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Hilary Kilmarnock, Lady Kilmarnock (21 July 1928 – 24 June 2010), known as Hilly, was the first wife of Kingsley Amis and the mother of Martin Amis. When her third husband, Alistair Boyd, became Chief of Clan Boyd and 7th Baron Kilmarnock, she became Lady Kilmarnock.
Hilly Kilmarnock, who has died aged 81, was the first wife of the novelist Sir Kingsley Amis; their son Martin also became a hugely successful author. Hilly drew many...
Jun 24, 2010 · Hilary Kilmarnock, Lady Kilmarnock, known as Hilly, was the first wife of Kingsley Amis and the mother of Martin Amis. When her third husband, Alistair Boyd, became Chief of Clan Boyd and 7th Baron Kilmarnock, she became Lady Kilmarnock.
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Jul 7, 2010 · A SAD day for letters as Hilary Kilmarnock, mother of Martin Amis and former wife of the late Lucky Jim author Kingsley Amis, has died aged 81. Kilmarnock, who was married three times and had four children, was born Hilary Bardwell, and known throughout her life as Hilly.
Jul 22, 2010 · Hilly Kilmarnock was the first wife of the novelist Sir Kingsley Amis. Their son Martin also became a hugely successful author. For a lifelong philanderer, Kingsley Amis exhibited remarkable fondness for Hilly, describing her during their 17-year marriage as the only woman he could bear being married to and dismissing all others as too boring.
His new wife, Hilary Bardwell ("Hilly"), had been married twice before: first to Kingsley Amis (with whom she had three children: Philip Amis, the novelist Martin Amis, and Sally Amis ), and later to D. R. Shackleton Bailey. Boyd and Bardwell had one son, James Charles Edward Boyd, known as "Jaime," who was born in 1972.
