Staplefield, West Sussex
P2 (1955)
b. 1919 d. 2015
Listed in the programme for Plymouth, 30th June 1955.
She was born Margot Irene Duke on 11th January 1919. In 1940 she married Michael, Viscount Erleigh, and thus became Viscountess Erleigh. Michael was the eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Reading. On the death of his father in 1960, he became the 3rd Marquess of Reading, which made Margot the Dowager Marchioness of Reading.
Her obituary states that she was a society beauty of the 1930s and 1940s, and a woman of independent spirit. She loved speed, she was one of the first British women to get a pilot’s licence, and she competed on the stock car racing circuit. She became a rally driver in the 1950s and took part in the 1952 Round Britain car rally.
