Felicity Tree
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Lady Felicity Cory-Wright (née
Felicity Constance Tree: 1895 – 1978) was an English baronetess, the daughter of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
and his wife, the actress Helen Maud Holt
. She was the sister of Viola Tree
and Iris Tree
, and the niece of author Constance Beerbohm
, caricaturist
and parodist
Max Beerbohm
, and the engineer and explorer Julius Beerbohm
.
She married Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, 3rd Baronet
Cory-Wright
, son of Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Bt, and Elizabeth Olive Clothier, on 10 November 1915. Because of the celebrity of her father, the wartime
wedding was filmed, showing the bride leaving with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the parental home and arriving at the church. Felicity Tree's two sisters are shown as bridesmaids with Lady Tree followed by the bride and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The bride and her father are shown entering the car, and the bride and groom leaving the church, posing for the camera. The couple went on to have five children. Two of her sons, Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916-1944) and Lieutenant Jonathan Francis Cory-Wright (1925-1945) were killed in action during World War II
.
She was a member of the Ladies Stage Golfing Society, founded in 1921, and won the inaugural contest. Felicity Tree died in 1978.
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Felicity Constance Tree: 1895 – 1978) was an English baronetess, the daughter of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager.Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre, winning praise for adventurous programming and lavish productions, and starring in many of its productions. In 1899, he helped fund the...
and his wife, the actress Helen Maud Holt
Helen Maud Holt
Helen Maud Holt , professionally known as Mrs Beerbohm Tree and later Lady Tree, was an English actress...
. She was the sister of Viola Tree
Viola Tree
Viola Tree was an English actress, singer, playwright and author. Daughter of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree, she made many of her early appearances with his company at His Majesty's Theatre...
and Iris Tree
Iris Tree
Iris Tree was an English poet, actress and artists' model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventuress....
, and the niece of author Constance Beerbohm
Constance Beerbohm
Constance Beerbohm was the oldest daughter of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm , of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German origin, who had come to England in about 1830 and set up as a prosperous corn merchant. He married an Englishwoman, Constantia Draper, and the couple had four children...
, caricaturist
Caricature
A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
and parodist
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.-Early life:...
, and the engineer and explorer Julius Beerbohm
Julius Beerbohm
Julius Beerbohm was a Victorian travel-writer, engineer and explorer.He was the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm , of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German origin, who had come to England in about 1830 and set up as a prosperous corn merchant. He married an Englishwoman, Constantia Draper, and the...
.
She married Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, 3rd Baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
Cory-Wright
Cory-Wright Baronets
The Cory-Wright Baronetcy, of Caen Wood Towers, High Gate, in St Pancras in the County of London and Hornsey in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 August 1903 for Cory Cory-Wright, Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal and oil shippers....
, son of Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Bt, and Elizabeth Olive Clothier, on 10 November 1915. Because of the celebrity of her father, the wartime
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
wedding was filmed, showing the bride leaving with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the parental home and arriving at the church. Felicity Tree's two sisters are shown as bridesmaids with Lady Tree followed by the bride and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The bride and her father are shown entering the car, and the bride and groom leaving the church, posing for the camera. The couple went on to have five children. Two of her sons, Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916-1944) and Lieutenant Jonathan Francis Cory-Wright (1925-1945) were killed in action during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
She was a member of the Ladies Stage Golfing Society, founded in 1921, and won the inaugural contest. Felicity Tree died in 1978.