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Kate Power (Serjeantson; 7 April 1874 – 16 February 1918) was a British actress of the early 20th century who performed in various productions, such as The Case of Lady Camber (1917) and Rambler Rose (1917). In films she was sometimes credited as Kate Sergeantson.

Early life and family background
Serjeantson was born on 7April 1874 at 49Charlwood Street, Belgravia, the London home of her parents Peter Bell Serjeantson and Katherine, Evans. Her father was the fourth son of Peter Serjeantson, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Elizabeth, née Jordan. Her mother was the second daughter of John Evans and Anne, née Owens, of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. They had married on 26May 1870 at StDavid's church on Brownlow Hill, Liverpool. In the 1820s, Serjeantson's paternal grandfather, Peter, was a partner in the general brokerage firm Ansdell and Serjeantson, Liverpool. In 1830, he entered into partnership with Thomas Steuart Gladstone, the cousin of the future prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, and established the cotton trading firm of Gladstone and Serjeantson. He was later elected president of the Liverpool Cotton Broker's Association. In 1861, Gladstone retired, and the firm was managed by Serjeantson's uncle, William Francis Serjeantson.

Serjeantson's father was educated at Rugby School where he was contemporary of Henry Sidgwick, the English philosopher and economist. He was an early player of the game of rugby football after being invited by Frank Albert Mather, also a contemporary at Rugby, to play in a rugby match that took place at Edge Hill in Liverpool on 19December 1857. He supposedly took the "the most active part in the trial" and it has been reported that Liverpool Football Club Rugby Union was formed immediately after the game. He and his brother, William Francis, were important in the formation and establishment of the club, with William becoming captain of the club from 1862 to 1863 and president from 1870 to 1876. Shortly after Serjeantson's birth, the family immigrated to the United States of America, where her father farmed land at East Chain Lake in Martin County, Minnesota. He died at the farm from typhoid fever on 17September 1875. Despite his early death, her mother was supported financially by a life insurance policy from Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society, that paid out £1,500 on his death.

Serjeantson's only brother, Peter, was born in the folllowing year on 18May 1876 at 85 Claverton Street, Pimlico, London, but he died three hours after birth, and was buried two days later at Brompton Cemetery. On 20July 1878, her mother remarried Philip Richard Morris, the English artist, at St George's in Hanover Square, Westminster. They had two sons and three daughters, and subsequently, Serjeantson and her halfsiblings would often become the subject of Morris's paintings. Morris painted her when she was aged thirteen, and the painting, a study in black and white, was shown from May 1895 in the Fair Children exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, Mayfair, London. The painting was described by one art critic as "the face is very beautiful, and stands out boldly, the attitude is natural and graceful." In June of the same year, another painting of her by Morris was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly, London. Paintings of her mother and grandmother, Anne, were also shown at the Royal Academy in 1882 and 1887 respectively.

Serjeantson's mother died on 10September 1886 at StAnn's Square, Barmouth, Gwynedd, northwestern Wales, near the CorsyGedol hotel, the then home of Serjeantson's grandmother. Her grandmother had remarried John Robert Davies, the owner of the CorsyGedol hotel, on 7December 1952 at Llangollen parish church, Denbighshire. Her grandmother and John Robert were both trustees of Serjeantson's mother's estate. Serjeantson married George Arthur Power on 28March 1896 at St Marylebone Parish Church, London. He was a comedy actor known by the stage name Littledale Power and was the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu, and the elder brother of Tyrone Power Sr. They had one daughter, Nancy Tyrone, born on 13February 1897 at their home, 6 Hyde Park Mansions, Marylebone Road, London. Under the terms of their marriage settlement, Serjeantson was paid £100 a year as long as Nancy remained in education.

Her halfsister, Ida Morris, was also an actress until she married the English actor Norman Tharp. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001860/19021008/009/0006

Career
Nancy arrives in New York with her mother – https://archive.org/details/motography162elec/page/1046

She had an operation: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19030709/071/0011

Death
Serjeantson died on February 16, 1918 at her home, 50West 94th Street, in Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. The funeral service was held on 24February 1918 at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Church at Broadway and 66th Street, followed by cremation. At the time of Serjeantson's death, her daughter, Nancy Tyrone, was appearing in A Tailor-Made Man at the Cohan and Harris Theatre in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan. Described as a "beautiful English actress", she had arrived in New York on 19October 1916 to fill a role on the Broadway stage, after selling £1,250 worth of silk flags in London for the Red Cross.

Serjeantson's husband sailed to New York to "bring home my child whose mother has just died." Nevertheless, Nancy remained in America, and later that year, she married Cosmo Kyrle Bellew, an AngloAmerican stage and film actor, on 11October 1918 in Cook County, Illinois. At the time of their marriage, Bellew, aged 36, was considerably older than Nancy, and he was also out of work, as theatres across the United States, apart from those on Broadway, had closed to wait out the 1918 flu pandemic. The marriage did not last, and by 1923, she had returned to England where she married Joseph Leonard Henry, a pilot in the Royal Air Force.

After their marriage, they lived at Corner Cottage on the then newly built Limes Estate in Felbridge, Surrey. Joseph died on April 30, 1933 at Redhill Hospital, Redhill, Surrey, as the result of a motorcycle accident. They had one son, David Hubert Tyrone, who went on to become a flying officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Training Branch. After he relinquished his commission, he was appointed a director of KentKraft (Electrical) Limited, a manufacturer and dealer of electrical equipment, radios, and televisions. Nancy died after a long illness on November 10, 1955 at StAgnes Nursing Home, East Grinstead, Sussex, and the funeral service was held on 14November 1955 at Redstone Cemetery, Redhill.

Filmography

 * Who's Who in Society (1915)
 * Passers By (1916)
 * Outcast (1917)
 * The Beautiful Adventure (1917)

This table contains Serjeantson's known professional theatrical roles.

Who was who.

"Elegant in looks whose best outing may have been in the 1915 comedy Who's Who in Society (starred as the newly rich Mrs. O'Brien, who unsuccessfully strives to join society's "400"); in 1916 had the supporting role of Lady Hurley in Passers By; other supporting parts in 1917 in the dramas Outcast and The Beautiful Adventure (French countess)."