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Katherine Lilian Wailes-Fairbairn (née Smith)

(1868-1935), Wife of William Wailes-Fairbairn; daughter of George Alderson Smith

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Diana Wailes-Fairbairn; Andrew Wailes-Fairbairn; Katherine Lilian Wailes-Fairbairn (née Smith)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 2 December 1935
NPG x74724

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Tom Lough

11 March 2020, 03:08

Katherine Lilian Wailes-Fairbairn (née Smith) is the mother of Hilda Lorna Wailes Fairbairn (Johnstone), who competed as an equestrian in a number of Olympic Games, starting in 1956. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/lorna-johnstone-1.html
As such, she was one of the first women to compete in the equestrian events in the modern Olympic Games.