Osla Benning
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Margaret Osla, Lady Henniker-Major was a Canadian debutante, who worked at Bletchley Park, was Prince Philip's first girlfriend, and later married Sir John Henniker-Major.
Benning in March 1939
Hut 4, next to the mansion, used during the war for naval intelligence
Sarah Baring
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Sarah Kathleen Elinor Baring was an English socialite and memoirist, who worked for three years as a linguist at Bletchley Park, the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World Wa
Osla Benning
…figure and a gentle loving nature”. Benning went to stay with her godfather Lord Louis Mountbatten, who mentioned to her friend (and fellow goddaughter) Sarah Baring that Prince Philip (Mountbatten's nephew) did not have a girlfriend and Baring acted as matchmaker. Benning and the Prince were both 18 years old when…
Sarah Baring as a debutante, aged 18