Angela Buxton

Angela Buxton

• England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005
• Marriage date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1959
• Marriage place: St Marylebone, London, England
• Spouse (implied): Donald Silk

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Angela Buxton (16 August 1934 – 14 August 2020) was a British tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner, Althea Gibson

Buxton was born in Liverpool on 18 August 1934, one of two children born to Harry and Violet (Greenberg) Buxton. Her grandparents on both sides were Jews who had immigrated to England from Russia. She was raised partly in South Africa. Buxton's father owned a successful cinema chain in northwestern England, which allowed her to attend boarding school at Gloddaeth Hall. While there, a coach noticed her tennis ability and urged her to acquire more training.

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Buxton played little after 1956, as a wrist injury shortened her career. She married attorney Donald Silk, later the president of Great Britain’s Zionist Federation, and had three children. She also designed clothes and enjoyed a journalism career. After her marriage ended, she and longtime coach-companion Jimmy Jones started a tennis academy.