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Beryl Markham (26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a British-born Kenyan aviator (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. During the pioneer days of aviation, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of the memoir ''West with the Night''. She also had an affair with Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. ==Early years== She was born Beryl Clutterbuck in the village of Ashwell, in the county of Rutland, England, the daughter of Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck, an accomplished horse trainer, and Clara Agnes (Alexander) Clutterbuck (1878–1952).〔Lovell, Mary S., ''Straight on Till Morning'', New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987, p. 3〕 She had an older brother, Richard Alexander "Dickie" Clutterbuck (1900–1927). When she was four years old, her father moved the family to Kenya, which was then colonial British East Africa. He purchased a farm in Njoro near the Great Rift Valley, and worked for Hugh Cholmondeley. Although her mother disliked the isolation and promptly returned to England, Beryl stayed in Kenya with her father, where she spent an adventurous childhood learning, playing, and hunting with the local children. Later, after both women had spent time in England, Beryl and her mother - now called Kirkpatrick - found themselves back in Kenya, living near to each other in the small expatriate community. Beryl would greet her two new half-brothers, but never quite forgave her mother. On her family's farm, she developed her knowledge of and love for horses. Barely an adult, she became the first licensed female racehorse trainer in Kenya. She rapidly became a successful and renowned figure among the racing community of Kenya. Impetuous, single-minded and beautiful, Markham was admired and described as a noted non-conformist, even in a colony known for its colourful eccentrics. She was married three times, taking the name Markham from her second husband, the wealthy Mansfield Markham, with whom she had a son, Gervase. She is believed to have had an unconcealed 1929 affair with the Duke of Gloucester, the son of George V. The Windsors allegedly cut the romance short. Hubert Broad had an affair with Beryl Markham and he was named by Mansfield Markham as the co-respondent in the divorce.〔()〕 After her Atlantic crossing, she returned to be with Broad. He was also a great influence in her flying career. She befriended the Danish writer Karen Blixen during the years that Baroness Blixen was managing her family's coffee farm in the Ngong hills outside Nairobi. When Blixen's romantic connection with the hunter and pilot Denys Finch Hatton was winding down, Markham started her own affair with him. He invited her to tour game lands on what turned out to be his fatal flight, but Markham supposedly declined because of a premonition of her flight instructor, British pilot Tom Campbell Black.〔Markham, Beryl, ''West with the Night'', North Point Press, 1983, p. 194〕 Sara Wheeler, in her biography of Finch Hatton, notes that she believes stories that Markham was pregnant by him at the time of his crash. Largely inspired by Tom Campbell Black, with whom she had a long-term affair, she took up flying. She worked for some time as a bush pilot, spotting game animals from the air and signalling their locations to safaris on the ground. She also mingled with the notorious Happy Valley set. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beryl Markham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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