De Havilland’s father, Walter de Havilland (18721968), served as an English professor at the Imperial University in Tokyo before becoming a patent attorney.[3] Her mother, Lilian Fontaine (née Ruse; 18861975),
And cousin to Geoff DeHavilland, aviation designer pioneer, father of the DeHavilland Mosquito, one of the most formidable airplanes of WW2.