Eve Branson

Evette Huntley Branson (née Flindt; born 12 July 1924)[2][3] is a British philanthropist, child welfare advocate, and the mother of Richard Branson.[4][5]

Eve Branson
Born
Evette Huntley Flindt[1]

(1924-07-12) 12 July 1924[2]
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationFounder and director of the Eve Branson Foundation
Philanthropist
Child welfare advocate
Board member ofInternational Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
Children3, including Richard and Vanessa
Websiteevebransonfoundation.org.uk

Life and career

Branson was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, the daughter of Dorothy Constance (Jenkins) and Major Rupert Ernest Huntley Flindt.[1][6] As a young adult, Branson served in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) during World War II. After the war ended, Branson toured Germany as a ballet dancer with Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA).[7] She later became an airline hostess for British South American Airways. After marrying, she ran a real estate business and was a military police officer and probation officer. She has written novels and children's books.[5]

At the age of eighty-nine, Branson launched her autobiography entitled Mum's the Word: The High-Flying Adventures of Eve Branson.

Charitable work
Eve Branson with the board of directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children

Throughout her life, Branson has been a child welfare advocate. She established the Eve Branson Foundation and currently serves as director. This charitable organisation provides communities in Morocco with income-generating projects and training.[5]

Branson is a member of the board of directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children ("ICMEC"), the goal of which is to help find missing children, and to stop the exploitation of children.[8][9] She was a founding member of ICMEC's board of directors in 1999, seeking to generate awareness of the Centre's work, and her son Richard was ICMEC's founding sponsor.[9][10]

Personal life

She was married to Edward James Branson, a former cavalryman. He died on 19 March 2011 in his sleep at the age of 93.[7]

In 2011, Branson escaped the fire at her son's Caribbean island home on Necker Island.[11]

References
  1. Finding Your Roots, 2 February 2016, PBS
  2. https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/happy-birthday-mum-9-photos-for-eves-90th-birthday
  3. Mum's the Word: The High-Flying Adventures of Eve Branson, 2013, pg 4
  4. It really is still all about Eve Branson. Daily Express. 24 September 2011
  5. "Eve's Story". The Eve Branson Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. Mum's the Word: The High-Flying Adventures of Eve Branson, 2013, pg 3
  7. "Eve Branson talks to Saga Magazine". Saga Magazine. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  8. "ICMEC Board Members" Archived 3 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. icmec.org.
  9. Eve Branson (2013) Mum's the Word, p. 207.
  10. "International Children's Organization Expands Global Reach With Four New Board Members" Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. icmec.org.
  11. Elizabeth Day. "Eve Branson: 'I was not saved by Kate Winslet!'". The Guardian.
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