Ancestry and birth[edit]

Wallace's great-grandfather was entertainer James Henry Marriott, and his grandmother was
actress Alice Marriott.[5] Wallace was born at 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, to actors
Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894) and Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, née Blair (born
1843).[6][7][8]
Wallace's mother's family had been in show business, and she worked in the theatre as a
stagehand, usherette, and bit-part actress until she married in 1867. Her husband, Captain
Joseph Richards, was born in 1838; he was from Irish family. He and his father John Richards
were both Merchant Navy captains, and his mother Catherine Richards came from a mariner
family. Joseph died at sea in 1868, leaving his pregnant wife destitute. After the birth of
Wallace's older sibling, his mother returned to the stage, assuming the stage name "Polly"
Richards. In 1872, she met and joined the Marriott family theatre troupe, managed by Alice
Marriott, her husband Richard Edgar, and her three adult children (from earlier liaisons),
Grace, Adeline and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar. [9]

Ancestry and birth[edit]

Wallace's great-grandfather was entertainer James Henry Marriott, and his grandmother was
actress Alice Marriott.[5] Wallace was born at 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, to actors
Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894) and Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, née Blair (born
1843).[6][7][8]
Wallace's mother's family had been in show business, and she worked in the theatre as a
stagehand, usherette, and bit-part actress until she married in 1867. Her husband, Captain
Joseph Richards, was born in 1838; he was from Irish family. He and his father John Richards
were both Merchant Navy captains, and his mother Catherine Richards came from a mariner
family. Joseph died at sea in 1868, leaving his pregnant wife destitute. After the birth of
Wallace's older sibling, his mother returned to the stage, assuming the stage name "Polly"
Richards. In 1872, she met and joined the Marriott family theatre troupe, managed by Alice
Marriott, her husband Richard Edgar, and her three adult children (from earlier liaisons),
Grace, Adeline and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar. [9]

Ancestry and birth[edit]

Wallace's great-grandfather was entertainer James Henry Marriott, and his grandmother was
actress Alice Marriott.[5] Wallace was born at 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, to actors
Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894) and Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, née Blair (born
1843).[6][7][8]
Wallace's mother's family had been in show business, and she worked in the theatre as a
stagehand, usherette, and bit-part actress until she married in 1867. Her husband, Captain
Joseph Richards, was born in 1838; he was from Irish family. He and his father John Richards
were both Merchant Navy captains, and his mother Catherine Richards came from a mariner
family. Joseph died at sea in 1868, leaving his pregnant wife destitute. After the birth of
Wallace's older sibling, his mother returned to the stage, assuming the stage name "Polly"
Richards. In 1872, she met and joined the Marriott family theatre troupe, managed by Alice
Marriott, her husband Richard Edgar, and her three adult children (from earlier liaisons),
Grace, Adeline and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar. [9]

Ancestry and birth[edit]

Wallace's great-grandfather was entertainer James Henry Marriott, and his grandmother was
actress Alice Marriott.[5] Wallace was born at 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, to actors
Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar (1847–1894) and Mary Jane "Polly" Richards, née Blair (born
1843).[6][7][8]
Wallace's mother's family had been in show business, and she worked in the theatre as a
stagehand, usherette, and bit-part actress until she married in 1867. Her husband, Captain
Joseph Richards, was born in 1838; he was from Irish family. He and his father John Richards
were both Merchant Navy captains, and his mother Catherine Richards came from a mariner
family. Joseph died at sea in 1868, leaving his pregnant wife destitute. After the birth of
Wallace's older sibling, his mother returned to the stage, assuming the stage name "Polly"
Richards. In 1872, she met and joined the Marriott family theatre troupe, managed by Alice
Marriott, her husband Richard Edgar, and her three adult children (from earlier liaisons),
Grace, Adeline and Richard Horatio Marriott Edgar. [9]