Mary Elizabeth Stormont (nee. Sapsworth)(1871-1962)

Mary Elizabeth Sapsworth was born in Hackney London on 2nd January 1871 to George Sapsworth, a leather merchant, and Elizabeth Deur. In 1898 she married fellow artist Howard Gull Stormont (1859-1935). The marriage was against the wishes of her parents as they believed it was unfitting for Mary to marry someone who was her senior and a practicing artist. Howard and Mary eventually eloped to Rye where they married at St Mary’s Church. They settled at Ypres Studio on Ockman Lane.

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