Mary Rolleston

Mary Rolleston
Rolleston in 1900
Born
Elizabeth Mary Brittan

30 March 1845
Castleton, Dorset, England
Died4 June 1940(1940-06-04) (aged 95)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Known forpolitical hostess
community leader

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 five siblings, two 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] She attended Mrs Thomson's School for Young Ladies in Christchurch.[5]

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

  1. ^ Rolleston 1971, p. 15.
  2. ^ Rolleston 1971, Inside back cover.
  3. ^ "Passage of the "William Hyde"". Lyttelton Times. Vol. II, no. 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.
  5. ^ Rolleston 1971, p. 23.