![]() ![]() ![]() In 1928, while pregnant with Gervase, she entered into an affair with Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester – known informally as Harry – the son of George V, who became besotted with her during his trip to Kenya. She was married three times, taking the name Markham from her second husband, the wealthy Mansfield Markham, with whom she had a son, Gervase. Markham was regarded as a non-conformist. On her family's farm, she developed her knowledge of and love for horses, establishing herself as a trainer at the age of 17, after her father left for Peru. Markham spent an adventurous childhood learning, playing, and hunting with the local children. He built a horse racing farm in Njoro, near the Great Rift Valley between the Mau Escarpment and the Rongai Valley. When she was four years old, she moved with her father to Kenya, which was then colonial British East Africa. She had an older brother, Richard Alexander "Dickie" Clutterbuck (1900–1927). ![]() Markham was born in the village of Ashwell, in the county of Rutland, England, the daughter of Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck, a horse trainer, and Clara Agnes ( née Alexander) (1878–1952). She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, West with the Night. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America. ![]() Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. ![]()
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