Mary Wills | |
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Born | Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen (1861-01-18)18 January 1861 Brompton, Middlesex |
Died | 2 April 1931(1931-04-02) (aged 70) Wrington, Somerset |
Occupation | Philanthropist |
Dame Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs Wills DBE DStJ (18 January 1861 – 2 April 1931) was an English philanthropist.
Early years
She was born in Brompton, Middlesex, the daughter of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen and Jenny Eliza Pamila Julia (von Reitzenstein). In 1886, she married Henry Herbert Wills, a member of the Wills tobacco family; the union was apparently childless. She spent her latter years at Rockdunder, Wrington, Somerset, and it was there that she died on 2 April 1931. Her sister, Victoria Mary Louise Adelaide Cunliffe-Owen, was married to the publisher Otto Kyllmann.
External links
References
- ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
- Profile Archived 29 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 1861 England Census
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