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Violet Nicholson Maynard (1880–1954)

Mrs. H. Maynard (Violet Nicholson)

Born, Melbourne, Victoria.

Daughter of William Fletcher, Esq., born in Cumberland, England; and educated at Geelong College, Victoria, and Mary Fletcher, born in Devonshire, England; both early arrivals in Victoria.

Wife of Henry H. Maynard, Esq., Secretary of the Mutual Life and Citizens’ Life Assurance Company; Vice-president, Insurance Institute, 1934. Son of Thomas Maynard, Esq., born in Surrey, England, one of our old Victorian pioneers.

CHARITIES. Member of the St. Kilda Auxiliary of the Children’s Hospital; Past Member of Committee, St. Kilda Auxiliary of the Women’s Hospital. Interested in many charitable organisations in Western Australia also. Connected for several years with Lady Campion (Commissioner of the Girl Guides) in the interest of the Guide movement.

HOBBIES. Golf, Reading and Bridge.

ADDRESS. Princes Court, Princes Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.

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'Maynard, Violet Nicholson (1880–1954)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/maynard-violet-nicholson-18500/text30167, accessed 13 May 2026.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Fletcher, Violet Nicholson
Birth

9 December, 1880
Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

25 September, 1954 (aged 73)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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