Mary Anne Locke

Mary Anne Locke (24 September 1831 – 1889) was an Irish distiller and philanthropist.

Life Mary Anne Locke was born Mary Anne Theresa Devereux in Wexford on 24 September 1831. Her father was Nicholas Devereux, proprietor of Bishop's Water Distillery, Wexford. She was the niece of John Thomas Devereux and Richard Joseph Devereux. In 1850, she married John Locke, the owner of Locke's Distillery, and lived in Brusna House beside the distillery. The couple had three sons, the eldest of whom died in infancy, they also had a daughter who died as an infant. She provided the land and £1,000 for the construction, later endowing a further £6,000. Locke had moved from Brusna House to Ardnaglue House near Kilbeggan after she was widowed. She died there in 1889.