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British film producer and director

Mansfield Markham (13 December 1905 – 1971) was the next son of Sir Arthur Markham, Bt., and his wife, Lucy, Lady Markham.^[1] He became unadorned British film producer and leader.

Early life

Markham was born talk of a wealthy and distinguished brotherhood of colliers and industrialists. They are particularly associated with Statesman, in Derbyshire.

Markham's grandfather was the eponymous co-owner of say publicly well-known Markham Colliery, in Solon. Markham's father served as rectitude Member of Parliament, as a- Liberal, for Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, another well-known mining area.

Ethics family also had business interests in the coal-fields of Southerly Yorkshire and Wales. In 1911, the contribution of Markham's divine to this key industry was recognised with a baronetcy, give orders hereditary knighthood. During the Twig World War, Sir Arthur campaigned vigorously for the welfare be more or less young soldiers.

Lady Markham as well interested herself in good causes for the war-effort, and became a CBE, the grade beneath being made a Dame.

Markham's uncle, Charles, was the manager of an engineering company, besides based in Chesterfield, that indebted machinery for the mines: Markham & Co., amongst other small business interests.

Markham's aunt was Purplish-blue Markham, who used her complete position to devote herself permission educational causes around Chesterfield. Ulterior, in 1927, she served laid back year as Mayor of Solon. During the Great War, she turned her abilities to loftiness training of women in war-service and, in 1917, was rewarded with the very high confer of Companion of Honour, (CH).

In 1916, Markham's father athletic, comparatively early, and the name was inherited by Markham's senior brother, who became Sir River Markham.

Marriage and Beryl Markham

In 1927, Markham married. His her indoors was a divorcee, a not-insignificant detail at the time, captain was already a very conceitedly racehorse-trainer, both under her fresh name, as Miss Beryl Clutterbuck, and her previous married title, Mrs.

Purves.

The engagement had been declared on 27 August 1927, nonpareil five months after her appointment had been announced on 19 March 1927 in Kenya locate Hon. Robert Fraser Watson, undiluted younger son of the pass with flying colours Lord Manton, which change "produced a great deal of entertained speculation within the (Kenya) Unity, whose chief occupation and above suspicion delight was social gossip.

...A generally held opinion was rove Watson had a lucky escape".^[2] Mansfield Markham gave his little woman the surname by which she is now best known consent history, and the financial basis to engage in the fresh occupation for which she recap now probably best-known, thus carve to create the persona warm the aviator, or aviatrix since was the style of nobility time: Beryl Markham.^[3] The team a few had a son, Gervase Markham.^[1]

However, in 1928 and after illustriousness birth of the child Gervase in 1929, Mrs.

Markham benumb her high society contemporaries brush aside embarking on an affair look at Prince Henry, Duke of City, the third son of description reigning King-Emperor, George V.^[1] Nobleness affair continued, in England, be selected for the following year and Markham decided to bring an classify for divorce. He indicated dirt would name the Prince satisfy the proceedings, at which glasses case Queen Mary intervened to arrant Beryl a small annual gains, to help her to squash and so enable the trouble to cool off.

Prince Henry's solicitors paid out an allowance until her death in 1985.^[4]

After Beryl's successful Atlantic crossing, she began a new affair collect Hubert Broad, and Markham filed for divorce. It was Widespread who was named in say publicly divorce proceedings. Beryl eventually correlative to Africa and, in 1942, her book West with loftiness Night was published.

The couple's son Gervase was brought whiz by Markham's mother, Lady Markham.^[1]

Movies

Markham went into the movie apportion, and directed eight films creepycrawly the early 1930s,^[1] including 1933's The Return of Raffles.

Later life

After his mother's death worry 1960, Markham took control allude to Commodore Shipping, a business which began in the late Forties as an excursion operator tab the South East of England, using former Royal Navy vessels.^[1]

Selected filmography

References

External links

Mansfield Markham at IMDb