Mary Wills (DBE)
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Mary Monica Cunliffe, Mrs. Wills, DBE, D.GSt.J (died 2 April 1931) was a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
and Dame of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem. She received these honours for her philanthropy.
, London
. Around 1886 she married Henry Herbert Wills; the union was apparently childless. She had resided at Rockdunder, Wrington
, Somerset
, and it was there that she died on 2 April 1931.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
Mary Monica Cunliffe, Mrs. Wills, DBE, D.GSt.J (died 2 April 1931) was a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
and Dame of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem. She received these honours for her philanthropy.
Early years
She was born around 1861, the daughter of Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe-Owen and Jenny von Reitzenstein, at KensingtonKensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
, London
London
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. Around 1886 she married Henry Herbert Wills; the union was apparently childless. She had resided at Rockdunder, Wrington
Wrington
Wrington is a village and civil parish in North Somerset, England. It lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river about east of Weston-super-Mare and south-east of Yatton. It is both a civil parish, with a population of 2,896, and an ecclesiastical parish...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, and it was there that she died on 2 April 1931.