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| Picture No | 10699362 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | Founders of the Royal Aero Club |
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The founders of the Royal Aero Club; from left to right are - Mrs Nicholls, the C. S. Rolls and Mr Hedges Butler. Mrs Nicholl was the first woman to be a member of the club, and was before she married Lieut. Colonel Nicholl, Miss Vera Butler. Charles Rolls met his death in an aeroplane accident and notable as one of the most distinguished pioneers of aeronautics and Mr Hedges Butler first made a name for himself as a balloonist.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 24 January 1917 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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