Eula Thatcher

## Eula Evermonde (née Thatcher)

**Eula Evermonde** (née **Thatcher**), **O.M., First Class** (26 April, 1894 - 2 February, 1952) was an English pure-blood witch, most well-known for her position as the wife of Minister for Magic Archer Evermonde. Her husband was British Minister for Magic from 1912 to 1923. Born into the Thatcher family, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1905 to June 1912. Her marriage to Archer Evermonde in 1913 caused a minor stir at the time.

She had two children with Evermonde, including Gaius and Esther Evermonde. The Evermondes were seen as a model family during Evermonde's second term as Minister, with her husband presenting himself as an all-around family man. In 1939, well after her husband stepped down from his position as Minister for Magic, Archer Evermonde was assassinated by Acolytes of Grindelwald.

Eula survived the attack. During the Global Wizarding War she assisted St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, receiving an Order of Merlin, First Class for her efforts on the day the building collapsed on 10 April, 1943. She later passed away on 2 February, 1952 in Gravesend, Kent, England, at the age of 58.

## Biography

### Early life (1894-1913)

Eula Thatcher was born on 26 April, 1894, in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England. Her father was a half-blood wizard, while her mother was a maternal line descendant of the House of Bulstrode. She was reportedly an only child. Bletchley, the area in which Thatcher was born, is now a constituent area of the village Milton Keynes.

#### Hogwarts years (1905-1912)

Thatcher received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1905. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of fir and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1905, she boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night. She shared a dormitory with Phillis Belby and Wilma Dawlish.

In her second year of school, Eula Thatcher was admitted to the Hogwarts Latin Society. The Latin Society was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students interested in studying Latin. Students would meet weekly and the club also functioned as a tutoring system for younger students. Students automatically would become members of this club when they achieved an Exceeds Expectations or higher on their Latin language O.W.L., but Thatcher was reportedly a talented student.

#### Marriage to Archer Evermonde (1912-1913)

She left the school in the summer of 1912 and began an internship at the Ministry of Magic. There, she caught the attention of a prominent politician, Archer Evermonde, where they began a relationship. Initially worried that their relationship would catch Evermonde negative attention, he kept it from the public during his campaign.

Though considered somewhat scandalous due to their age difference, they married in 1913, after Evermonde became elected. Thatcher was no more than eighteen years old at the time.

### Later life (1914-1952)

The Evermondes had a son, Gaius, in 1914, and a daughter, Esther, in 1915.

During Thatcher's husband's first term as Minister for Magic, the Muggle world beyond them became involved in a large-scale military conflict that became known as the First World War. Her husband passed emergency legislation forbidding wizards and witches to get involved, in an attempt to prevent mass breaches of the International Statue of Secrecy.

In the media, Evermonde presented himself as an all-around family man, and the Evermondes were seen as a model family during Evermonde's second term as Minister for Magic. Between 1921 and 1923, Eula Evermonde made visits to institutions such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as well as care homes and orphanages. Their son Gaius often accompanied them as soon as he turned seven years old.

Her husband retired as Minister for Magic at the end of his second term. He returned to the Wizenagmot, continuing to involve himself in public affairs. Eula herself focused on their children.

#### Widowhood (1939-1952)

During the Global Wizarding War, Eula's husband, Archer Evermonde, was assassinated by Acolytes of Grindelwald on 11 February, 1939. However, the circumstances of his death were unclear. Some said that he had been in his back room when Grindelwald's followers broke into their home, and stabbed with a cursed blade. Others said that he was picked off by a Killing Curse in his back garden. He was seventy years old.

Eula survived the horrendous attack, and for the remainder of the war devoted herself as a volunteer in St. Mungo's Hospital. She was present on the day when muggle bombings apart of the London Blitz collapsed a portion of the building, on 10 April, 1943. Her niece by marriage, Keziah, was unfortunately killed. Eula, however, received an Order of Merlin, First Class for her efforts on the day the building collapsed

#### Death (1952)

Eula Evermonde later passed away at the age of 58 in Gravesend, Kent, England, on 2 February, 1952. Her son, Gaius Evermonde, would later marry a witch named Augusta Goshawk, who would have her grandson, Euan, in 1958.

## Etymology

Eula is the short form of "Eulalia." The name derives from Greek *εὔλαλος (eulalos)* meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from *εὖ (eu)* meaning "good" and *λαλέω (laleo)* meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Merida in Spain.

The name "Evermonde" likely stems from the name "Evrémonde," first seen in Charles Dickens' *A Tale of Two Cities.* This was the name of an aristocratic character, Marquis Evrémonde. His nephew, Charles Darnay, was a young Frenchman who, of course, lived during the French Revolution in the novel. He chose to live in England because he despised the apathetic and often cruel acts of aristocrats such as his uncle, Marquis Evrémonde.