Betty Fripp
Betty Fripp | |
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 Fripp in a 1925 newspaper | |
| Born | Betty Agnes Fripp 16 March 1904 London, England |
| Died | 23 December 1975 (aged 71) West Lulworth, Dorset |
| Family | Alfred Downing Fripp (father) |
Betty Agnes Fripp OBE (16 March 1904 - 23 December 1975) was a British Girl Guide executive. She received the Silver Fish Award, the movement's highest adult honour, in 1954.[1] She was awarded an OBE for services to Guiding in 1960.[2] She was a competitive swimmer in the 1920s.[3] In 1966 she trained the first all-Girl-Guide team to swim the English Channel.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Fripp was the second child of five born to Sir Alfred Downing Fripp (1865–1930), honorary surgeon to King Edward VII, and Lady Margaret Scott, née Haywood (1880–1965). Fripp was an accomplished swimmer, as were her siblings.[6][7] In the 1920s, she won several large competitions, including the championship and rose bowl at the London Bath Club.[8][9]
She qualified as a secretary at Hilda Neal's secretarial school,[10] which, at the time, was the "fashionable" thing to do.[11] She was a member of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers,[12] a charitable organisation set up by one of her father's patients, with the title "Tornado".[13]
She lived at Portland Place in the 1920s and 1930s.[14][15] She was living at Chatsworth Court, London when she died.[16][17]
Girl Guides
[edit]Fripp joined the Girl Guide movement as a Brownie. Her mother was one of the first London commissioners. Fripp later ran a Girl Guide company in London's East End,[18] and was Girl Guide division commissioner for East Central. Other roles she held for Girl Guides included:
- Public Relations Committee, chair[19]
- International commissioner for Great Britain[20]
- Hospitality Committee, chair[21]
She was involved in the "greatest Guide camp Cambridgeshire has ever known", commemorating the 21st birthday of the movement, in 1932.[22] In 1954 she received the Silver Fish award, the movement's highest adult honour. She was awarded an OBE for services to Guiding in 1960.[23] In 1966, Fripp organised and trained a record-breaking all-Girl-Guide team to swim the English Channel.[24]
References
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- ↑ MC (March 1976). "Miss Betty Fripp, OBE". The Guider (Vol. 63 No. 3 ed.). London, UK: Girl Guides Association. p. 107.
- ↑ "Chief awards in honours". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, UK. 1960-06-11. p. 9.
- ↑ "Another Bath Club group". The Tatler (Vol. CV No. 1359 ed.). London, UK: Conde Nast. 12 July 1927. p. 49.
- ↑ "Girls for Channel swim". Evening News. London, UK. 1966-07-05. p. 4.
- ↑ "Guide relay Channel swim". Girl Scout Leader (Vol. 44 No. 4 ed.). New York, USA: USA Girl Scout Association. April 1967. p. 22.
- ↑ "Award from Lady Jellicoe". Daily Mirror. London, UK. 1927-07-08. p. 20.
- ↑ "Surgery Stage and Swimming". Evening Post. Nottingham, UK. 1926-07-14. p. 4.
- ↑ "Miss Betty Fripp". Manchester Evening News. Manchester, UK. 1925-07-11. p. 7.
- ↑ "The Maude Nathan cup". The Times. London, UK. 1919-06-26. p. 6.
- ↑ "To train women secretaries". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, UK. 1932-08-27. p. 4.
- ↑ ""Careers" in fashion". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, UK. 1932-09-05. p. 7.
- ↑ "AOFB". Sporting Times. London, UK. 1926-12-11. p. 2.
- ↑ "Tin foil fans please note". Sporting Times. London, UK. 1928-04-14. p. 2.
- ↑ "Sharing the housekeeping". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 1933-11-16. p. 8.
- ↑ "Excess speed". The Surrey Mirror. Reigate, UK. 1924-12-19. p. 11.
- ↑ "Deaths". Dorset Echo. Dorset, UK. 1975-12-24. p. 23.
- ↑ "Memorial Service". Dorset Echo. Dorset, UK. 1975-12-30. p. 15.
- ↑ "A busy girl". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. 1927-06-06. p. 6.
- ↑ "Wanted more leaders". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln, UK. 1965-07-30. p. 8.
- ↑ "Leadership theme of trefoil weekend". Evening telegraph. Derby, UK. 1964-04-21. p. 3.
- ↑ "Jennifer is the 7th Queens Guide in her company". Wembley News. London, UK. 1963-10-25. p. 10.
- ↑ "Animated scenes at Chippenham Park". Saffron Waldon Weekly News. Saffron Walden, UK. 1932-08-12. p. 13.
- ↑ "Chief awards in honours". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, UK. 1960-06-11. p. 9.
- ↑ "Girls for Channel swim". Evening News. London, UK. 1966-07-05. p. 4.