Edith pretty biography
Edith pretty biography
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Edith Pretty
British landowner (1883–1942)
Edith Pretty | |
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| Born | Edith May Dempster (1883-08-01)1 August 1883 Elland, Calderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 17 December 1942(1942-12-17) (aged 59) Richmond, Surrey, England |
| Occupation(s) | Landowner, benefactor, magistrate |
| Spouse | Frank Pretty (m. 1926; died 1934) |
| Children | Robert Dempster Pretty |
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Edith May Pretty (née Dempster; 1 August 1883 – 17 December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property.
Early life
Edith Pretty was born in Elland, Yorkshire,[1] to Elizabeth (née Brunton, died 1919)[2] and Robert Dempster (born 1853).[1][3] She