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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th September 1898, or 1895, Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm was born at Woollahra, Sydney, youngest child and only daughter of grazier Harry Chisholm and his wife Margaret Mackellar. Her family moved to Sydney in 1912, she attended Kambala School for Girls.
In 1914 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 15) and her mother sailed to England on SS Mongolia. Their stay extended as a consequence of the outbreak of the First World War.
On 21st August 1915 John Peniston Milbanke 10th Baronet (age 42) was killed in action leading his men on Hill 70 at the farthest point reached by British troops at Suvla Bay. His body was not recovered. His son [her future husband] John (age 13) succeeded 11th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.
Before 27th December 1915 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 17) and her mother travelled to Cairo, Egypt. Sheila volunteered to help with the nursing; while visiting John in hospital she met [her future husband] Lord Loughborough (age 23), heir to the Earl of Rosslyn.
On 27th December 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 23) and Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 17) were married at Cairo, Egypt.
In 1918 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 19) met the King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 23) during an air raid when both had taken shelter in the porch of a house in Belgravia at the same time. They started a relationship which lasted until the 1930s.
In 1926 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 33) and Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 27) were divorced.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th November 1928 John Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet (age 26) and Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 30) were married at the Savoy Chapel Royal [Map]. Their wedding 1928 caused chaos in central London with people climbing on to parked cars to get a glimpse of the couple.
On 4th August 1929 [her former husband] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 36) died.
1934. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 40). Photograph on the cover of Tatler of Lady Milbanke (age 35) i.e. Sheila Chisholm.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 36) as "Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons". © The Yevonde Portrait Archive.
Around 1938. Simon Elwes (age 35). Portrait of Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 39).
On 1st June 1947 [her husband] John Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet (age 45) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Ralph (age 40) succeeded 12th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.
On 13th October 1969 Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 71) died.