Constance spry biography

She was an award-winning television producer and a commissioning editor at Channel 4 until she switched to being a full-time writer.

Born in Derby in , Spry (then Constance Fletcher) lived the average life of a turn-of-the-century-teen-to-twenty-something in Ireland.

Constance Spry OBE was a British educator, florist and author in the midth century.

Constance Spry is known as one of the most fashionable and revolutionary florists of the 20th century, as well as a successful author and educator.

Constance became a pioneer in floristry during her time for marrying traditional flowers of choice with 'unusual' and uncelebrated plant material.

Constance Spry OBE was a British educator, florist and author in the midth century..

Constance Spry

British florist and educator

Constance Spry OBE
Spry arranging flowers
Born	Constance Fletcher (1886-12-05)5 December 1886 Derby, England
Died	3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 73) Winkfield, Berkshire, England
Other names	Constance Marr
Occupation(s)	Educator, florist, author
Known for	Co-inventor of Coronation chicken
Spouses	James Heppell Marr (m. 1910; div. 1917) Henry Ernest Spry (m. 1926)
Children	1

Constance SpryOBE (née Fletcher, previously Marr; 5 December 1886 – 3 January 1960) was a British educator, florist and author in the mid-20th century.

Life

Constance Fletcher was born in Derby in 1886, eldest child and only daughter of George and Henrietta Maria (née Dutton) Fletcher.^[1] After studying hygiene, physiology and district nursing in Ireland, she lectured on first aid and