Henrietta Lister

Henrietta Mabel Lister (also known as Laretta Listakova, Henrietta Listakova and H. M. Burrill-Robinson; 1895–1959) was a British watercolourist, dancer, and race driver.

Early life

Lister was born in 1895 and her parents were Charles Lister (a doctor) and his wife. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London.

In 1914, Lister, using the stage name Laretta Listakova, was part of a dance company that was touring Bulgaria and Serbia when World War I began. Lister joined Elsie Inglis's Salonika-based Scottish Women's Hospitals unit as a driver, under the auspices of the French Red Cross. She is recorded as having participated in twelve meetings, competing in 22 different races or events. In 1923, Listakova performed in a charity ballet organized by a Mabel Lister in London.

Later life

In 1935, Lister married William Robinson Burrill-Robinson of Elm House, Redmire, North Yorkshire.

Lister died in 1959 at the age of 64.