Ursula Mommens

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Ursula Frances Mommens (née Darwin, first married name Trevelyan) (born 20 August 1908) is a British potter. As of 2006, she was still working as a potter at the age of 97, and was about to have an exhibition in London.

She is the daughter of Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. Her brother was Sir Robert Vere Darwin. She is the great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin and the great-great-granddaughter of the potter Josiah Wedgwood.

She married first Julian Trevelyan; their son is the film-maker Philip Trevelyan. Her second husband was Norman Mommens

[edit] External links

• http://www.studio-pots.com/ursulamommens.htm
• http://www.wellbelovedgallery.co.uk/ursula_mommens.htm