Francis Francis (golfer)

Francis was born in London in 1906, the son of Francis Francis IV, an English army officer,^[1] and his American wife, heiress Frances (Fannie) Evelyn Bostwick. Francis' half-sister was Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs through his mother's first marriage.

Francis was the grandson of industrialist and founding partner of Standard Oil, Jabez Bostwick, and the writer Francis Francis III. He was also the great-great-grandson of Henry Robinson Hartley, benefactor of the Hartley Institute, which would later become the University of Southampton.

Francis attended Rugby school. While at Rugby, he inherited a fortune from his grandmother.^[1]

Francis was a skilled golfer with a passion for high-octane sports, such as race car driving, flying, and motorboating.^[2]

Francis won the Swiss Open in 1936. He also won the Dutch International Amateur Golf Championship in 1935 and 1936,^[3] the Surrey Amateur Golf Championship in 1936,^[3] and was runner up in the French International Amateur Championship in 1934, the Belgian Open Amateur Championship in 1934 and 1935, and the Dutch Open in 1936. He represented England in the Home Internationals in 1936. In 1937, he was invited to play in the Masters Tournament, which would later become recognised as one of golf's four major championships.

In 1958, at the age of 52, he won the Swiss International Amateur Golf Championship.^[1] He won the title again in 1960.

• 1935 Addington Foursomes (with Auguste Boyer), Dutch International Amateur Championship
• 1936 Swiss Open, Dutch International Amateur Championship, Surrey Amateur Golf Championship
• 1938 Sunningdale Foursomes (with Leonard Crawley)
• 1958 Swiss International Amateur Championship
• 1960 Swiss International Amateur Championship