Margaret Graham Brooke (1863–1944) was one of the first students at Westfield College in London and a missionary in West Africa.
This relationship has been characterised as a college or school 'rave' - a form of infatuation for another student or teacher - common in this period, however, it was probably more serious than this, as Margaret referred to Maynard as her 'wife'.
[3] On leaving college in 1886, Margaret married her cousin, Graham Wilmot Brooke, and went with him as part of the ill-fated mission to Lokoja, Nigeria.
[5] Margaret Brooke was instrumental in writing the official journal of the mission when her husband was disabled by illness and played a role in the production of the mission's newsletter that was published and circulated back in England by the CMS.
[5] On being widowed, Margaret Brooke returned to Westfield College where she provided some secretarial assistance to Constance Maynard.