1860–1929

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Born: Ap­ril 9, 1860, West Park, Wol­ver­hamp­ton, Staf­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Died: June 22, 1929, Bourne­mouth, Hamp­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: All Saints, Brank­some Park (near Poole), Dor­set­shire, Eng­land.

Biography

Ellen was the daugh­ter of Sir Hen­ry Hartley Fowl­er, grand­daugh­ter of Wes­ley­an min­is­ter Jo­seph Fow­ler, and grand­daugh­ter of George Thor­ney­croft, first may­or of Wol­ver­hamp­ton. Her fa­ther, a sol­i­ci­tor, was a coun­cil­lor and may­or, be­came a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment in 1880, and lat­er the first Lord Wol­ver­hamp­ton. Her sis­ter, Ed­ith Hen­ri­et­ta Fowl­er, was a no­vel­ist.

In 1903, Ell­en mar­ried A. L. Fel­kin, Sen­ior As­sist­ant to the Mas­ter of El­tham Col­lege, Lon­don. They moved to West­bourne, Bourne­mouth, in 1916.

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