Lady Mary Warrington

## Lady Mary Bulstrode (née Warrington)

**Lady Mary Bulstrode** (née **Warrington**)(14 June, 1920 - 2 January, 1989) was an English pure-blood witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1931 to 1938. She was the daughter of Thracius Warrington and his wife Ursula Warrington (née Selwyn).

She was a member of the House of Warrington, not then a member of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. She married Theodore Bulstrode Jr., a member of the Noble and Ancient House of Bulstrode, in 1945. She was the mother to his five children, four of which survived infancy. They were Archibald, Esther, Marjorie, Meredith, and Cornelius.

She was the paternal grandmother of Hogwarts student Millicent Bulstrode, and the maternal grandmother of Merula Snyde, Wilbur Runcorn, Trevor Vaisey, and Astor Vaisey. She was the mother-in-law of high-ranking Ministry official Albert Runcorn.

## Biography

### Early life (1920-1931)

Mary was born on 14 June, 1920 near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, to pure-bloods Thracius Warrington and Ursula Warrington (née Selwyn). She was an only child, and was raised in a large countryside manor. She was the niece of Claudia Fudge (née Warrington), and the cousin of Hardwin Fudge, who was born when she was eight years old.

On her mother's side of the family, Mary was a niece of the late Fionnuala Parkinson (née Selwyn), known for being the first wife of Paschal Parkinson who was known for his many children. Neither of the sons born to Fionnuala survived past infancy.

She was the paternal granddaughter of Rudolph Warrington and Finola Warrington (née Macmillan), daughter of Ernest Macmillan I and Ginevra Macmillan (née Abbott). She was the great-granddaughter of Basil Warrington and his wife Nigella Warrington (née Parkinson).

On her mother's side, she was the maternal granddaughter of Donalbain Selwyn and Balbina Selwyn (née Crabbe), daughter of Vincent Crabbe I and Horatia Crabbe (née Crouch).

#### Hogwarts years (1931-1938)

Mary Warrington received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1931. Before attending, she purchased a wand made of pear and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. She boarded the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross Station, London, on 1 September 1931, and was sorted into Slytherin House later that night. She shared a dormitory with a girl called Dorea Black.

Mary Warrington was a very devoted student as a child. However, she reportedly possessed a mean streak.

#### Engagement and Marriage (1939-1945)

Mary became engaged to Theodore Bulstrode, a member of the Noble and Ancient House of Bulstrode, in 1939, one year after she left Hogwarts. They had a long engagement, and she married him on 11 January, 1945.

### Later life (1945-1989)

The following year, Mary and Theodore's eldest son was born. However, complications developed and the infant died at the age of eleven months of age. His full name was Archibald Cornelius Bulstrode.

Mary next gave birth to a pair of twin girls, on 13 February, 1947. Their names were Esther Petronia and Marjorie Philomena. She gave birth to another daughter, Meredith Ursula, on 7 January, 1949.

Their son and heir, Cornelius Theodore Bulstrode, was born on 18 January, 1950.

Her twin daughters, Esther and Marjorie, began attending Hogwarts in September of 1958. Her third daughter, Meredith, began attending in 1960. Finally, Mary's son, Cornelius, began attending in 1961.

#### Grandmother (1980)

Mary's daughter, Marjorie Bulstrode, married Arnold Snyde, a pure-blood wizard, in 1972. Mary became a grandmother for the first time when Marjorie and Arnold had their daughter, Merula Snyde, in 1973.

Mary's other daughter, Meredith Bulstrode, married Albert Runcorn in 1973, and they had one son, Wilbur Runcorn, in 1974. Then Mary's eldest daughter, Esther Bulstrode, married Curtus Vaisey in 1976, and they had two sons together, Trevor Vaisey in 1977, and Astor Vaisey, born in 1982.

Mary's son, Cornelius, had married a witch in 1977, and Mary's second granddaughter, Millicent Bulstrode, was born in 1980. Mary was widowed in 1988, upon the death of her husband, Theodore Bulstrode Jr.

#### Death

Mary Bulstrode (née Warrington) passed away on 2 January, 1989, at the age of 68 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. She was survived by her daughters, Esther Vaisey (née Bulstrode), Marjorie Snyde (née Bulstrode), Meredith Runcorn (née Bulstrode), and her son, Cornelius Bulstrode, as well as her five grandchildren, Merula Snyde, Wilbur Runcorn, Trevor Vaisey, Astor Vaisey, and Millicent Bulstrode.

## Etymology

The name "Mary" might have originated from the Egyptian language; it is likely derivative of the root *mr,* "love; beloved", or perhaps "beloved of Amun"). The name was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root *mr* "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or mry "rebellious".

Warrington is a habitational surname from a place of this name in Cheshire (formerly in Lancashire), probably named in Old English as *Wæringtun* 'settlement by the weir', from Old English *wæring,* a derivative of *wær* 'weir'.