LADY TWYFORD
WIFE OF LORD MAYOR-ELECT BORN IN AUSTRALIA z LONDON, Oct. I Lady Twyford, wife of Sir Harry Twyford, Lord Mayor-elect of London, probably will be the first Australianborn Lady Mayoress. Formerly Lady Twyford was Miss Ethel Honey. She is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Honey, who lived in Woodville, a suburb of Adelaide. As head of Lion Timber Mills, and as commodore for many years of the South Australian Yacht Squadron, her father was widely known. Miss Honey met her future husband when on a visit to Singapore, where he was on the staff of tho Eastern Cable Company. The wedding took place in 1900 at Woodville, Then Mr. and Mrs. Twyford—as they were then—spent part of Mr. Twyford's year's leave in England and part in South Australia. When Sir Harry retired from the company, he and Lady Twyford went to England, Avhere they have lived since. In I»US Lady Twyford visited her relatives, including a brother in Sydney.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22860, 15 October 1937, Page 11
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