Mary Wills (philanthropist)

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

Mary Wills
Born
Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen

(1861-01-18)18 January 1861
Brompton, Middlesex
Died2 April 1931(1931-04-02) (aged 70)
OccupationPhilanthropist

Early years

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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.[citation needed]

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References

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  1. ^ a b London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  2. ^ Profile Archived 29 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 1861 England Census