Background
He was born Christopher William Wheatcroft to William Wheatcroft and Emily Susanna Nelson.
He was born Christopher William Wheatcroft to William Wheatcroft and Emily Susanna Nelson.
He famously ran a drama school, at the Charles Frohman Empire Theatre, in the late Victorian era. Their son Stanhope Wheatcroft(1888-1966) was a silent film actor. He changed his first name to his mother"s maiden name.
He met Jane Elizabeth Rogers in 1875 and they had five children two of who died in infancy.
While his family lived in London, Wheatcroft, toured the country. He met Adeline Stanhope, a married woman whose husband was Thomas Amory Sullivan.
They had two sons Stanhope and Barry Sullivan. While the elder Sullivan went to America Nelson and Adeline began a relationship.
Sullivan returned from America and discovered his wife"s adultery with Nelson Wheatcroft.
After divorcing from Sullivan in 1882, Adeline in 1886 married Nelson Wheatcroft with whom she had a son, Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft b.1888.