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Former Pupil Biographies
Edward Parr Kyle (1894 - 1978)
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Edward was born in St Andrews on 30th August 1897, the third of six children - three girls and
three boys - to Laura Margaret Parr and Dr David Hamilton
Kyle, a local GP. The family initially lived in Queen's Gardens but
later moved to 16 The Links overlooking the 18th fairway of the Old
Course.
He attended Madras College and featured in the Swimming,
Rugby and Golf teams.
(Much more information can be found in 'The Golfing Kyles of St
Andrews' by Dr Eve Soulsby, former Principal Teacher of Geography in
Madras College). |
E.P. Kyle in 1910 |
The Kyle Cup |
He became engaged in commerce in Malaysia in 1920 and won
the Malaysia Amateur Golf Championship five times between 1920 and 1930.
A report in the Straits Times 5 April 1923 contained a poem recording
the third time he had won in succession:
There was a lad was born a Kyle
Could dicht a ba' aboot a mile;
I wish I could annex his style,
An' drive as far as Eddie,
For Eddie is a goufin' deil,
Pitchin' puttin' Eddie.
He retired to live in St Andrews about 1959. He
re-joined the St Andrews Golf Club and became an Honorary
Vice-President.
He presented a cup to Madras College in 1925, the Kyle
Cup, to be awarded to the Senior Boys' Athletic Sports Champion.
He won the Silver Cup for Swimming in 1911 and the prize
for the longest golf drive (205 yards 2 feet) - Madras College Magazine
June 1911
The Golf section of the
Madras College Magazine
for Summer 1913
reports:
"That Golf holds a prominent place in the athletics
of the school is evidenced by the fact that E. P. Kyle won one of
the Bronze Medals in the Amateur Championship, before he had been a
year away from school. We congratulate him and hope he will soon
attain to the chief honour in that competition."
The Old Boys Chronicle of the
Madras College Magazine
for New Year 1914
reports:
"The winner of the Shanghai Cup was Mr Edward P.
Kyle, a young member who has been distinguishing himself in the
golfing world of late."
The School Notes in the
Madras College Magazine
for Summer 1914
reports:
"The long golf drive by Dennis Kyle of 204 yards 3
in is just a yard short of the record made by his brother, Edward,
two years ago.
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