - Hull Westbourne Avenue (Amateur)
Round 1
Dr Arthur Benjamin Carvosso 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Round 1
J.D. Brown 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
S. Millwaters
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Morris Dalton-Holmes 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Alexander Mallinson 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
H.C. Hargreaves
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Charles William Wade
5-7
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Ernest W. Fletcher
6-2
4-6
6-3
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Arthur Godfrey Pease
8-6
7-5
8-6
Challenge Round
David Davy 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
7-9
5-7
6-0
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Saint John Brown Killery
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Percy Harrison
6-3
6-2
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Geoffrey Meynell Heathcote-Hacker
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
C.E. Leigh
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Walton Turner Bradbury
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
David Davy 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
?
Round 1
Henry Guy Nadin 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
6-5
Round 2
Harold Weston Carlton 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
E.H. Powell
6-2
6-5
Quarterfinals
G.E. Lowe 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-5
6-2
Round 2
Charles William Wade 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-1
7-5
Round 2
William Drummond Hamilton 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
H.J. Maguire
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Joshua Francis Pim 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-0
7-5
6-3
Round 2
David Grainger Chaytor 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
1-6
6-2
2-6
6-1
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Harry Parker Marsh
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
George Graham Stewart Grundy
6-5
6-5
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
M. Pole
5-6
6-0
6-2
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Ernest W. Fletcher
6-3
4-6
3-6
6-3
6-5
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Henry Guy Nadin
6-3
6-5
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
H.E. Sugden
6-0
6-5
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Edward Evershed
6-3
6-3
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Lewin Venn Alexander
6-2
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
G.H. Blackburn
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Alexander Mallinson
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
F.W. Brown
6-4
5-6
6-5
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Ernest W. Fletcher
6-5
6-5
Final
John Thorneycroft Hartley 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
2-6
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
W. Luscombe
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Arthur Godfrey Pease
2-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Thomas Barton Holmes
4-6
6-4
6-3
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
L. Harrison
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 1
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-1
6-0
ret.
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-2
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alfred Henry Betham 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
6-3
5-6
6-5
Quarterfinals
F.H.A. Blake 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
bye
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Henry Oswald Wade
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
J.T. Jones
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
L. Harrison
6-2
6-4
Final
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Gilbert Mahon
w.o.
Round 1
Thomas Harrison Griffiths 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Richard Dudley Sears 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Francis Walter Raikes
6-5
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
J.E. Howe
6-4
6-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
H.P. Mason
4-6
6-0
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Minden Fenwick 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-3
4-6
6-5
0-6
6-5
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
S.E. Somerville
?
Semifinals
Rev. James Vesey Mahon 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
?
Round 1
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
E. Walker
2
sets
to
1
Round 2
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
F.J. Walker
2
sets
to
0
Quarterfinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
J.H. Fletcher
2
sets
to
0
Semifinals
Sir William Henry Mahon 1 *
Charles Vincent Wilks
2
sets
to
1
Final
James J. Harrison 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
2
sets
to
1
Round 1
P.J. Ashe 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
5-6
6-1
4-6
6-4
6-5