Lady Jean Fforde

Lady Jean Fforde
DL
Born
Lady Jean Sybil Violet Graham

(1920-11-07)7 November 1920[1]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died13 October 2017(2017-10-13) (aged 96)
Spouse
John Fforde
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(m. 1947; div. 1957)​
FatherJames Graham

Lady Jean Sybil Violet Fforde DL (née Graham; 7 November 1920 – 13 October 2017), between 1954 and 1995 the 20th Countess of Arran, was a Scottish aristocrat and Arran landowner who worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. She is known for her 1994 auction of the feudal Earldom of Arran and 1,000 acres of farmland to pay for central heating in her island cottage.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. 10 November 1920. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Lady Jean Fforde". The Times. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Obituary - Lady Jean Fforde, aristocrat, Arran landowner and codebreaker at Bletchley Park". HeraldScotland. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.