Mary Rolleston

Mary Rolleston in 1900

Elizabeth Mary Rolleston (30 March 1845 – 4 June 1940), known as Mary Rolleston, was a New Zealand homemaker, political hostess and community leader.

She was born as Elizabeth Mary Brittan in Castleton, Dorset, England in 1845. Her parents were Joseph Brittan, a surgeon and newspaper proprietor, and Elizabeth Mary Brittan (née Chandler). She had eight siblings, five of whom died in infancy and a fortnight after the birth and then death of the last child in 1849, her mother herself died.^[1] The surviving siblings were Joseph (Joe), Arthur, and Frances (Frank).^[2][3][4]

Mary Brittan married William Rolleston on 24 May 1865 at Holy Trinity Avonside. She died in Christchurch on 4 June 1940.

Notes

1. Rolleston 1971, p. 15.
2. Rolleston 1971, Inside back cover.
3. "Passage of the "William Hyde"". Lyttelton Times II (58). 14 February 1852. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
4. Starky, Suzanne. "Rolleston, Elizabeth Mary - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

References

• Rolleston, Rosamund (1971). William & Mary Rolleston : An informal biography. Reed Publishing. ISBN 0-589-00621-5.