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Wright, Mabel Winifred Mary
Female 1908 - 1970  (61 years)



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  • Name Wright, Mabel Winifred Mary 
    Birth 29 Dec 1908  Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt Dec 1908  Charlton, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    ExpandCensus 02 Apr 1911  Holywell cum Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    ExpandResidence Abt 1915  Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    ExpandCensus 19 Jun 1921  Holywell cum Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Dated Note Abt 1923  [9] 
    • Her first job was at Enderby's Mill printers to Chivers
    Dated Note Abt 1924  [10] 
    • Moved to Round Hill, New Forest as a scullery maid to the Cairns, with cousin Lilian
    Dated Note Abt 1926  [11] 
    • Changed her name to Mavis, and Hitch-hiked to London to get a better position.
    Dated Note Abt May 1926  [10] 
    • Nursery Governess to children of a clergyman in Wimbledon, read in the clergyman's library to improve herself, but he became too involved with her
    Dated Note Abt 1934  [12] 
    • Leaves Horace in France and returns to family in Witton House in St Ives. Takes up with Charles Macness.
    Dated Note 13 Dec 1934  [13] 
    • Doll send her down to Penzance to have the baby.
    Dated Note Abt 1935  [14] 
    • Went between Cornwall and Fryern Court, Fordingbridge (Augustus and Dodo John nee Dorelia McNeill)
    Dated Note Abt Mar 1939  [15] 
    • Married Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Rikki), having met him in summer 1937.
    Dated Note Abt Mar 1942  [16] 
    • Divorced from Sir Mortimer Wheeler due to adultery with Clive Entwistle.
    Dated Note Abt Mar 1954  [17] 
    • Trial in Devizes for wounding Lord Vivian, 6 months in Mill Hall prison.
    Dated Note Abt 1964  [18] 
    • Changed name to Maris.
    Death 16 Oct 1970  Chelsea, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 
    Person ID P127 

    Father Wright, Samuel Charter,   b. Abt Jul 1872, Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Mar 1945 and Jun 1945, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Hodges, Florence Jane,   b. Abt Mar 1881, Charlton, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1991 
    Marriage Between Jun 1905 and Sep 1905  Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Wheeler, Robert Eric Mortimer,   b. 10 Sep 1890   d. Between Jun 1976 and Sep 1976, Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage Between Dec 1938 and Mar 1939  Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Family ID F3145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 de Vere Cole, William Horace,   b. Abt 1882   d. Abt 1936 (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jan 1931  Chelsea, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25] 
    • having met in 1928, and been home to St Ives several times
    Family ID F3146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • ExpandDocuments 7 Documents

  • Notes 
    • "Beautiful and Beloved". Mistress to Augustus John, married Sir Mortimer Wheeler (divorced), 6 months for shooting her lover (Lord Vivian).

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Register of Births, Woolwich, London Mar 1909 vol 1D page 1187 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 021, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S3] Register of Deaths, Chelsea, London Dec 1970 vol 5A page 1527 (Reliability: 3).
      from date given on Death registered in Chelsea, London Dec 1970 vol 5A p1527

    4. [S12] 1911 UK Census, RG14PN8786 RG78PN460 RD172 SD4 ED5 SN134 Unidentified, Church Street (Reliability: 2).
      Recorded as WRIGHT, Mabel (F) Daughter b abt 1909 in Charlton Kent Age: 2 years

    5. [S433] 1921 UK Census, RG15/07867/19 High Street, Needingworth (Reliability: 2).
      Recorded as Mabel Wright (Female) Granddaughter b abt 1909 in Charlton, Kent, England Age: 12 years 6 months Both Alive

    6. [S12] 1911 UK Census, RG14PN8786 RG78PN460 RD172 SD4 ED5 SN134 Unidentified, Church Street (Reliability: 3).
      Recorded as WRIGHT, Mabel (F) Daughter b abt 1909 in Charlton Kent Age: 2 years

    7. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 023, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S433] 1921 UK Census, RG15/07867/19 High Street, Needingworth (Reliability: 3).
      Recorded as Mabel Wright (Female) Granddaughter b abt 1909 in Charlton, Kent, England Age: 12 years 6 months Both Alive

    9. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 026, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 028, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 029, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 064, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 071, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    14. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 083, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    15. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 089, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    16. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 115, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    17. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 200, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    18. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 269, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    19. [S3] Register of Deaths, Chelsea, London Dec 1970 vol 5A page 1527 (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 277, D01937. (Reliability: 2).

    21. [S12] 1911 UK Census, RG14PN8786 RG78PN460 RD172 SD4 ED5 SN134 Unidentified, Church Street (Reliability: 2).
      Recorded as WRIGHT, Florrance (F) Wife b abt 1881 in Charlton Kent Age: 30 years (Married 6 years) Married

    22. [S4] Register of Marriages, Woolwich, London Sep 1905 vol 1D page 2271 (Reliability: 3).

    23. [S4] Register of Marriages, WESTMINSTER Mar 1939 vol 1A page 914 (Reliability: 3).

    24. [S4] Register of Marriages, CHELSEA Mar 1931 vol 1A page 649 (Reliability: 3).

    25. [S67] Roderic OWEN & Tristan DE VERE COLE, Beautiful and Beloved: The Life of Mavis de Vere Cole, 033, D01937. (Reliability: 2).


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