Benita Blanche Pelly^[1]

Date unknown - 1968

• Birth	Date unknown
  Married name	Benita Blanche Lees, Benita Blanche Brooke
  Title	From 18 Sept 1945 to 17 Jun 1963
  	Baroness Alanbrooke
  Title	From 29 Jan 1946 to 17 Jun 1963
  	Viscountess Alanbrooke
  Title	From 17 Jun 1963 to 4 May 1968
  	Dowager Viscountess Alanbrooke
  Death	4 May 1968
  	Killed in a car crash.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Baronet   (Father)
  Person ID	P6986	Europe
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Baronet
  Family ID	F3419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 1	Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke           b. 23 Jul 1883             d. 17 Jun 1963 (Age 79 years)  [1]  Other Partners: └─Jane Mary Richardson           b. Date unknown             d. 24 Apr 1925  m. 28 Jul 1914
  Marriage	7 Dec 1929
  Age at Marriage	Benita was ?? old. Alan was 46 years and 5 months old. They were married for less than -1930 years.
  Children	1. Kathleen Benita Brooke           b. 23 Jan 1931             d. 20 Nov 1961 (Age 30 years)     2. Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke           b. 24 Nov 1932             d. 10 Jan 2018 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Husband 2	Sir Thomas Lees, 2nd Baronet  [1]
  Family ID	F3420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 62 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3).