Career: wl← Previous revisionRevision as of 01:32, 10 November 2026 Line 35: Line 35: After being severely injured in a car accident in 1929, she recovered and resolved to become the first to discover the source of the [[Orinoco River]] in 1931, leading to her book, ''The Country of the Orinoco'' (1931). While planning a trip to Egypt and the Middle East,{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-r15_1&cid=-1#-1|title=File 19/4|publisher=The National Archives (UK)|accessdate=17 April 2010}} her father, Lord Walpole, died in [[Manurewa]], [[Auckland, New Zealand]], on 27 September 1931.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} After being severely injured in a car accident in 1929, she recovered and resolved to become the first to discover the source of the [[Orinoco River]] in 1931, leading to her book, ''The Country of the Orinoco'' (1931). While planning a trip to Egypt and the Middle East,{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-r15_1&cid=-1#-1|title=File 19/4|publisher=The National Archives (UK)|accessdate=17 April 2010}} her father, Lord Walpole, died in [[Manurewa]], [[Auckland, New Zealand]], on 27 September 1931.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} She was a Soroptimist and a Founder Member of SI Greater London, which was chartered in 1923. She was a [[Soroptimist]] and a Founder Member of SI Greater London, which was chartered in 1923. ==Personal life== ==Personal life==