Hon Janet Gladys Aitken

1908 - 1988  (80 years)

• Name	Janet Gladys Aitken
  Prefix	Hon
  Born	9 Jul 1908	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	23 Parkside, Knightsbridge, London, England   [1]
  Residence	8 Apr 1927	Stornoway House, St James, London   [2]
  	Arrived Southampton on board the "Majestic" from New York
  Immigration	5 Aug 1962	New York, New York, USA   [3]
  	Arrived on Flight BA 505 from London
  Residence	5 Aug 1962	Milverton, Somerset, England   [3]
  Buried	1988	St Michael Churchyard, Mickleham, Mole Valley, Surrey, England
  Residence	18 Nov 1988	The Maple Stud, Ewhurst, Surrey, England   [4]
  _UID	2B9A49C765DE461893FCA5D0C5CAE17D67C4
  Died	18 Nov 1988	Ewhurst, Surrey. England   [4]
  Person ID	I8895	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Baron William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Lord Beaverbrook,   b. 26 May 1879, Maple, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jun 1964, Cherkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey, England  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Lady Gladys Henderson Drury,   b. 15 Feb 1885, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1927, London, England  (Age 42 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1906	Garrison Chapel, Halifax, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F2942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sir Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll,   b. 18 Jun 1903, Paris, France ,   d. 7 Apr 1973, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 69 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1927	Chelsea, Middlesex, England   [5]
  Children	1. Lady Jeanne Louise Campbell,   b. 10 Dec 1928, Kingston, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Jun 2007, Greenwich Village, New York, NY. USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F3477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hon William Drogo Sturges Montagu,   b. 29 May 1908, London, England ,   d. 26 Jan 1940, Hinchingbrook, Huntingdonshire, England  (Age 31 years)
  Married	1935	London, England   [5]
  Children	1. William Edward Montagu,   b. 9 Feb 1936,   d. 6 Nov 2002, Langport, Somerset, England  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd, O.B.E.,   b. 8 Nov 1910, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1979, Ewhurst, Surrey. England  (Age 68 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1942	Chanctonbury, Sussex, England
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F3480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In her autobiography she says she was born at Arm, Halifax. But in a biography of her father "Lord Beaverbrook, a Life" by Anne Chisholm and Michael Davie, her place of birth is given as Peurto Rico. " He (Beaverbrook) planned to go south in January to recuperate: to Peurto Rico. 'I am leaving Mrs Aitken behind because she seems to be getting on so well here. Her family is in mourning and not going out at all and consequently she has no temptation to over-exert herself......... ." ".... their plans changed and she went with him to Peurto Rico. The birth of their first child, Janet, on 9 Jul 1908, he said, 'increased the intimacy of our relationship." When 6 Dec 1917 the French munitions ship, Mont Blanc, blew up, in Halifax Harbour, it destroyed government buildings housing the birth death and marriage records for Halifax. This was supposedly why Janet never had a birth certificate. More likely it was because she was not born in Halifax? Janet was an invetrate traveller and it was she who first travelled to Barbados and found Holders House, which she purchased in 1963. She was a great horsewoman and it was her idea that all the Kidd children should be named with names beginning with "J". This saved the cost of changing monogrammed horseboxes, saddlecloths, etc. Thus we have Jane, John, Jemma, Jodie, Jack, etc. Gourlay quotes Michael Foot (MP) in "The Beaverbrook I Knew" as saying 'Janet had strong streaks of the Beaverbrook charm ' but she did not possess her father's devotion to politics or journalism. 'Janet had a streak, too, of the old man's guile to add to the charm, but she was still no politician.

  
  

• Sources

  [S215] 1911 Census, England., (n.d.), citing RG 78, RG 14 (Reliability: 3). [S59] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 3). [S62] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 4). [S225] Probate Record (Reliability: 4). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).