Lois Reid was born on 3 November 1897 in Montreal, Quebec, to Minnie (née Cormack) (d. 1949) and Sir William Duff Reid (1866–1924). She was their only daughter and had four brothers. Her father owned railways in Canada and was president of the Reid Newfoundland Co. Ltd.[1][2]
Lois Reid was educated at Abbots Langley School in Britain and returned to Canada in 1913 to attend Havergal College in Toronto.[1]
She met her first husband, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh William Knox-Niven, when he was working as aide-de-camp to the governor of Newfoundland. They married in 1918 and had one daughter, Lois Knox-Niven. Hugh Knox-Niven died in 1923.[1]
Together the Butlers set a world record for two-seater light planes, of 119.77 m.p.h. in 1928.[1]
Butler was one of the earliest women pilots appointed to the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in 1940 by the Commandant Pauline Gower. By the end of the war, she had more than 1000 flying hours and had flown 36 types of aircraft, and was one of the most experienced service pilots.[1]
After the war the family moved to Salisbury, (now Harare) in what was then called Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). They bought tobacco farms near Bulawayo, but the couple later returned to Studham Hall, in Bedfordshire, leaving their son, David, to run the business.
Lois Butler died of a heart attack, in Piraeus, Greece, on 17 August 1970. She was buried in St Mary's Church, Studham, in Bedfordshire.[1]
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lois, butler, november, 1897, august, 1970, olympic, skier, aviator, early, members, transport, auxiliary, bornlois, reid, 1897, november, 1897montreal, quebec, canadadied17, august, 1970, 1970, aged, piraeus, greeceresting, placest, mary, church, studhameduca. Lois Butler 3 November 1897 17 August 1970 was an Olympic skier aviator and one of the early members of the Air Transport Auxiliary ATA Lois ButlerBornLois Reid 1897 11 03 3 November 1897Montreal Quebec CanadaDied17 August 1970 1970 08 17 aged 72 Piraeus GreeceResting placeSt Mary s Church StudhamEducationHavergal College TorontoOccupationAviatorEmployerAir Transport AuxiliarySpousesLieutenant Colonel Hugh William Knox Niven m 1918 1923 wbr Alan Samuel Butler chairman of the de Havilland Aircraft Company m 1925 wbr ChildrenLois Knox Niven wife of Michael Ventris Alan David Butler and Carol Horton Contents 1 Early life 2 Skiing 3 Flying and the ATA 4 ReferencesEarly life editLois Reid was born on 3 November 1897 in Montreal Quebec to Minnie nee Cormack d 1949 and Sir William Duff Reid 1866 1924 She was their only daughter and had four brothers Her father owned railways in Canada and was president of the Reid Newfoundland Co Ltd 1 2 Lois Reid was educated at Abbots Langley School in Britain and returned to Canada in 1913 to attend Havergal College in Toronto 1 She met her first husband Lieutenant Colonel Hugh William Knox Niven when he was working as aide de camp to the governor of Newfoundland They married in 1918 and had one daughter Lois Knox Niven Hugh Knox Niven died in 1923 1 She and her second husband Alan Samuel Butler chairman of the De Havilland Aircraft Company married in 1925 and had two children a daughter Carol and a son David 1 Skiing editButler was a skier and she represented Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch Partenkirchen captaining the women s team and competing in the women s combined event 3 4 Flying and the ATA editTogether the Butlers set a world record for two seater light planes of 119 77 m p h in 1928 1 Butler was one of the earliest women pilots appointed to the Air Transport Auxiliary ATA in 1940 by the Commandant Pauline Gower By the end of the war she had more than 1000 flying hours and had flown 36 types of aircraft and was one of the most experienced service pilots 1 After the war the family moved to Salisbury now Harare in what was then called Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe They bought tobacco farms near Bulawayo but the couple later returned to Studham Hall in Bedfordshire leaving their son David to run the business Lois Butler died of a heart attack in Piraeus Greece on 17 August 1970 She was buried in St Mary s Church Studham in Bedfordshire 1 References edit a b c d e f g Lois Butler www oxforddnb com Retrieved 28 October 2016 Lois Butler Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 28 April 2020 Lois Butler Bio Stats and Results Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Whittell Giles 19 November 2005 Those Magnificent Women The Times Retrieved 28 October 2016 via Gale nbsp This biographical article related to aviation is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to alpine skiing in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lois Butler amp oldid 1156311454, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
