https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/1e6086b620ad7f837912494a9aa8d8d0.png c4566fcdd07e0b9f9ab5e91ec4764f9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Florence de Fonblanque. Source: Belfast Evening Telegraph, 3 October, 1912. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/f304d8e7ee079ac58561878ae4d925cd.png 0914979edef885371f1ad03257041fd0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Miss White, Miss Brown, Mrs Byham, Mrs de Fonblanque, Miss Bennett, Miss Robinson. Source: Votes for Women, 22 November, 1912. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7fdf6570bedada0b8412115b54703d76.jpg 30f6c55f6d30801e75d656d6c7d059fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Poster for Marchers Qui Vive first public meeting in Horsham Town Hall on 28 March 1913. Source: Friends of Horsham Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8690fcf07d1bfbc71b4620641b9156f2.jpg b716d917a94d9e99979187b8fd926596 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Poster for opening of Marchers Qui Vive Depot. Source: Friends of Horsham Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/0911928424785c36634f4a4748297c8e.jpg 9a974e0cea2c6aa53eeea8a34d58ffea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Florence’s grave at Holy Trinity Church, Duncton, with the inscription she requested : ‘Originator and leader of the women’s suffrage march from Edinburgh to London 1912’. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation None given Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 46 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Duncton cottage, Duncton, West Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WFL Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Florence de Fonblanque (1864-1949) was the sister of Maud Arncliffe Sennett, a committee member of the Actresses Franchise League, who had a home in Midhurst. Florence married actor Robert de Fonblanque and settled at Duncton in 1893. She came to public and press attention when she led a Women’s March from Edinburgh, starting on 19 October 1912, and reaching London on 16 November, covering a distance of 466 miles. Charlotte Despard of the WFL accompanied the marchers the first day and MLWS members who walked with them included East Preston resident Israel Zangwill, husband of Edith Zangwill of the WSPU. Florence’s horse, Butterfly, pulled a light van. The march culminated in a rally in Trafalgar Square, presided over by Maud Arncliffe Sennett. Supporters were addressed by Charlotte Despard, Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, a defector from the WSPU to the NUWSS, and Florence herself. A petition, with signatures gathered along the way and in London, was delivered by Florence to 10 Downing Street. Although this made little impression on PM Asquith, the march attracted considerable publicity for the cause. The ‘Brown Women’, in their uniform of ‘business-like brown tweed skirts and golf coats’ with green cockades, had their daily progress recorded by regional papers in relay along the route as well as by their own enthusiastic reports sent in to The Vote, Votes for Women, Suffragette and Common Cause. In February 1913, Florence announced the formation of the Marchers Qui Vive Corps. This would run a shop at 60 (now 62) West Street, Horsham, selling suffrage literature and organising marches to Brighton and meetings in villages. At their first public meeting, in Horsham Town Hall in March, speakers Ruth Cavendish Bentinck and Revd Claude Hinscliff, of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage, were introduced by Florence who explained that the Marchers Qui Vive were making Horsham their headquarters for six months and that there would be a march every Saturday. In mid-May Florence and Marchers Qui Vive secretary, Annie Roff of Easebourne, Midhurst, marched with five others to Brighton, stopping overnight in Henfield, and coming back by Shoreham and Steyning. Nine meetings were held in four days, the last being on the marchers’ return to Horsham’s Carfax where they were met by a jeering crowd. The clamour of rattles and handbells was such that the meeting had to be abandoned and a police escort was required. Undaunted, in August 1913 Florence organised a march to Cowdray Park, Midhurst, home of suffragist Annie, Viscountess Country. At an overnight stop at Pulborough, a meeting was held at the Corn Exchange. At the next day’s Cowdray Park open-air meeting, near the polo ground, the star speaker was Mrs Cecil Chapman, President of the New Constitutional Society for Women’s Suffrage, formed following the January 1910 General Election. This was Florence’s last march. She placed a notice in The Vote in Oct 1913 saying that the Marchers qui Vive were giving up their depot in Horsham and would be holding indoor meetings in Sussex during the winter. Sources: West Sussex County Times; West Sussex Gazette; The Vote; Votes for Women; Suffragette; Common Cause. Contributed by independent writer and researcher, Frances Stenlake. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Florence de Fonblanque Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-71037.53116442189 6610741.505946345) WFL