21 Facts About Muriel Hind

Muriel Hind was a pioneering British motorcyclist and motorist described as "the first woman motorcyclist in England".

Muriel Hind competed in trials in vehicles with two, three, and four wheels.

Agnes Muriel Hind was born on 27 May in Dorset in 1882, but orphaned at seven years of age.

Muriel Hind enjoyed playing hockey and became interested in bicycling in the 1890s but reported in 1904 that she found it "too slow" now.

Muriel Hind's family were early adopters of motorcycles and her uncle Edward was a pioneering early motorcyclist.

Muriel Hind's brother took up motorcycling too and this encouraged the young Muriel Hind to acquire and ride a simple motorcycle between 1901 and 1903.

Muriel Hind later said she took up motorcycling because she "thought she would like to".

Muriel Hind gradually increased the horsepower of her motorcycles, and by 1905 she was a member of the Motor Cycling Club and living in London.

Muriel Hind started to take part in competitive riding, hill climb and driving events.

Muriel Hind drove a Singer Tricar in the 1906 Land's End to John O'Groats Trial, with aviation pioneer Hilda Hewlett as her passenger and mechanic.

Muriel Hind drove a tricar in the twenty-four-hour London to Edinburgh Trial, again with a female passenger, making good time in torrential rain.

Muriel Hind then moved to Coventry and became more deeply involved in motorcycling and motoring, the industry around which was expanding in the area.

Muriel Hind became associated with the motorcycle makers, Rex Motor Manufacturing Co.

Muriel Hind became a demonstrator, works, and test rider for Rex, and by 1910 they had created the Blue Devil for her, the fastest machine she had yet ridden.

Miss Muriel Hind regularly appeared in the motorcycle press, which chose to publish photographs of her riding or posing with her latest motorcycle.

Muriel Hind always appeared dressed very respectably, with a hat, veil, boots laced to the knee, long coat, and skirts, usually in tweeds, in the Edwardian fashion.

Muriel Hind started writing a column, 'The Lady Motorcyclist' in Motorcycling magazine.

Muriel Hind had ridden Rex motorcycles in the Isle of Man TT races in 1909,1910, and 1911.

The couple married in 1912, and both gave up competing, although Hind, now known as Mrs Muriel Lord, continued writing about motorcycling for some time.

In 1931, Muriel Hind Lord was the first woman to be elected into the Association of Pioneer Motor Cyclists, membership of which was confined to those who held a license before December 31,1904.

Agnes Muriel Hind Lord died on 3 May 1956 at Whitley Hospital in Corley.