The Stumpe Family of Malmesbury (Talk only)

A talk by Tony McAleavy

A ‘rags to riches’ story of England’s greatest social climbers!

Tony McAleavy tells the ‘rags to riches’ tale of William Stumpe who became one of England’s richest businessmen in the time of Henry VIII. He will track the progress of the Stumpe family in the centuries that followed as they became part of England’s aristocratic elite. Tony will conclude the evening with an astonishing revelation about the identity of one of William Stumpe’s descendants who is still alive today.