Sylvia Leith-Ross
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Sylvia Hope Leith-Ross, MBE was an English anthropologist and writer who worked primarily in Nigeria.
A picture taken when she was married
Holland Park
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Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely surrounds its namesake park, Holland Park.
Sylvia Leith-Ross
…in Northern Nigeria with Upton Fitzherbert Ruxton, Sylvia's brother. Sylvia was widowed at 24, when Arthur died from blackwater fever. She died in Holland Park, London in 1980, aged 95. One more book, her autobiography titled Stepping Stones: Memoirs of Colonial Nigeria, 1907–1960, was published after her…
The Embassy of Ukraine in Holland Park
Peacocks in Holland Park
The formal gardens
Formal gardens, looking towards Holland House