nee Binney Father: James Binney JP, Sherriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1903, "a well known sportsman", Mother: Lady Violet Louisa Marjory Binney, (d. 1923) of Pampisford Hall, Cambridgeshire "A grand-daughter of the Fifth Marquis of Ailesbury" Ed. Heathfield School, Ascot
m. 24 May 1934 in Pampisford, Capt. (later Sir) Cennydd George Traherne - "Mr. Traherne is a popular figure in social circles. He rides with the Glamorgan Hunt and races frequently at point-to-point meetings. He is a graduate of Oxford, and is at present reading for the Bar at the Inner Temple." - Western Mail prev exp: 20hrs on Moths, Tiger, DH Swallow In 1938, they lived in the "largish mansion in Ennismore Gardens, Kensington" belonging to Lady du Bunsen, the mother of fellow ATA pilot Mary du Bunsen. Address in 1942: Coedarhydglyn, "formerly Old Coedarhydyglyn (meaning 'the wood along the glen') is a private Grade I listed neo-classical regency villa and estate on the western rim of Cardiff" - Wikipedia "Her chief inbterests are agriculture, farming, and riding"
[Contract Terminated] [Cennydd Traherne was later Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. He inherited Coedarhydglyn Estate as a four-year-old, and in 1937 acquired the nearby 2,274-acre Duffryn Estate and gifted it to the Welsh Nation; it is now managed by the National Trust.] Later, President of the Glamorgan Division of the Red Cross, and Commodore of the Sea Rangers. OBE in 1980. d. 22 Oct 1986 - Australia
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Cennydd in 1937
