Poppy Cooksey

Poppy, Lady Cooksey OBE DL, previously Janet Wardell-Yerburgh, née Janet Clouston Bewley Cathie (born 15 February 1940) is a British fencer whose later career was in picture restoration.

Janet Bewley Cathie
Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
Poppy, Lady Cooksey
Personal information
Born (1940-02-15) 15 February 1940
Gomshall, Surrey, England
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Fencing
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston team foil
1966 Kingston individual foil
1970 Edinburgh team foil
1970 Edinburgh individual foil

She married firstly the Olympic oarsman Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh and secondly the business man Sir David Cooksey. In 1998 she was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.

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