D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda
, died, leaving to his daughter Margaret Haig Mackworth
his businesses and a fortune. In the absence of a male heir, she also inherited his title.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
After attending Cambridge University
, David Alfred Thomas
, Margaret's father, became a Liberal
Member of Parliament, representing Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 to 1910.
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Rhondda, Margaret Haig, Viscountess. This Was My World. Macmillan, 1933.
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Occupation
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) headed the Thomas Newspaper
business after David Thomas
, her father, signed over to her his controlling interests.
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Occupation
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
D. A. Thomas
, at his wife
's suggestion, invited his daughter, Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
), to work as his highly confidential secretary and . . . right-hand man
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in 1913 at...
Other Life Event
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) and her father
were aboard the Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat; both survived.
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politics
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
MHVR
's Liberal father
, though vehemently against suffragist militancy, attended the court proceedings for both his wife's and daughter's sentencing. He said to Margaret after her mother's appearance in court that he felt very proud.
qtd. in
Rhondda, Margaret Haig, Viscountess. This Was My World. Macmillan, 1933.
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Publishing
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
In 1909, during the height of her involvement with the WSPU
, Margaret Haig Mackworth
(later MHVR
) began publishing articles in praise of militancy
qtd. in
Spender, Dale. Time and Tide Wait for No Man. Pandora Press, 1984, http://UofA.
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in the Western Mail.
Spender says she was...
Travel
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
In Spring 1915, Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) accompanied her father and employer, David Thomas
, to Canada and the United States on a business trip. They visited coal mines in Pennsylvania and Mississippi...
Wealth and Poverty
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
MHVR
inherited twenty-eight companies from her father
, and she added five more to that by 1919.