Mary Wills (philanthropist)
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Mary Wills | |
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Born | Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen 18 January 1861 Brompton, Middlesex |
Died | 2 April 1931 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Philanthropist |
Dame Mary Monica Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs Wills DBE 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.[citation needed]
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