Mary Wills (philanthropist) explained

Mary Wills
Birth Name:Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen
Birth Date:18 January 1861
Birth Place:Brompton, Middlesex
Death Place:Wrington, Somerset
Occupation:Philanthropist

Dame Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs Wills DStJ (18 January 1861[1]  - 2 April 1931) was an English philanthropist.[2]

Early years

She was born in Brompton, Middlesex,[3] the daughter of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen and Jenny Eliza Pamila Julia (von Reitzenstein).[1] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  2. http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/henryhwills1856.html Profile
  3. 1861 England Census