Lily Hanbury (born Lilian Florence Alcock;[1] 1873 – 5 March 1908) was an English actress.
Lily Hanbury | |
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 Portrait of Hanbury c. 1895–1900 | |
| Born | Lilian Florence Alcock 1873 St Pancras, London, England |
| Died | 5 March 1908 (aged 34–35) St Giles, London, England |
| Resting place | Willesden Jewish Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Herbert Guedella (m. 1905) |
Biography
editLily Hanbury was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Davis) and Matthew Henry Alcock.[2] Hanbury's younger sister, Hilda, also an actress and also at one time a member of Beerbohm Tree's theatrical company, is the grandmother of Edward Fox and James Fox and the great-grandmother of Freddie, Emilia, and Laurence Fox.[3] Lily and her sister Hilda had a pet dog named "Wobbles" who died in 1900 and is buried in Hyde Park pet cemetery.[4]
Educated in London, Hanbury's début was in an 1888 revival of W. S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea;[5] later she appeared on most of the leading stages of the English metropolis. Her extensive career included playing Countess Wintersen in The Stranger, Hetty Preene in G. R. Sims's Lights o' London, Jessica Hunter in Clyde Fitch's The Climbers, and Petra in Ibsen's Enemy of the People.
Hanbury reached the peak of her popularity by playing a number of parts in Shakespearian plays, mainly under the management of Wilson Barrett and Herbert Beerbohm Tree.[citation needed]
On 18 April 1905 she married chartered accountant Herbert Guedella (1874–1940) at the Register Office in Hanover Square, giving her age as 29 (she was actually 32).[citation needed]
Hanbury died on 5 March 1908 of medical complications following the delivery of a still-born child.[5] Her remains were cremated and her ashes interred at Willesden Jewish Cemetery.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2014. ('Subscription required')
- ^ "Featured Articles: TheGenealogist".
- ^ "Emilia Fox". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 8. Episode 5. 7 September 2011. BBC One.
- ^ Inside Hyde Park's Secret Pet Cemetery in The Daily Telegraph
- ^ a b "Death of Lily Hanbury. London Actress Who Was Prominently Associated with Mr. Tree". The New York Times. 6 March 1908. Retrieved 9 September 2011. Note that Pygmalion and Galatea did not play at the Savoy Theatre in 1888, so the NYT is in error on that point.
External links
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Media related to Lily Hanbury at Wikimedia Commons- Shakespeare and the Players
- Lily Hanbury(1890s W&D Downey)
