Beningfield, Ethel Isabel (fem) 3.may.1870-10.nov.1967 England Essex, Nazeing - Sussex, Bexhill (bur Hastings)
cellist, mandolinist, born at the Crown Hotel in Nazeing, studied at Guildhall School of Music London and cello with Alessandro Pezze at the Royal Academy of Music, 3.feb.1897 performed with her Beningfield Quartet at St James's Hall London (the photo by Window & Grove shows how she appeared in a newspaper of 24.feb.1897), 1899 performed with her 'Miss Ethel Beningfield's Quintette' in Sweden, July 1901 she won the Libotton Memorial prize, 1904 resided in Durban South Africa, 1905 appeared in concerts at Queen's Hall, Bechstein Hall and Steinway Hall in London, 1899-1918 living with her mother at 2 Merton Road and 1919 at 92 Boundary Road Hampstead London, 1945-1951 residing at Alexandra Hotel Harrington Gardens Kensington London, 1952 at Holland Court Hotel Holland Park Kensington, 1967 at Nortonthorpe Hotel Wilton Road Bexhill ; daughter of the Nazeing and Broxbourne Crown Hotel owners Thomas Beningfield (London Aldgate 1833-1.jul.1887 Nazeing) and Mary Anne Robinson (France, Calais 1845-) ; she was never married