Anecdotes

She is often confused with Australian stage actress Elsie Mackay, wife of Lionel Atwill. They were born 6 months apart. This confusion occurred throughout both of their lives, especially since during that time period, the main form of travel to different countries was by steamship, which her father James Lyle Mackay, Lord Inchcape was an executive in the P&O company which both traveled upon. Australian born Elsie Mackay married 3 times, whereas The Honorable Elsie Mackay born in India to Scottish parents, married just once to Dennis Wyndham.

Born Elsie Mackay, she is one and the same pioneer aviatrix Elsie Mackay who vanished in 1928 while attempting to cross the Atlantic. Elsie MacKay was the first British woman to be issued with a pilot's license.