1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship three games to nil before securing the Open Championship with a hard fought second leg win. 1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship The 1947 Open Championship was between the defending champion Jim Dear of the Queen's Club and the professional champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt. The Amateur Championships returned in December 1946 and the Professional Championships returned in March 1947, so there had not been time to organise a 1946 Open Championships. However the first leg of the 1947 Open Championships finally took place on 17 December at the Lansdowne Club with the second leg held at the Royal Automobile
Alexander Mackay (British Army officer) his death). Mackay was elected at the 1761 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutherland, succeeding his brother George. As part of an electoral agreement between the Mackays and the Duke of Sutherland, he stood down from Sutherland at the 1768 election, and was returned instead for Tain Burghs. He resigned his seat in March 1773, by the procedural device of accepting appointment to the sinecure of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Alexander Mackay (British Army officer) General Alexander Mackay (1717 – 31 May 1789) was a Scottish soldier in the British Army, and a politician. The