Nelson Wheatcroft (1852â€"1897) was an English-born actor and drama
teacher. He famously ran a drama school, at the Charles Frohman Empire
Theatre, in the late Victorian era. He was married to Adeline Stanhope
(1856â€"1935). Their son Stanhope Wheatcroft (1888â€"1966) was a
silent film actor.He was born Christopher William Wheatcroft to
William Wheatcroft and Emily Susanna Nelson. 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 whom 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.
While the Sullivan went to America, Nelson and Adeline began a
relationship. Sullivan returned from America and discovered his wife's
adultery with Wheatcroft. After divorcing Sullivan in 1882, Adeline in
1886 married Nelson Wheatcroft, with whom she had a son, Stanhope
Wheatcroft.At his death in 1897, Nelson Wheatcroft, formerly
Christopher Wheatcroft, had not divorced his first wife, Jane, before
marrying Adeline, and thus was claimed a bigamist. Nelson Wheatcroft Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter