Biography of Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm 1898-1969

On 09 Sep 1898 Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm was born.

On 27 Dec 1912 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 20) and Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 14) were married at Cairo, Egypt.

On 21 Aug 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 Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet (age 13) succeeded 11th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.

In 1926 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 33) and Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 27) were divorced.

On 11 Nov 1928 John Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet (age 26) and Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 30) were married at the Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].

On 04 Aug 1929 [her former husband] Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine (age 36) died.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 36) as "Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons". © The Yevonde Portrait Archive.

Around 1938. Simon Elwes (age 35). Portrait of Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 39).

On 01 Jun 1947 [her husband] John Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet (age 45) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Ralph Milbanke 12th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 12th Baronet Milbanke of Halnaby in Yorkshire.

On 13 Oct 1969 Sheila Margaret MacKellar Chisholm (age 71) died.