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Henry FitzHerbert Wright was born 9 October 1870 in "The Hayes", Swanwick, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom to FitzHerbert Wright (1841-1910) and Charlotte Rudolphine Louise von Beckman (c1847-1932) and died 23 February 1947 Yeldersley Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Muriel Harriet Fletcher (1873-1953) 13 September 1894 in St Mark's Church, Kennington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and became a lawyer. He later joined the family business, the Butterley Company. He was also an alderman on the Derbyshire Council for many years and a Member of Parliament. In 1894 he married Muriel Harriet Fletcher (1873-1953) and they had two sons and six daughters. They are both shown in the photograph below at Yeldersley Hall with some of their grandchildren.

Henry Fitzherbert Wright and family at Yeldersley Hall

Henry Fitzherbert Wright (1870-1947), his wife and some of their grandchildren at Yeldersley Hall in 1936


Children


Offspring of Henry FitzHerbert Wright and Muriel Harriet Fletcher (1873-1953)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Helen Hermione Wright (1897-1956) 12 November 1897 26 June 1956 Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom Rudolph Philip Elwes (1892-1962)
Margaret Stella Wright (1899-1986)
Evelyn Muriel Wright (1901-1980)
Violet Frances Wright (1904-1986)
Fitzherbert Wright (1905-1975) 1 September 1905 10 April 1975 Doreen Julia Wingfield (1904-1991)
Stephen Camplyon Wright (1907-1977)
Muriel Joyce Wright (1909-1944)
Judith Harriet Wright (1914-1993)









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