Joan Amy (née Jeffrey), Lady Hartwell
(1883-1962), Second wife of Sir Brodrick Cecil Denham Arkwright Hartwell, 4th Bt; daughter of Robert Milne JeffreySitter in 1 portrait
Joan Amy (née Jeffrey), Lady Hartwell
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 18 January 1949
NPG x43154
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Ted Robens
16 November 2017, 18:01
Born Scotland Oct 7, 1883, she move to British Columbia with family in about 1892. Her mother was Mary Brown and father Robert Milne Jeffrey. Joan married first Edgar Warner Chamberlain Nov 2, 1901 in BC. They had one child, daughter Phoebe. Joan eloped with Sir Brodrick C D A Hartwell (4th Bart) in 1906 and two very public divorces followed. Edgar Chamberlain was a naval officer and he died in 1914 when HMS Bulwark exploded with the loss of 736 men.
Joan married Hartwell and they had two children a daughter and son who became 5th Bart. During WWI Hartwell was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and was stationed in India with his family. Hartwell was a bit of an adventurer and started a business "rum-running" to America during the prohibition years. This was a risky business and due to a failed delivery of a consignment he became bankrupt.
Sir Brodrick Hartwell died in 1948 and Joan died May 20, 1962.