Maude Louisa Chiappini Neave

1896 On the Gaul, arrinving in England 29 June 1896 Herbert Becher, Marrion Becher, Miss E Becher and Miss M Becher.

1898 married Edward "Long" Ernest Richards in Kensington, London.

1901 By 1901 they were in Western Australia.

1909 Married Brownlow Francis Gordon North [who she met in 1908 while married to Richards]

1911
In 2nd April 1911 Census as Housekeeper, married, no children at Topsham, Devon. However, houshold head is David Neave, single, artist aged 34. followed by Maude Louisa Chiappini North, Housekeeper, 33, married 2 years, none [children ] but a red line is through both those entries, followed by David Peter Brenner NEAVE with Neave struck out & North written in. He is one month old & relationship to head is "son" born at Topsham, Devon. Son of ?? has been struck out. David died May 2003 & was born 26 Feb 1911 as NEAVE at death but birth was registered as NORTH too.

1911 June 18, Sunday Times, Perth "Naughty Mrs North & Brownlow the Biter, Who was bit."
[Summary] 13 June 1911 court case in which Brownlow Francis Gordon North asked for a divorce from his wife Maud Louisa, David Neave being names as the co-respondant. Mr. North met Maude Louisa in 1908 when she was Mrs Richards. An "ultra-tender" relationship was entered into & Mr. Richards divorced her [North being the co-respondant]. Mrs Richards & Brownlow North then went to England & Decree Nisi was declared absolute, they married 27 March 1909. Soon afterwards North returned to WA to sell his furniture & in his absence Mrs North struck up a relationship with artist David Neave and announced that she was his wife in effect & expecting a child. A decree Nisi was granted.
The article continues on to described Brownlow North as of Cottesloe & her previous husband "Long" Richards as the sometimes secretary of the Kalgoorlie Club. Browlow is then described as the younger brother of F. D. "Piggy" North. Brownlow is aged 42 & was in Government service in Bunbury or somewhere but chucked up his job in favour of yachting, dog fancying, philandering and playing fuges and fantasias on a golden flute....But "Piggy" has had much better luck matrimonially than Brownlow, whose very temporary helpmate was well known in Kalgoorlie a few years ago."

1912 Married David Neave at St Thomas, Devon

Maud Louisa Chiappini is distinctly a butterly kind of creature. While she was Mrs. Richards she came under the spell of Brownlow Francis Gordon North, and ran away with him to the cold country. The aggrieved Richards divorced her, and then Brownlow Francis Gordon attempted to repair her reputation by marrying her. That was in March, 11)09. After the honeymoon (Aeh, vat ?) they went to stay with Brownlow Francis Gordon's married sister in North Devon, and when they had only been wedded three months the bridegroom tore himself away from the arras of his Maud Louisa
Chiappini in order to return to Perth to refurnish his dovecot. During his absence Maud discovered a new affinity, one Neave, and coolly wrote to her husband that she was expecting the stork to stalk along, also that they had been kicked out of the sister-in-law's house. This week Brownlow secured a decree nisi against Maud, who, it is claimed, has put up a W.A. record in the Divorce Act. (Trove)
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An Englishman's Wife.
A rather sad story was told by Brownlow Francis Gordon North, an Englishman of independent means, who asked to be released from his matrimonial obligations to Maude Louisa Chiappini North, at present residing in Devon, England. Mr. C. R. Penny, who conducted his case, read a number of letters which showed that absence may not always make the heart grow fonder. Counsel put in documents relating to a previous divorce case, in which Mrs. North, then Mrs. Richards, was concerned. The present petitioner went home to England with Mrs. Richards and married her. He intended that they should both come back to Western Australia, but in view of his house and furniture having been sold here petitioner decided to come out alone and prepare a home for his bride. Accordingly, he provided her with sufficient money for three or four months, took her to his sister's residence, "Pascoe," Devon, and himself sailed by the Medic for Albany. Shortly afterwards. as a result of letters from his wife, who for moral reasons did not desire to stay any longer in Devon, he cabled to her to catch the Runic at once. Mrs. North did not consider it to be satisfactory to continue the life she was leading, and interpreting non-receipt of a reply to mean that his wife had caught the boat North prepared to meet her at Albany. He had sent money for the purchase of her ticket and had done everything to provide a home. Instead of his wife, however, he received a letter saying that in the interests of both of them it was best she should not come out for a while yet. Petitioner sent four more cablegrams and made further financial arrangements, the eventual reply to which was the information that his wife had gone to live with David Neave, who was named as the co-respondent, and expected to become the mother of a child, Mr. Penny quoted extracts from 'a number of letters to show the slow but sure change of feeling in the respondent to her husband, and submitted that the admissions in the letters were sufficient to prove the adultery alleged. His Honour agreed, and a decree nisi was accordingly issued. (Trove)
Despite all this detail, I have not been able to discover where and when MLCB/R/N/N died. My guess is South Africa as that is where she stated her future residence would be when she sailed there on the City of Exeter in 1948

1948 On 27th March 1948 she (as Mrs M.L.C. Neave) sailed alone from London to Capetown on the City of Exeter. The home address she gave was Woodgate Hall Road, Cheltenham and she declared her future abode would be S. Africa.