Marriage To Beryl Markham
In 1927 he married the aviator Beryl Markham, becoming her second husband, and they had a son, Gervase. However after the birth of their child she shocked their high society contemporaries by embarking on an affair with Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the son of Queen Mary. Markham, in the process threatening to name the prince in the proceedings, and so the queen stepped in to grant Beryl a small annual income. After Beryl's successful Atlantic crossing Markham filed for divorce as Beryl embarked on the next affair with Hubert Broad, who was named in the divorce proceedings. She eventually returned to Africa to pick up the pieces of her life, their son was brought up by Markham's mother Lady Lucy Markham.
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