Wife of British Army Field Marshal.
Adelaide Mabel Allenby was born to Horace and Adelaide Chapman in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She had one sister, Florence. On 30 December 1896 in St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mabel married Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. We learn most about her life from their detailed correspondence. Theirs was a long, happy marriage, their only sadness being the loss of their only child Michael, who died during WW1. As the General wrote beautifully on the occasion of an anniversary: "Twenty one years ago we were married. Since then I have had twenty one years of perfect happiness. That happiness has been marred by one great sorrow; but the remembrance of Michael will always be with us, and will be nothing but a joy. The sorrow of not to have known him would be far greater than the grief of loosing him for a while. For all the happiness, I thank you; my wife...". His biographer Wavell also writes of Mabel's important work in "Allenby - a Study in Greatness": "after his son's death Allenby obtained permission for Lady Allenby to go to Egypt ... Her influence in the English community in Egypt was in its way as great as Allenby's at the front. She took a part in the direction of Red Cross work, in finding occupations and interests for convalescents and for officers and men on leave, and similar activities. Her imperturbable serenity was as effective in inspiring courage as was her husband's dynamic energy. She had in her gentle way as much strength of will and purpose as he had." She survived the General by six years and her ashes are buried with his in Westminster Abbey.
TITLES:
- decorated with the award of the Grand Cordon, Order of El Kemal of Egypt.
- through her marriage she became Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo on 7 October 1919.
- she was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
A Wavell 1940 "Allenby - a Study in Greatness: the biography of Field Marshall Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe" London Harrop
Peerage details: http://www.thepeerage.com/p451.htm#i4504
Family details: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapman-9948
Family letters: https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/a/al60-001/al60-01-1
Photos: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw188701/Adelaide-Mabel-Allenby-ne-Chapman-Viscountess-Allenby-of-Megiddo
Adelaide Mabel Allenby was born to Horace and Adelaide Chapman in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She had one sister, Florence. On 30 December 1896 in St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mabel married Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. We learn most about her life from their detailed correspondence. Theirs was a long, happy marriage, their only sadness being the loss of their only child Michael, who died during WW1. As the General wrote beautifully on the occasion of an anniversary: "Twenty one years ago we were married. Since then I have had twenty one years of perfect happiness. That happiness has been marred by one great sorrow; but the remembrance of Michael will always be with us, and will be nothing but a joy. The sorrow of not to have known him would be far greater than the grief of loosing him for a while. For all the happiness, I thank you; my wife...". His biographer Wavell also writes of Mabel's important work in "Allenby - a Study in Greatness": "after his son's death Allenby obtained permission for Lady Allenby to go to Egypt ... Her influence in the English community in Egypt was in its way as great as Allenby's at the front. She took a part in the direction of Red Cross work, in finding occupations and interests for convalescents and for officers and men on leave, and similar activities. Her imperturbable serenity was as effective in inspiring courage as was her husband's dynamic energy. She had in her gentle way as much strength of will and purpose as he had." She survived the General by six years and her ashes are buried with his in Westminster Abbey.
TITLES:
- decorated with the award of the Grand Cordon, Order of El Kemal of Egypt.
- through her marriage she became Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo on 7 October 1919.
- she was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
A Wavell 1940 "Allenby - a Study in Greatness: the biography of Field Marshall Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe" London Harrop
Peerage details: http://www.thepeerage.com/p451.htm#i4504
Family details: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapman-9948
Family letters: https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/a/al60-001/al60-01-1
Photos: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw188701/Adelaide-Mabel-Allenby-ne-Chapman-Viscountess-Allenby-of-Megiddo
Wife of British Army Field Marshal.
Adelaide Mabel Allenby was born to Horace and Adelaide Chapman in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She had one sister, Florence. On 30 December 1896 in St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mabel married Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. We learn most about her life from their detailed correspondence. Theirs was a long, happy marriage, their only sadness being the loss of their only child Michael, who died during WW1. As the General wrote beautifully on the occasion of an anniversary: "Twenty one years ago we were married. Since then I have had twenty one years of perfect happiness. That happiness has been marred by one great sorrow; but the remembrance of Michael will always be with us, and will be nothing but a joy. The sorrow of not to have known him would be far greater than the grief of loosing him for a while. For all the happiness, I thank you; my wife...". His biographer Wavell also writes of Mabel's important work in "Allenby - a Study in Greatness": "after his son's death Allenby obtained permission for Lady Allenby to go to Egypt ... Her influence in the English community in Egypt was in its way as great as Allenby's at the front. She took a part in the direction of Red Cross work, in finding occupations and interests for convalescents and for officers and men on leave, and similar activities. Her imperturbable serenity was as effective in inspiring courage as was her husband's dynamic energy. She had in her gentle way as much strength of will and purpose as he had." She survived the General by six years and her ashes are buried with his in Westminster Abbey.
TITLES:
- decorated with the award of the Grand Cordon, Order of El Kemal of Egypt.
- through her marriage she became Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo on 7 October 1919.
- she was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
A Wavell 1940 "Allenby - a Study in Greatness: the biography of Field Marshall Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe" London Harrop
Peerage details: http://www.thepeerage.com/p451.htm#i4504
Family details: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapman-9948
Family letters: https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/a/al60-001/al60-01-1
Photos: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw188701/Adelaide-Mabel-Allenby-ne-Chapman-Viscountess-Allenby-of-Megiddo
Adelaide Mabel Allenby was born to Horace and Adelaide Chapman in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. She had one sister, Florence. On 30 December 1896 in St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mabel married Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby. We learn most about her life from their detailed correspondence. Theirs was a long, happy marriage, their only sadness being the loss of their only child Michael, who died during WW1. As the General wrote beautifully on the occasion of an anniversary: "Twenty one years ago we were married. Since then I have had twenty one years of perfect happiness. That happiness has been marred by one great sorrow; but the remembrance of Michael will always be with us, and will be nothing but a joy. The sorrow of not to have known him would be far greater than the grief of loosing him for a while. For all the happiness, I thank you; my wife...". His biographer Wavell also writes of Mabel's important work in "Allenby - a Study in Greatness": "after his son's death Allenby obtained permission for Lady Allenby to go to Egypt ... Her influence in the English community in Egypt was in its way as great as Allenby's at the front. She took a part in the direction of Red Cross work, in finding occupations and interests for convalescents and for officers and men on leave, and similar activities. Her imperturbable serenity was as effective in inspiring courage as was her husband's dynamic energy. She had in her gentle way as much strength of will and purpose as he had." She survived the General by six years and her ashes are buried with his in Westminster Abbey.
TITLES:
- decorated with the award of the Grand Cordon, Order of El Kemal of Egypt.
- through her marriage she became Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo on 7 October 1919.
- she was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
A Wavell 1940 "Allenby - a Study in Greatness: the biography of Field Marshall Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe" London Harrop
Peerage details: http://www.thepeerage.com/p451.htm#i4504
Family details: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapman-9948
Family letters: https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/a/al60-001/al60-01-1
Photos: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw188701/Adelaide-Mabel-Allenby-ne-Chapman-Viscountess-Allenby-of-Megiddo
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Allenby Field Marshall 1861 - 1936
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