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Robert Dempster. Elizabeth Dempster (née Brunton) Edith May Pretty (née Dempster; 1 August 1883 – 17 December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property.
- Robert Dempster Pretty
- Landowner, benefactor, magistrate
Edith Pretty's life. Pretty was born into an affluent family and educated at Roedean. She travelled extensively throughout her youth, visiting Pompeii, the Egyptian pyramids, tombs and monuments at Luxor, and other significant digs with her father, who himself excavated a Cistercian abbey adjoining their home at Vale Royal.
Feb 5, 2021 · In the summer of 1937, as the specter of World War II loomed over Europe, Edith Pretty, a wealthy widow living near Woodbridge, a small town in Suffolk, England, met with the curator of a local ...
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Feb 2, 2021 · She was a lifelong explorer. Born Edith Dempster in 1883, Pretty and her family traveled extensively throughout her childhood, thanks to her father and grandfather's immense success as ...
The relationship between Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) and Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) forms the backbone of the film A film that 'brings the story to life' The Netflix film is based upon the 2008 ...
Jan 30, 2021 · It’s based on the 2007 historical novel by John Preston as well as the true story of Edith Pretty, whose land—known as Sutton Hoo—was where what some call the most important archaeological ...
Feb 4, 2021 · Luke Mintz 4 February 2021 • 1:39pm. Edith Pretty is portrayed by Carey Mulligan in the Netflix drama. Gazing out over her 500-acre Suffolk estate, widow Edith Pretty would have been able to see ...
