Research into this project is on-going and is being undertaken by both Lady Meriel Wilmot-Wright and by Ken Whitehouse of Rudkin-Genes, who also designed and maintains this site.
Information on the Wilmot, Eardley and Wright families is sourced from primary personal family documents and from further research into genealogical, academic and historical sources as well as from collaboration with others who have a knowledge of, and an interest in, these families and any of the other family names associated with them, either through marriage or events.
Information on the Wilmot, Eardley and Wright families is sourced from primary personal family documents and from further research into genealogical, academic and historical sources as well as from collaboration with others who have a knowledge of, and an interest in, these families and any of the other family names associated with them, either through marriage or events.
Lady Meriel was for several years the Secretary of the Australian College of Optometry in Melbourne before taking an appointment as a Research Officer for the Nuffield Foundation in London. In 1961 she was invited to become the Executive Secretary of the Myer Foundation in Australia and she held that post for over twenty years until 1982. In 1977 she was a founder of the Australian Association of Philanthropy (which is now known as Philanthropy Australia). Shortly after her husband's death in 1990 she moved to London but later moved to Chichester, West Sussex, where she still resides.
After a long career in the Royal Air Force, Ken, in 1978, established a second career in Further Education Management and became the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of one of the largest education establishments on the South Coast with particular responsibility for the initiation and development of the management system which was used as the model from which FEMIS, the Government's first computerised Further Education Management Information System was produced for national use. After retiring from that role he became increasingly involved in genealogical and family history research projects for his own and other families and is the author of the three volume Rudkin Chronicle, a genealogical detail and history of a line of an ancient family that is traced comprehensively back to the early twelfth century. He also was also invited to compile a history of the renowned nomadic cricket club, The Stoics. More detail of some of his other works can be seen through the links below and through the publications link on this site. |
An eBook which will present a more comprehensive coverage of the project's findings is also available and can be viewed here
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