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Air Commandant Dame Lena Jean Annette Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet DBE AE WRAF ADC (21 December 1912 – 18 November 1997), best known as Jean Conan-Doyle, was a British stateswoman and military officer in the WRAF.〔She was officially gazetted whenever promoted or honoured as Conan-Doyle often without the hyphen.〕 The second daughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she was a spirited child who was described as a tomboy by Houdini. Her childhood nickname was "Billy", and letters to her father would be signed "Your loving son." On her tenth birthday, however, she announced that she had decided to be a girl after all. She then went to her Aunt Ida's school, Granville House in Eastbourne, where she took after her mother in developing a love of nature.〔''The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'' by Andrew Lycett, pages 436, 467 (2007, Weidenfield & Nicolson, London & Viking, New York); ISBN 0-7432-7523-3〕 As a schoolgirl she was a classmate and friend of Joan Boniface Winnifrith, who would become film and television actress Anna Lee. Joan Winnifrith was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's god-daughter. ==Career== She attended school at Granville House, Eastbourne and went on to serve for thirty years in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF),〔(Biography Entry in Edinburgh University Library Gallery of Benefactors )〕 where she worked in intelligence during World War II. Commissioned a section officer, she was promoted to temporary flight officer on 1 February 1942〔(''London Gazette'' ), 27 March 1942; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 and to temporary squadron officer on 1 July 1944〔(''London Gazette'' ), 21 July 1944; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 On 19 June 1947, Acting Wing Officer Conan Doyle was granted a short-service commission as a flight officer in the WAAF, G Branch, with seniority from 26 September 1943.〔(''London Gazette'' ), 5 August 1947; accessed 22 March 2014.〕〔(''London Gazette'' ), 19 August 1947; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 She was appointed OBE (Military Division) in the 1948 New Year Honours,〔(''London Gazette'' ), 1 January 1948; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 she was granted a permanent commission as a wing officer in the secretarial branch of the renamed Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) on 1 February 1949.〔(''London Gazette'' ), 5 April 1949; accessed 22 March 2014.〕〔(''London Gazette'' ), 19 July 1949; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 She was promoted to group officer on 1 January 1952〔(''London Gazette'' ), 1 January 1952; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 On 1 April 1963, she was promoted to air commandant,〔(''London Gazette'' ), 2 April 1963; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 the highest rank in the Women's Royal Air Force. On 29 April of the same year, she was appointed an honorary Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II, serving until 1966.〔(''London Gazette'' ), 30 April 1963; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 In the 1963 Birthday Honours, she was elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE, Military Division), and was known as Dame Jean Conan Doyle. On 11 May 1966, she retired from the WRAF.〔(''London Gazette'' ), 17 May 1966; accessed 22 March 2014.〕 She gained the additional style Lady Bromet upon marrying Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (1891–1983). Her husband served a term as Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man; the couple had no children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Conan Doyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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