Played in 1969 at Richmond

Primrose Westcombe (1926 – 2024) was a member of Kingston Chess Club covering at least the period between 1969 and 1973. We only became reacquainted with this fact following the recent discovery of a 1973 newspaper article which profiled the club and mentioned Primrose as the only female member of the club. She was from the Knight’s Park area of Kingston.

Primrose Westcombe was the daughter of a military officer Captain Lawrence Haynes Adams. She married her first husband Alexander Douglas Frederick Campbell (1927-2004) in 1950 in Thanet with whom she had three children: Alex, Katie and Niall. Her second husband was Norman George Westcombe (1912-79). In 1984, she married her third husband, Sir Lawrence Monck Middleton (1912-1999) the 10th Baronet Middleton, of Belsay Castle, Northumberland. On his death, his baronetcy became extinct. She died peacefully in Somerton in Somerset on Saturday 10th February 2024, aged 97 years.

Obituary notices (21 Feb 2024): Daily Telegraph and Western Gazette (Glastonbury)
Online funeral notice.

We are grateful to Richard James for having provided us with this game from his records.