Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 21 December 1899 and Scottish by birth, she was the daughter of a master saw-maker from Stirlingshire.

Her first marriage was to William Brockie Wilson, a Malayan-born Scot, they wed in Singapore on 14 March 1914.

[1] Sultan Ibrahim was a known Anglophile and loved to spend his time travelling around Europe, especially to the United Kingdom.

[3] Even after the divorce, the Sultan reputedly gave her an emerald on her birthday and a diamond on their wedding anniversary.

Later records shown that Lady Helen had since died on 13 August 1977 at age 77 at the Homelands Nursing Home, Cowfold, Sussex, England.