Bessie Lyle HATTON

actress, journalist, novelist, playwright

b. Oct-Dec 1867
Droitwich, Hereford and Worcester, Worcestershire, England
christened Feb 3, 1868, Worcester,  England

d. Jan-Mar 1964
Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Age: 96

parents:

Joseph Paul Christopher
b. Feb 3, 1841
Andover, Hampshire, England
d. Jul 31, 1907
15 Elm Tree Road, St John's Wood, London, England

m. Apr 5, 1858

Louisa JOHNSON
b. abt. 1841, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1901

siblings:

Frank
b. Aug 31, 1861
Berkeley Road, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
d. Mar 1, 1883, Borneo, Age: 21

Helen Howard
b. ~1859
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

m.  June 20, 1889, St. Mark's, St. John’s Wood, London

William Henry MARGETSON
b. abt. 1861, Camberwell, London, England
d. Jan 2, 1940, Age: 79

their children:

Hester "Hettie" Dorothy
b. 1890, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England
d. 1965, Wallingford, Berkshire, England, Age: 75

Oliver
b. 1893, Kensington, London, England

Beryl
b. 1899, West Norwood, London, England
d. Dec 27, 1918, Blewbury, Oxfordshire, England

education:

Convent school, Ardennes
Bedford College, London

membership:

Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Women Writers' Suffrage League (WWSL, co-founder, secretary)

residence:

Marylebone, London (1871)
14 Titchfield Terrace, Marylebone, London (1881)
11 Marlborough Rd., Marylebone, London (1901)
15 Sandringham Court, Maida Vale, London W. (1909)
Pound Cottage, Upton, near Didcot, Berkshire (May 1942)

bibliography:

Before Sunrise, 1909
Enid Lyle, 1894
His Master Passion, 1901
Pilgrims of Love, 1902
The Outcast, 1909, with Beatrice Harraden
The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales, 1895
(illustrated by her brother-in-law, W. H. Margetson (1861-1940))


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