Gwladys, Lady Delamere

The Lady Delamere
Mayor of Nairobi
In office
1938–1940
Preceded byJoseph Mortimer
Succeeded byErnest Albert Vasey
Personal details
Born
Gwladys Helen Beckett

17 January 1898
Cadogan Square
Died22 February 1943(1943-02-22) (aged 45)
Resting placeSoysambu Conservancy
Spouses
Sir Charles Markham
(m. 1920; div. 1927)
(m. 1928; died 1931)
Parents
  • Rupert Evelyn Beckett
  • Muriel Paget
RelativesHenry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (great-grandfather)

Gwladys Helen Cholmondeley, Baroness Delamere, CBE (née Beckett; 17 January 1898 – 22 February 1943),[1] formerly Lady Markham, was the first female Mayor of Nairobi from 1938 to 1940. She was awarded her CBE in 1941 for public services in Kenya. In March 1941 she gave evidence at the trial in Kenya of Sir Henry John Delves Broughton for the murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll. She died on 22 February 1943 and was buried at Soysambu.

  1. ^ "Gwladys Helen Beckett". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.