Founder of the Mothers' Union
Daughter of Thomas Heywood & Mary Elizabeth Barton. Married Rt Rev George Henry Sumner on 26 Jul 1848 at Colwall, Herefordshire by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner, father of the groom.
While at her husband's parish of Old Arlesford, Mary became concerned for the women in the parish. In 1885, her husband became the suffragan Bishop of Guildford in the diocese of Winchester, and a residentiary canon of Winchester Cathedral. In the same year she was asked to speak at a Church Congress in Portsmouth and it was from this event that the Mothers' Union was formed.
A buttress added to Winchester Cathedral in the early 20th century is inscribed:
To the Glory of God and in gratitude to Mary Elizabeth Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, AD 1885, this buttress is given by members of the Empire in recognition of her work for the sanctity of home life. AD 1912".
Mary died at 1 The Close, Winchester.
Daughter of Thomas Heywood & Mary Elizabeth Barton. Married Rt Rev George Henry Sumner on 26 Jul 1848 at Colwall, Herefordshire by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner, father of the groom.
While at her husband's parish of Old Arlesford, Mary became concerned for the women in the parish. In 1885, her husband became the suffragan Bishop of Guildford in the diocese of Winchester, and a residentiary canon of Winchester Cathedral. In the same year she was asked to speak at a Church Congress in Portsmouth and it was from this event that the Mothers' Union was formed.
A buttress added to Winchester Cathedral in the early 20th century is inscribed:
To the Glory of God and in gratitude to Mary Elizabeth Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, AD 1885, this buttress is given by members of the Empire in recognition of her work for the sanctity of home life. AD 1912".
Mary died at 1 The Close, Winchester.
Founder of the Mothers' Union
Daughter of Thomas Heywood & Mary Elizabeth Barton. Married Rt Rev George Henry Sumner on 26 Jul 1848 at Colwall, Herefordshire by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner, father of the groom.
While at her husband's parish of Old Arlesford, Mary became concerned for the women in the parish. In 1885, her husband became the suffragan Bishop of Guildford in the diocese of Winchester, and a residentiary canon of Winchester Cathedral. In the same year she was asked to speak at a Church Congress in Portsmouth and it was from this event that the Mothers' Union was formed.
A buttress added to Winchester Cathedral in the early 20th century is inscribed:
To the Glory of God and in gratitude to Mary Elizabeth Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, AD 1885, this buttress is given by members of the Empire in recognition of her work for the sanctity of home life. AD 1912".
Mary died at 1 The Close, Winchester.
Daughter of Thomas Heywood & Mary Elizabeth Barton. Married Rt Rev George Henry Sumner on 26 Jul 1848 at Colwall, Herefordshire by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner, father of the groom.
While at her husband's parish of Old Arlesford, Mary became concerned for the women in the parish. In 1885, her husband became the suffragan Bishop of Guildford in the diocese of Winchester, and a residentiary canon of Winchester Cathedral. In the same year she was asked to speak at a Church Congress in Portsmouth and it was from this event that the Mothers' Union was formed.
A buttress added to Winchester Cathedral in the early 20th century is inscribed:
To the Glory of God and in gratitude to Mary Elizabeth Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, AD 1885, this buttress is given by members of the Empire in recognition of her work for the sanctity of home life. AD 1912".
Mary died at 1 The Close, Winchester.
Inscription
In memory of GEORGE HENRY SUMNER, Bishop b Jul 1824, d Dec 1909 and of his wife, MARY ELIZABETH SUMNER, b Dec 1829, d Aug 1921.
"I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them."
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