Barbara Calder (19 July 1924 - 27 January 2018) was a pioneering British yachtswoman. She was born Barbara Brydone in London on 19 July 1924, the daughter of James "Robin" Marr Brydone a doctor and his wife Mary "Mamie" Brydone née Birch. Her father was named after his grandfather the Scottish surgeon, James Marr Brydone, who served at the

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in 1805, and was the first to sight the enemy's main fleet. She was educated by a governess at home, before being a boarder at

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, East Sussex. Calder was the first to captain an all-women crew in the

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. She married Norman Calder, a Scottish doctor, and they had three sons.

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1924 births 2018 deaths British female sailors (sport) People educated at Roedean School, East Sussex Sportspeople from London {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub