Editing Flora Robson (section)

==Early life==
Flora McKenzie Robson was born on 28 March 1902 in [[South Shields]], County Durham,<ref>GRO Register of Births: JUN 1902 10a 829 S. SHIELDS – Flora McKenzie Robson</ref> daughter of David Robson (1864-1947) and Eliza Robson (nee McKenzie; 1870-1953) both of Scottish descent. She had six siblings.<ref name="plaque"/> Many of her forebears were engineers, mostly in shipping.<ref name=chroniclelive/> Her father was a ship's engineer who moved from [[Wallsend]] near [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] to [[Palmers Green]] in 1907 and [[Southgate, London|Southgate]] in 1910, both in north London, and later to [[Welwyn Garden City]].<ref name=timesobit/>

She was educated at the [[Palmers Green High School]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]],<ref name="plaque">{{cite news|title=Blue plaque unveiled at former home of Hollywood star|url=http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/localnews/8121839.Blue_plaque_unveiled_at_former_home_of_Hollywood_star/|work=[[Enfield Independent]]|date=27 April 2010}}</ref> where she won a bronze medal in 1921.<ref name="hdbw">{{cite book|last1=Hartley|first1=Cathy|title=A Historical Dictionary of British Women|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135355333|pages=374–375|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFGR2OvCAS4C&q=%22Flora+McKenzie+Robson%22&pg=PA374|access-date=27 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>