[5] She had also worked for aviation charities during World War I, and was a guest at Edward Maitland's pre-flight celebrations of the R34 successfully attempting the first return Atlantic crossing.

[7] She was patron and president of the London Ladies' Motor Club,[8] frequently played golf,[4] and was a lover of contemporary art, but not music or literature.

[4] Bunbury notes that she held séances that were social events attended by celebrities of the day, including Jacob Epstein, Augustus John, and Wyndham Lewis.

[9] The couple had been married in "a grand ceremony in St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh" and lived in London at 40 Wilton Crescent;[4] they also owned Moore Abbey.

[3][20] She is accounted by her son as being bisexual, as he wrote: "All her life she was attracted by men and women [...] she knew intimately Donald Campbell, Alan Cobham, Kaye Don, Jim Mollison, Amy Johnson, and plenty of others besides.