Lady Hannah Benyon Lloyd Jones (?–1982)
Lady Hannah Lloyd Jones, by E. O. Hoppe, c.1930
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones, the widow of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones, the chairman of David Jones for 37 years, died on Friday in Sydney after a long illness.
Lady Lloyd Jones married Sir Charles in 1929 in Chicago.
In 1933 they bought the 45-room Rosemont mansion in Ocean Street, Woollahra.
Rosemont, which was the family residence until last year, became famous in the 1940s and 1950s for Lady Lloyd Jones's parties and receptions.
The Lloyd Joneses were close friends with many of Australia's most powerful and influential people – including the Menzies, the Caseys and the Haslucks.
The funeral service will be held at 11am on Wednesday at All Saints', Woollahra.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- a look inside her house Rosemont, Australian Women's Weekly, 21 January 1981, pp 2-5
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Jones, Charles Lloyd (husband)
- Lloyd Jones, David (son)
- Lloyd Jones, Charles Benyon (son)
- Jones, Helen Ann (mother-in-law)
- Jones, Edward Lloyd (father-in-law)
Citation details
'Lloyd Jones, Lady Hannah Benyon (?–1982)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/lloyd-jones-lady-hannah-benyon-27757/text35463, accessed 12 December 2024.
Lady Hannah Lloyd Jones, by E. O. Hoppe, c.1930
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Jones, Hannah Benyon
Death
24 September,
1982
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.