Rupert Potter

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Rupert Potter

Birth
Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Death
8 May 1914 (aged 81–82)
Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Burial
Gee Cross, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
Plot
Potter Family Vault
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Rupert Potter, father of famous author Beatrix Potter, was born in 1832 at Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Edmund Potter and Jessie Crompton. He was a Unitarian, a practicing barrister and an amateur photographer. He married Helen Leech, daughter of John Leech and Jane Ashton, in 1863 at Stockport, Cheshire, England. He died in 1914.

Children of Rupert Potter and Helen Leech:
1. Helen Beatrix Potter b. 28 Jul 1866, d. 22 Dec 1943
2. Walter Bertram Potter b. 1872, d. 1918
Rupert Potter, father of famous author Beatrix Potter, was born in 1832 at Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Edmund Potter and Jessie Crompton. He was a Unitarian, a practicing barrister and an amateur photographer. He married Helen Leech, daughter of John Leech and Jane Ashton, in 1863 at Stockport, Cheshire, England. He died in 1914.

Children of Rupert Potter and Helen Leech:
1. Helen Beatrix Potter b. 28 Jul 1866, d. 22 Dec 1943
2. Walter Bertram Potter b. 1872, d. 1918