Judith Felicity Turney Monsarrat was born at 11 Rodney Street, Liverpool on 21 October 1907.
Felicity’s father was Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat, MB, CM, FRCS, FRSC (1872-1968) who would become one of the most eminent British surgeons of his day, lecturer in Clinical Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Her mother was Marguerite Ada Turney (1873-1947), a woman of great energy and often overwhelming organising ability. The couple had married at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham in 1898. Felicity was the “middle-child" of their five children: Toby (1903-13) was three years older and Nicholas (1910-79) three years her junior.
The infant Felicity was baptised by the Reverend Bernard Jackson at St Bride, Percy Street, Toxteth on 21 February 1908.
Felicity was educated at South Liverpool School for Girls, Belvedere High School GPDST, and the Cheltenham Ladies’ College of which her mother and elder sister, Molly (1900-1939), were alumnae
After Cheltenham, Felicity spent six months in Paris forging a friendship with Edward Halliday RA (1902-1984), also born in Liverpool, and establishing herself as a competent teacher of French.
Felicity was active in the Girl Guides movement was formally founded in 1910. She was a Guider Lieutenant in Liverpool. Subsequently, she had her own Company at Edgehill. In the early nineteen-thirties she wrote a novel about a Girl Guide Company. It was reprinted in the nineteen-fifties by which time Felicity was District Commissioner for the Nottinghamshire district of Gedling.
After Keith and Marguerite Monsarrat separated, Felicity lived with her mother, taking on immense responsibility. It was to be expected. Molly Monsarrat had married the future Sir George Philip Proctor (1902-86) in 1926 and had a small daughter. Mother and daughter spent a year at the holiday home that Keith had built at Trearddur Bay in 1908. Then Marguerite began buying and living in a succession of houses in her native Nottinghamshire, each of which she had no sooner bought, redecorated and refurnished before she would sell it and move on to another property. Felicity followed Marguerite first to The Hall Farm, East Stoke, next to The Manor House, Bramcote, thence to Bulcote Lodge.
During this period, Felicity was received into the Roman Catholic communion, becoming a member of many Catholic organisations. She was awarded the Benemerenti Medal- an honour awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity- in 1975.
In 1939, Felicity relinquished the prospect of a career in early-childhood education. She had completed the Montessori Diploma at the Convent of the Assumption and was offered a permanent position with them but her Marguerite asked her to stay with her. Perhaps it was fortuitous.
Felicity’s engagement to Captain Hilary John Bradley Armstrong (1910-95) of the 9th Sherwood Foresters was announced in the press in December 1939. The couple married at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Carlton on 6 January 1940. The bride, dressed in a simple blue outfit, was given away by her father, Keith Monsarrat.
Her husband in France, Felicity remained with Marguerite for most of the time despite pregnancies and war-work.
Marguerite Monsarrat died in Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1947.Nicholas Monserrat records how she died alone during a blizzard that had isolated her home, Trowell Lodge, for several days. (Her probate record states that she died at the General Hospital, Nottingham where, in the circumstances, her body would have been taken.) She was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery on the 8th of the month.
Felicity and Hilary had five children, living to enjoy their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Hilary died on 21 April 1995, the Friday of the Octave of Easter. Felicity lived on in Nottinghamshire, continuing to teach French until the week of her death. She died on 15 May 2003, aged 95 years, and was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery, Nottinghamshire on 22nd of the month.
Felicity’s father was Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat, MB, CM, FRCS, FRSC (1872-1968) who would become one of the most eminent British surgeons of his day, lecturer in Clinical Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Her mother was Marguerite Ada Turney (1873-1947), a woman of great energy and often overwhelming organising ability. The couple had married at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham in 1898. Felicity was the “middle-child" of their five children: Toby (1903-13) was three years older and Nicholas (1910-79) three years her junior.
The infant Felicity was baptised by the Reverend Bernard Jackson at St Bride, Percy Street, Toxteth on 21 February 1908.
Felicity was educated at South Liverpool School for Girls, Belvedere High School GPDST, and the Cheltenham Ladies’ College of which her mother and elder sister, Molly (1900-1939), were alumnae
After Cheltenham, Felicity spent six months in Paris forging a friendship with Edward Halliday RA (1902-1984), also born in Liverpool, and establishing herself as a competent teacher of French.
Felicity was active in the Girl Guides movement was formally founded in 1910. She was a Guider Lieutenant in Liverpool. Subsequently, she had her own Company at Edgehill. In the early nineteen-thirties she wrote a novel about a Girl Guide Company. It was reprinted in the nineteen-fifties by which time Felicity was District Commissioner for the Nottinghamshire district of Gedling.
After Keith and Marguerite Monsarrat separated, Felicity lived with her mother, taking on immense responsibility. It was to be expected. Molly Monsarrat had married the future Sir George Philip Proctor (1902-86) in 1926 and had a small daughter. Mother and daughter spent a year at the holiday home that Keith had built at Trearddur Bay in 1908. Then Marguerite began buying and living in a succession of houses in her native Nottinghamshire, each of which she had no sooner bought, redecorated and refurnished before she would sell it and move on to another property. Felicity followed Marguerite first to The Hall Farm, East Stoke, next to The Manor House, Bramcote, thence to Bulcote Lodge.
During this period, Felicity was received into the Roman Catholic communion, becoming a member of many Catholic organisations. She was awarded the Benemerenti Medal- an honour awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity- in 1975.
In 1939, Felicity relinquished the prospect of a career in early-childhood education. She had completed the Montessori Diploma at the Convent of the Assumption and was offered a permanent position with them but her Marguerite asked her to stay with her. Perhaps it was fortuitous.
Felicity’s engagement to Captain Hilary John Bradley Armstrong (1910-95) of the 9th Sherwood Foresters was announced in the press in December 1939. The couple married at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Carlton on 6 January 1940. The bride, dressed in a simple blue outfit, was given away by her father, Keith Monsarrat.
Her husband in France, Felicity remained with Marguerite for most of the time despite pregnancies and war-work.
Marguerite Monsarrat died in Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1947.Nicholas Monserrat records how she died alone during a blizzard that had isolated her home, Trowell Lodge, for several days. (Her probate record states that she died at the General Hospital, Nottingham where, in the circumstances, her body would have been taken.) She was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery on the 8th of the month.
Felicity and Hilary had five children, living to enjoy their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Hilary died on 21 April 1995, the Friday of the Octave of Easter. Felicity lived on in Nottinghamshire, continuing to teach French until the week of her death. She died on 15 May 2003, aged 95 years, and was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery, Nottinghamshire on 22nd of the month.
Judith Felicity Turney Monsarrat was born at 11 Rodney Street, Liverpool on 21 October 1907.
Felicity’s father was Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat, MB, CM, FRCS, FRSC (1872-1968) who would become one of the most eminent British surgeons of his day, lecturer in Clinical Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Her mother was Marguerite Ada Turney (1873-1947), a woman of great energy and often overwhelming organising ability. The couple had married at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham in 1898. Felicity was the “middle-child" of their five children: Toby (1903-13) was three years older and Nicholas (1910-79) three years her junior.
The infant Felicity was baptised by the Reverend Bernard Jackson at St Bride, Percy Street, Toxteth on 21 February 1908.
Felicity was educated at South Liverpool School for Girls, Belvedere High School GPDST, and the Cheltenham Ladies’ College of which her mother and elder sister, Molly (1900-1939), were alumnae
After Cheltenham, Felicity spent six months in Paris forging a friendship with Edward Halliday RA (1902-1984), also born in Liverpool, and establishing herself as a competent teacher of French.
Felicity was active in the Girl Guides movement was formally founded in 1910. She was a Guider Lieutenant in Liverpool. Subsequently, she had her own Company at Edgehill. In the early nineteen-thirties she wrote a novel about a Girl Guide Company. It was reprinted in the nineteen-fifties by which time Felicity was District Commissioner for the Nottinghamshire district of Gedling.
After Keith and Marguerite Monsarrat separated, Felicity lived with her mother, taking on immense responsibility. It was to be expected. Molly Monsarrat had married the future Sir George Philip Proctor (1902-86) in 1926 and had a small daughter. Mother and daughter spent a year at the holiday home that Keith had built at Trearddur Bay in 1908. Then Marguerite began buying and living in a succession of houses in her native Nottinghamshire, each of which she had no sooner bought, redecorated and refurnished before she would sell it and move on to another property. Felicity followed Marguerite first to The Hall Farm, East Stoke, next to The Manor House, Bramcote, thence to Bulcote Lodge.
During this period, Felicity was received into the Roman Catholic communion, becoming a member of many Catholic organisations. She was awarded the Benemerenti Medal- an honour awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity- in 1975.
In 1939, Felicity relinquished the prospect of a career in early-childhood education. She had completed the Montessori Diploma at the Convent of the Assumption and was offered a permanent position with them but her Marguerite asked her to stay with her. Perhaps it was fortuitous.
Felicity’s engagement to Captain Hilary John Bradley Armstrong (1910-95) of the 9th Sherwood Foresters was announced in the press in December 1939. The couple married at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Carlton on 6 January 1940. The bride, dressed in a simple blue outfit, was given away by her father, Keith Monsarrat.
Her husband in France, Felicity remained with Marguerite for most of the time despite pregnancies and war-work.
Marguerite Monsarrat died in Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1947.Nicholas Monserrat records how she died alone during a blizzard that had isolated her home, Trowell Lodge, for several days. (Her probate record states that she died at the General Hospital, Nottingham where, in the circumstances, her body would have been taken.) She was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery on the 8th of the month.
Felicity and Hilary had five children, living to enjoy their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Hilary died on 21 April 1995, the Friday of the Octave of Easter. Felicity lived on in Nottinghamshire, continuing to teach French until the week of her death. She died on 15 May 2003, aged 95 years, and was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery, Nottinghamshire on 22nd of the month.
Felicity’s father was Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat, MB, CM, FRCS, FRSC (1872-1968) who would become one of the most eminent British surgeons of his day, lecturer in Clinical Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Her mother was Marguerite Ada Turney (1873-1947), a woman of great energy and often overwhelming organising ability. The couple had married at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham in 1898. Felicity was the “middle-child" of their five children: Toby (1903-13) was three years older and Nicholas (1910-79) three years her junior.
The infant Felicity was baptised by the Reverend Bernard Jackson at St Bride, Percy Street, Toxteth on 21 February 1908.
Felicity was educated at South Liverpool School for Girls, Belvedere High School GPDST, and the Cheltenham Ladies’ College of which her mother and elder sister, Molly (1900-1939), were alumnae
After Cheltenham, Felicity spent six months in Paris forging a friendship with Edward Halliday RA (1902-1984), also born in Liverpool, and establishing herself as a competent teacher of French.
Felicity was active in the Girl Guides movement was formally founded in 1910. She was a Guider Lieutenant in Liverpool. Subsequently, she had her own Company at Edgehill. In the early nineteen-thirties she wrote a novel about a Girl Guide Company. It was reprinted in the nineteen-fifties by which time Felicity was District Commissioner for the Nottinghamshire district of Gedling.
After Keith and Marguerite Monsarrat separated, Felicity lived with her mother, taking on immense responsibility. It was to be expected. Molly Monsarrat had married the future Sir George Philip Proctor (1902-86) in 1926 and had a small daughter. Mother and daughter spent a year at the holiday home that Keith had built at Trearddur Bay in 1908. Then Marguerite began buying and living in a succession of houses in her native Nottinghamshire, each of which she had no sooner bought, redecorated and refurnished before she would sell it and move on to another property. Felicity followed Marguerite first to The Hall Farm, East Stoke, next to The Manor House, Bramcote, thence to Bulcote Lodge.
During this period, Felicity was received into the Roman Catholic communion, becoming a member of many Catholic organisations. She was awarded the Benemerenti Medal- an honour awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity- in 1975.
In 1939, Felicity relinquished the prospect of a career in early-childhood education. She had completed the Montessori Diploma at the Convent of the Assumption and was offered a permanent position with them but her Marguerite asked her to stay with her. Perhaps it was fortuitous.
Felicity’s engagement to Captain Hilary John Bradley Armstrong (1910-95) of the 9th Sherwood Foresters was announced in the press in December 1939. The couple married at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Carlton on 6 January 1940. The bride, dressed in a simple blue outfit, was given away by her father, Keith Monsarrat.
Her husband in France, Felicity remained with Marguerite for most of the time despite pregnancies and war-work.
Marguerite Monsarrat died in Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1947.Nicholas Monserrat records how she died alone during a blizzard that had isolated her home, Trowell Lodge, for several days. (Her probate record states that she died at the General Hospital, Nottingham where, in the circumstances, her body would have been taken.) She was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery on the 8th of the month.
Felicity and Hilary had five children, living to enjoy their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Hilary died on 21 April 1995, the Friday of the Octave of Easter. Felicity lived on in Nottinghamshire, continuing to teach French until the week of her death. She died on 15 May 2003, aged 95 years, and was interred at Burton Joyce Cemetery, Nottinghamshire on 22nd of the month.
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