Mrs. Lucy Antrobus Wilton

DOB—DOD: 1863 — October 9, 1948
Member of SWJ: (1914-1915)

Lucy Antrobus Wilton was born in 1863 in Birmingham, England, to Lucy Lewis and Philip Antrobus, a goldsmith. She had eight siblings: Edmund, Phillip, Hetty, Marian, Richard L., Evelyn, Clarisse, and Guy H. Antrobus. In 1885, Antrobus married George E. Wilton, managing director of G. Wilton & Co., which owned several packaging factories. The couple had two sons, Ralph Antrobus and Guy Noel Wilton. 

Wilton joined the Society of Women Journalists in 1914. She died on October 9, 1948, at the age of 85.

 

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England and Wales Census, 1871.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

England and Wales Census, 1881.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

England and Wales Census, 1891.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

England and Wales Census, 1911.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915.” Ancestry, 1997-2026. http://www.ancestry.com.

Contributor(s): Molly Schlosser
Cite this Page: Schlosser, Molly. "Mrs. Lucy Antrobus Wilton." Society of Women Journalists, www.swj1894.org/1292. Accessed 25 August, 2026.