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Eagle House is a Grade II* listed building in Batheaston, Somerset, near Bath. [2] Before World War I the house had extensive grounds.. When Emily Blathwayt and her husband Colonel Linley Blathwayt owned the house, its summerhouse was used, from 1909 to 1912, as a refuge for suffragettes who had been released from prison after hunger strikes.
Mary Blathwayt was born 1 February 1879 in Worthing, Sussex, [2] the daughter of Colonel Linley Blathwayt, an army officer who had served in India, [3] and his wife, Emily, [2] who were first cousins. [4] Upon retiring from active service, Colonel Blathwayt and his family moved from India to Eagle House, Batheaston, on the outskirts of Bath. [1]
Caroline "Kitty" Kenney (1880–1952) was a sister of Annie Kenney, one of the most well-known British suffragettes to go on hunger strike, [1] for whom the Blathwayts planted commemorative trees [2] in their Eagle House garden in Batheaston, Somerset.
William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649 – 16 August 1717 [1]) was an English diplomat, public official and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1710. He established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the English (later British ...
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Blathwayt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940), British suffragette; Mary Blathwayt (1879–1961), British feminist, suffragette and social reformer, daughter of Emily; William Blathwayt (1649–1717), English diplomat, public official and politician
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The Blathwayt's home of Eagle House way the home of Linley, Emily and Mary Blathwayt who all actively supported the suffragette cause. Nearly all the prominient UK suffragettes stayed with them and these photos and dozens of trees were planted to commemorate their visits. Col. Linley Blathwayt took these pictures between 1908 and 1912. He died ...