EXPLORER CITED IN DIVORCE SUIT.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 13 November 1930, Page 11

EXPLORER CITED IN DIVORCE SUIT.

MR F. A. MITCHELL-HEJDGES.

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LONDON. November 11

With costs against the co-respondent Mr Justice Bateson granted Sir Melville Richmond Brown (the second bs.ronet) a decree nisi on the grounds of the adultery of Lady Rirfimond Ilrown with Mr F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, the noted British explorer and author, the mvsterious attack upon whom, a* Ripley, by six young Liberals. foUowett bv the loss of six shrunken heads from his collection,- created a sensation in. January, 1927. , The Court dismissed Lady Brown ■ cross-petition for divorce, amended, from one for judicial Neither Lady Brown nor Mr MitchellHedges gave evidence. Sir Melville's affairs have been controlled by the Master in- Lunacy smcj 1910. fee married LjmJv Brown m l!X)6. There are no children, Mr MJtchell-Hedges, and Lady Brown have been associated on world-wide exploration tours. The allegations ranged ber tween 1921 and. 1930- Sir Melvilje wi" make an allowance to Lady Brown.

(Lady Brown, F.L.S.. F.Z.B.* F.It.G.S., F.R.A.1., travelled extensively in Central America, accompanied by Mr Mitchell-Hedges, in- 1921-22. They explored the San Bias Archipelago, penetrated an unknown part of Panama, discovering the Chucunaque Indians, and returned to England with a large ethnological collection, which is now in the British Museum. They engaged in deep-sea research work in th» Caribbean Sea, among the Caves off the coast of Guatemala and British Honduras, and in the interior of _ those countries discovered the remains of ancient Maya cities.]-