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Mentioned in Charles George Mills Will:-
Her inheritance was conditional upon surrendering her bequest from Mary Hibberd to the Trustees of the estate. | PHILIPS, Ann Hibberd (I001101)
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Meriel Forbes
Actress of wit and charm, with and without Ralph Richardson
Eric Shorter
Monday April 17, 2000
The Guardian
Although Meriel Forbes, who has died aged 86, later became better known as Sir Ralph Richardson's beloved wife, "Mu" - famous for tolerating his assorted whims, from motorcycles to uncaged pet parrots - she had earned a reputation on the West End stage as one of its busiest and most accomplished actresses long before they met.
She was also one of the stage's most attractive exponents of light comedy. After ending her engagement to the actor Robert Morley, who considered her insufficiently ambitious, she took up with the matinée idol Robert Donat, and played his wife on tour and in the West End - during the same season that she first encountered Richardson.
Meriel was born into one of the best-known British acting families. The daughter of Frank Forbes-Robertson and niece of the great Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, she was educated in Eastbourne, Brussels and Paris. No one was surprised when, at 16, she made her professional debut with her father's touring company in York, as Mrs De Hooley in Jerome K Jerome's The Passing Of The Third Floor Back.
Then came two stints in rep, one in Dundee, the other in Birmingham, before touring in Ronald Mackenzie's Musical Chairs, and understudying (and playing) the fluffy and flirtatious Kitty Packard in Kaufman and Ferber's Dinner At Eight (1933). For the next seven years, Forbes was never out of work, which ranged from comedies and thrillers to musicals and Terence Rattigan's first play, First Episode, in 1934.
It was two years later, while auditioning with another actress at the Haymarket theatre for The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse, that Ralph Richardson chose her for the part of a gangster's moll. He was to star as a psychologist-turned- criminologist, and pointing to the vivacious Forbes, he said: "I like that one." As Clitterhouse's "dark and spirited, and smartly dressed assistant, Daisy" Forbes caught critical attention in a production which ran for nearly 500 performances.
The Richardsons did not act again together for another 12 years. He was already married to Muriel "Kit" Hewitt, an actress but an invalid. She had developed the disease encephalitis lethargica (sleeping sickness).
Although Forbes might not possess high ambition or wide range, as Morley had once brusquely pointed out, she was always in work, and her vivacity held an irresistible charm for an actor of Richardson's artistic standing and domestic predicament. Besides, she had won admiration over the years for her lightness of touch, exquisite timing, spirited personality and her way of humanising otherwise over-sweet characters, like Sheridan's Julia in The Rivals at the Old Vic in 1938.
Forbes had also shown an engaging, caustic line in dry comedy as Crystal Allen in The Women (1940), and had stolen notices in the small part of the housemaid Milly Smith in Reginald Beckwith's A Soldier For Christmas (1944). As the barmaid opposite Richardson in RC Sherriff's Home At Seven (1950), her part may only have lasted 10 minutes, but within that time she was said to have "unlocked with charm and vivacity the key to the plot". In another play by Sherriff, The White Carnation, Forbes drew from Kenneth Tynan the epithet "winsome", as a London librarian with whom Richardson fell in love.
Indeed, the Richardsons, who married in 1944 (two years after the death of Muriel Hewitt), were to play many parts together, from Romilly Cavan's ruritanian comedy, Royal Circle (1948) to a tour of Australia in two Rattigan plays, Separate Tables and The Sleeping Prince, and Robert Bolt's Flowering Cherry, in which Forbes took over from Wendy Hiller as the long-suffering wife of Richardson's dreamy suburban husband.
They were together again in the West End in The School For Scandal in 1962, with her as Lady Sneerwell to his blustering Sir Peter Teazle, roles which they also acted on Broadway. In 1964, they played Bottom and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream on a tour of South America and Europe.
One of their last plays together came in the 1970s, Lloyd George Knew My Father, with Forbes replacing Peggy Ashcroft. Among her own personal successes were The Philadelphia Story (1949), Shaw's The Millionairess (1952), and The Waltz Of The Toreadors (New York, 1957). Forbes's film appearances included Oh! What A Lovely War, and, on television, she was Lady Constance in the series Blandings Castle.
Sir Ralph Richardson died in 1983. Their only son, Charles, also predeceased Forbes.
• Meriel Forbes, actress, born September 13 1913; died April 7 2000 | FORBES-ROBERTSON, Muriel Elsa Florence (I000386)
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Miah William Murphy's name crops up in the following record -
LDS Collection: India Marriages, 1792-1948
Groom's Name: Francis Henry Braiton Murphy
Groom's Birth Date: 1855
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: Eveline Constance Davidson (1901 Census - living in Sundays Well Road)
Bride's Birth Date: 1865
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1883
Marriage Place: Bellary, Madras, India
Groom's Father's Name: Miah William Murphy
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: Alfred Augustus Davidson
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75025-1
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 521871
Reference Number:
| MURPHY, Miah William MRCS (Eng 1839) (I1876)
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Military Mechanist Staff Sergeant RE | MILLS, Thomas William R.E (I000044)
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Military Mechanist Staff Sergeant RE | Family: Thomas William MILLS, R.E / Eva Annie WILLIAMS (F000018)
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Modern address -168 Worsley Road Eccles MANCHESTER M30 8LT
The original cottage demolished around 1974 | Family: Jabez HUGHES / Emma MILLS (F000177)
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More likely to have been born in Scotland.
The 1881 Census shows a William Barr - Grandson - born in Scotland - living with the Gallacher family in Walney, Barrow in Furness. | BARR, William (I000432)
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Mother's maiden name recorded as FARR | CHALLINOR, Olive (I1508)
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Moved to Coventry from Barrow on the recommendation of his father who had moved in 1911 | Family: John RUSHTON / Alice PROCTER (F000034)
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Mrs DORIS MURIEL WYNN (30), and her son IAN just 30 months old, were crushed to death by the rubble of the remains of the house, 9 Bournemouth Avenue, Elson, Gosport. They were buried on Thursday 16th January 1941, Plot 53 Space 77. A Civilian War Grave headstone commemorates both.
| WYNN, Ian (I1596)
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Name Francis Forbes-Robertson
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1926
Registration District Marylebone
County London
Event Place Marylebone, London, England
Spouse Name Thornton
Volume 1A
Page 1403
Line Number 55 | Family: Frank FORBES-ROBERTSON / Emily Sydney THORNTON (F811)
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Name Henry Louis Joseph
Christening Place 1028, KINGSTOWN, DUB, IRE
Birth Date 10 Jan 1869
Birthplace Kingstown, Dub, Ire
Father's Name Patrick Hayes
Mother's Name Ellen Fitzimon
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C70140-4
System Origin Ireland-VR
GS Film number 101181
Reference ID 2:29W77V1 | HAYES, Henry Louis Joseph (I111)
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Name Ian Frank Forbes Robertson
Spouse's Name Gertrude F. Knight Smith
Event Date 03 Jul 1883
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York
Father's Name John Forbes Robertson
Mother's Name Francis Colt
Spouse's Father's Name Joseph Knight
Spouse's Mother's Name Rachel Wilkenson | Family: Ian Frank FORBES-ROBERTSON / Gertrude Farwell KNIGHT (F807)
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Name Ida V Forbes-Robertson
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1945
Registration District Kensington
County London
Spouse Name LUFF
Page 398
Line Number 52
| Family: William LUFF / Ida V FORBES-ROBERTSON (F821)
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Name Benjamin Mackinolty
Birth Date 1832
Age 31
Spouse's Name Ellen Connelly
Spouse's Birth Date 1839
Spouse's Age 24
Event Date 04 Aug 1863
Event Place Franklin Huon, Tasmania, Australia
LDS Indexing Project (Batch) Number M31047-3
System Origin Australia
GS Film number 1368296
Reference ID
| Family: James THROWER / Ellen CONNELLY (F122)
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Name Timothy J Drake
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1955
Registration District Weymouth
Mother's Maiden Name Forbes-Robertson
Volume 6A Page 817 Line Number 82
| DRAKE, Timothy James (I2406)
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name: Evelyn Constance Davidson
baptism/christening date: 28 Feb 1864
baptism/christening place: Trivandrum, Madras, India
birth date: 16 Jan 1864
father's name: Alfred Augustus Davidson
mother's name: Dera
LDS
indexing project (batch) number: C00069-0
system origin: India-EASy
source film number: 521853
reference number: v 45 p 23 | DAVIDSON, Eveline Constance (I2071)
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Name: James Mckim
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1864
Event Place: Clogher, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: 1864
Registration District: Clogher
Age: 76
Birth Year (Estimated): 1788
Volume Number: 3
Page Number: 109
GS Film number: 101582
Digital Folder Number: 004200214
Image Number: 00186 | MCKIM, James (I89)
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Name: Thomas Mckim
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1870
Birthplace: Tyrone, Ireland
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: James Mckim
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Eliza Hall
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01405-1
System Origin: Ireland-EASy
GS Film number: 101217
Reference ID: v 18 p 142
www.familysearch.org | MCKIM, Thomas Johnston (I62)
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Name: Albert V Pedwell
Birth Date: abt 1888
Date of Registration: Mar 1919
Age at Death: 31
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 928a | PEDWELL, Albert Victor (I2370)
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Name: Alma A Pedwell
Mother's Maiden Surname: Ponsford
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 908 | PEDWELL, Alma A (I2372)
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Name: Amos Sherwood
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 15 Jan 1854
Baptism Place: Severn Stoke, Worcester, England
Father: Frederic Sherwood
Mother: Mary Anne Sherwood
FHL Film Number: 367809
Reference ID: P-1 No.44 | SHERWOOD, Amos (I000514)
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Name: BATESON, Anthony J
Registration District: Westminster
County: London
Year of Registration: 1981
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's last name: Keen
Volume No: 15
Page No: 1713 | Family: Anthony J BATESON / Eugenie A KEEN (F677)
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NAME: Bertie Fendley
BIRTH DATE: abt 1906
DATE OF REGISTRATION: Jun 1959
AGE AT DEATH: 53
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Bournemouth
INFERRED COUNTY: Hampshire
VOLUME: 6b
PAGE: 184 | FENDLEY, Bertie (I1918)
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Name: Beverly M Billson
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1927
Age: 41
Marriage Date: 2 Mar 1968
Marriage Place: Los Angeles City, California, USA
Spouse Name: Raymond W Williams
Spouse Age: 46 | Family: Raymond M Williams / Beverly Mae KINQUIST (F788)
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Name: Beverly Mae Williams
Last Residence:
89145 Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
BORN: 16 Feb 1927
Died: 16 Apr 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951) | KINQUIST, Beverly Mae (I000049)
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Name: Charles D Richardson
Mother's Maiden Surname: Forbes-robertson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1945
Registration district: Marylebone
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 534 | RICHARDSON, Charles David (I000394)
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Name: Charles David Richardson
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1945
Date of Registration: Oct 1998
Age at Death: 53
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Register Number: C45D
District and Subdistrict: 5361C
Entry Number: 283 | RICHARDSON, Charles David (I000394)
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Name: Charles E G Sharpe
Birth Date: abt 1879
Date of Registration: Sep 1959
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 4b
Page: 231 | SHARPE, Charles Edward Glendinning (I1803)
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Name: Charles Murphy
Date of Registration: 1865
Registration district: Rathkeale
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 5
Page: 653
FHL Film Number: 101042 | DAY-MURPHY, Charles Aloysius (I000291)
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Name: Charlotte E Sherwood
Birth Date: abt 1884
Date of Registration: Jun 1955
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 9c
Page: 428 | SHIPLEY, Charlotte E (I1686)
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Name: Charlotte Elizabeth Shipley
Baptism Date: 14 May 1884
Baptism Place: Ladywood, St John, Warwickshire, England
Father: William Shipley
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Shipley
Reference Number: DRO 82
Archive Roll: M168/M299 | SHIPLEY, Charlotte E (I1686)
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Name: Charlotte Lotty Blakeman
Registration Year: 1880
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Warwick
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 655 | BLAKEMAN, Charlotte Lotty (I2334)
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Name: Cyril Booty
Birth Date: abt 1900
Date of Registration: Dec 1964
Age at Death: 64
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 555 | BOOTY, Cyril (I2345)
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Name: Donald G Sharpe
Spouse Surname: Dickerson
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1953
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume Number: 4b
Page Number: 499 | Family: Donald Glendinning SHARPE / Ruby Doreen Olive DICKERSON (F784)
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Name: Donald Glendinning Sharpe
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1918
Date of Registration: Nov 1993
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Register Number: B34D
District and Subdistrict: 5361B
Entry Number: 77 | SHARPE, Donald Glendinning (I1804)
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Name: Doris May Bolton
Birth Date: 11 Aug 1909
Date of Registration: Apr 1990
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 20
Page: 545 | BOLTON, Doris May (I2369)
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Name: Doris May Bolton
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 478 | BOLTON, Doris May (I2369)
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Name: Dorothy Florence Finch
Birth Date: 4 May 1888
Date of Registration: Jun 1977
Age at Death: 89
Registration district: Bexley
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 11
Page: 0474 | FINCH, Dorothy Florence (I2329)
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Name: Dorothy W Walker
Spouse Surname: Jeffries
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1939
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Southampton
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 1984 | Family: Joseph A T JEFFRIES / Dorothy W WALKER (F797)
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NAME: Eda Isobella Davis
BIRTH DATE: 8 Jul 1914
DATE OF REGISTRATION: Dec 2005
AGE AT DEATH: 91
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Kettering
INFERRED COUNTY: Northamptonshire
REGISTER NUMBER: A75D
DISTRICT AND SUBDISTRICT: 669/1A
ENTRY NUMBER: 11 | FOSTER, Eda Isabella (I1682)
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Name: Edmund Hayes
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1866
Birthplace: 0892,KINGSTOWN DISTRICT,DUBLIN,IRELAND
Father's Name: Thomas Patrick Hayes
Mother's Name: Helen Mary Burke
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C70129-8
System Origin: Ireland-ODM
GS Film number: 101136
Reference ID: | HAYES, Edmund Burke (I000578)
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Name: Edward Alexander Murphy
Date of Registration: 1868
Registration district: Rathkeale
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 15
Page: 562
FHL Film Number: 101045 | MURPHY, Edward Alexander (I2231)
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Name: Eliza Mary Booty
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Reigate
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 172 | BOOTY, Eliza Mary (I2342)
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Name: Eliza Mary Booty
Registration Year: 1908
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Brighton
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 483
George William Snook | Family: George William SNOOK / Eliza Mary BOOTY (F789)
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Name: Emma Pedwell
Birth Date: abt 1890
Date of Registration: Jun 1965
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 587 | PONSFORD, Emma (I2351)
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Name: Emma Ponsford
Registration Year: 1890
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Portsea Island
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 495 | PONSFORD, Emma (I2351)
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Name: Emmeline Ward
Birth Date: abt 1869
Date of Registration: Mar 1938
Age at Death: 69
Registration District: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 361 | DODWELL, Emmaline (I000120)
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Name: Esther Sharpe
Birth Date: abt 1880
Date of Registration: Mar 1961
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 4b
Page: 359 | TAYLOR, Esther (I000598)
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Name: Esther Taylor
Registration Year: 1879
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Barton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 592 | TAYLOR, Esther (I000598)
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