91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Person    | Female  Born 6/7/1952  Died 22/9/2022

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.

Categories: History, Literature

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.

Author. She has won the Booker Prize twice with 'Wolf Hall' (a fictional account of the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell) and 'Bring up the Bodies'.

Hilary Mary Thompson was born on 6 July 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire. Her gives a full résumé of her life including that her parents split and she took the surname of Mantel from her defacto stepfather, Jack Mantel (1932–1995).

She married Gerald McEwen in 1973. They divorced in 1981 but remarried in 1982.

She died, aged 70 years, on 22 September 2022 in Exeter, Devon.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.

Creations i

Thomas Cromwell - SW15

The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot.  Cromwell's fa...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Other Subjects

Battlefields Trust

Battlefields Trust

Founded to preserve the battle sites of Britain. The founding motivation was the fact that the battlefield of Naseby, (a perfectly preserved site of the battle of the English Civil War), was to be ...

Group, Armed Forces, History

1 memorial
Plastics Historical Society

Plastics Historical Society

First to draw attention to the heritage of the plastics industry and to celebrate all things plastic.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
William Watkiss Lloyd

William Watkiss Lloyd

Born Homerton. Classical and literary scholar. Although he worked in his cousin’s tobacco manufacturing firm until his retirement, he devoted all his spare time to the study of art, architecture,...

Person, History

1 memorial
Theodore and Elsie Crombie

Theodore and Elsie Crombie

With the information provided by Kwok Li (see Miss Rose’s page) we found two items on-line which tell us a bit about the owners of Miss Rose, Theodore and Elsie Crombie: Publication for sale: “Apo...

Group, Art, History

1 memorial
Sir Laurence Gomme

Sir Laurence Gomme

Born 3 Cecil Street, Stepney. Clerk to the London County Council, folklorist and historian. Died at home, Buckinghamshire.

Person, History, Politics & Administration, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial