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b. Beryl Clutterbuck 26 October 1902 in Rutland but moved to 'British East Africa' (Kenya) when she was 4. Married three times; the second of these was to Mansfield Markham in 1927, although she was briefly engaged to the Hon. Robert Fraser Watson, later of the ATA: see https://www.ata-ferry-pilots.org/index.php/category-blog-1941/1141-watson-robert-fraser "A serial story with the facts set down, but with all the explanations provocatively left out, has been running since Friday of last week in newspaper columns. It is a disappointing story in one way, for the last chapter leaves the reader with an unsatisfied middle-chapter curiosity. The first instalment appeared on Friday 22 April 1927. Here it is:— “The Hon. R. F. Watson and Mrs. Purves. “The engagement is announced between the Hon. Robert Fraser Watson, second son of the late Lord Manton and Claire Lady Manton, of Offchurch, Bury, Leamington Spa, and Beryl, only daughter of Mr, C. B. Clutterbuck, late of Njoro, Kenya Colony, and of Mrs Kirkpatrick, of Sey, Kenya Colony.” Tuesday's instalment (23 August) brought a complication, for it announced that “the marriage arranged between the Hon. R. F. Watson and Mrs. B. Purves will now not take place.” The serial concluded yesterday, only three days later, with the announcement :— “Mr. M. Markham and Mrs. Purves. “The engagement is announced from Kenya Colony between Mansfield Markham, second son of the late Sir Arthur Markham, Bt., and Beryl, only daughter of the late Mr, C. B. Cluttterbuck and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, of kenya Colony.”.
Began flying in 1931, but it wasn't until 1936 that she made headlines by being the first person to fly solo from England to North America. Her autobiography, West with the Night, sold over a million copies. d. 3 August 1986, aged 83 |
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