Rose Edith Kelly
| Rose Kelly | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 July 1874 Paddington, England |
| Died | 1932 (aged 57–58) England |
| Spouse(s) |
Aleister Crowley Dr. Gormley |
| Parent(s) | Frederic Festus Kelly Blanche Bradford Kelly |
Rose Edith Kelly (23 July 1874 – 1932) married noted author, magician and occultist Aleister Crowley in 1903. In 1904, she aided him in the Cairo Working that led to the reception of The Book of the Law, on which Crowley based much of his philosophy and religion, Thelema.
Rose Edith Kelly was born at 78 Cambridge Terrace, Paddington, England, to Frederic Festus Kelly and Blanche Bradford Kelly. Her grandfather, also named Frederic Festus Kelly, was the founder of Kelly's Directories Ltd.
She was the oldest of three children, her siblings being Eleanor Constance Mary and Gerald Festus.
In 1880, the family moved to Camberwell Vicarage, where her father served as the curate for the Parish of St. Giles for the next 35 years.
In 1895, Rose escorted her brother Gerald to Cape Town, South Africa, where he convalesced from a liver ailment during the winter of 1895-96.
On 31 August 1897 she married Major Frederick Thomas Skerrett at St Giles’ Church, Camberwell. He was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps and about fifteen years older than her. He died on 19 Aug 1899.
In 1901, widowed after a two-year marriage to Major Skerrett (described consistently as an "older man"), she joined her brother Gerald in Paris, France, where she stayed for six months.
Rose and Aleister Crowley eloped on 11 August and married on 12 August 1903, in order to save her from an arranged marriage. Their relationship, however, went beyond a marriage of convenience. The two went on an extended honeymoon that brought them to Cairo, Egypt in early 1904.
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