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Miss Lily Hanbury Prior to 1906. And Edward Fox.

            The Postcard

A postcard published by J. Beagles & Co. of London E.C. The photography was by Window & Grove.

J. Beagles & Co.

The firm of J. Beagles & Co. was started by John Beagles (1844-1909). The company produced a variety of postcards including an extensive catalogue of celebrity (stage and screen) portrait postcards. After Beagle’s death, the business continued under its original name until it closed in 1939.

The card was posted on Friday the 9th. March 1906 to:

Miss Webster,
Telegraphs,
Nottingham.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Another March the 10th.
Many more for you old
girl.
Much love,
Lyhtie".

Miss Lily Hanbury

Lily Hanbury (1873 – 5th. March 1908) was an English stage performer.

Hanbury was born Lilian Florence Alcock, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Davis) and Matthew Henry Alcock. Educated in London, her début was in an 1888 revival of W. S. Gilbert's 'Pygmalion and Galatea'.

Later she appeared on most of the leading stages of the English metropolis. Her extensive career included playing Countess Wintersen in 'The Stranger', Hetty Preene in G. R. Sims's 'Lights o' London', and Petra in Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People'.

Hanbury reached the peak of her popularity by playing a number of parts in Shakespearean plays, mainly under the management of Wilson Barrett and Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

Lily died on the 5th. March 1908 of medical complications following the delivery of a still-born child. Her remains were cremated and her ashes interred at the Jewish Cemetery at Willesden, England.

Hanbury's younger sister, Hilda, also an actress and also at one time a member of Beerbohm Tree's theatrical company, is the grandmother of Edward Fox and James Fox, and the great-grandmother of Freddie, Emilia, and Laurence Fox.

Lily and her sister Hilda had a pet dog named "Wobbles" who died in 1900, and is buried in Hyde Park's pet cemetery.

Horst von Usedom

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, the 9th. March 1906 marked the birth of Horst von Usedom. He became a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. and was commander of the 12th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Usedom died on the 14th. October 1970 aged 64.

Taken on: June 3, 2019

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