Entry Type | Person |
Surname | Wright |
Forenames | Montagu Francis Melville |
Epithet | Mining agent |
Dates | 1897-1968 |
Gender Identity | Male |
Biography | Educted at Ampleforth, Yorkshire and H.M.S. Conway. Served as 2nd Lieutenant in First World War from 1915: also served in air force. After the First World War he studied at Nottingham University. He was appointed by H.E. Mitton to be manager of Ollerton Colliery for the Butterley Company; he was later Mining Agent of the Butterley Company, 1938-1946. He married Marjorie Isobel Brook on 23 June 1934; they had 4 sons: Stephen, David (born 13 Oct 1939), Martin (born 13 Apr 1941) and Miles (born 3 Dec 1944) |
Relationships | Son of Alfred Melville Wright and his wife Sarah Ann (nee Hughes) |
Key Events | Born 23 Jan 1897; died December quarter 1968 in Northallerton registration district, buried in Ampleforth village cemetery |
Address | Ollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire |
Source | Burke's' Landed Gentry, 1939 |
Authorised Form of Name | Wright; Montagu Francis Melville (1897-1968); Mining agent |
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