Helena Cécile Ernstone, (née Hélène Cecilia Schott; circa 1841 Gibraltar – 2 July 1933 Ferndown, Dorset, England) was an English actress who appeared in London theatres from 1867 to 1881. Biography Family She was the fourth daughter of Adam Joseph Schott (1794–1864), the youngest of five children of Bernhard Schott, the founder of German music publisher B. Schott's Söhne. After establishing several international branches for the firm, Adam left to pursue a musical career, performing in New York during 1830/1. He then became bandmaster of the 79th Regiment, serving in Quebec and Toronto, before a period with the 79th in Britain and then Gibraltar. He left the 79th there to become bandmaster of Grenadier Guards 1844–1856. Adam died in India (Kirkee, 1864), as bandmaster of Royal Artillery there. Helen's eldest sister, Rosa Schott (née Rosa Antoinette Schott; born Toronto 1834), was on the London stage, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for much of 1854–6. She performed there with actor Robert Edwin Villiers (1830–1904), whom she married in 1856. Villiers then began a long spell in music hall, as a manager/licensee and then owner/developer. Amongst his halls were the Margate Assembly Rooms, the Canterbury Music Hall (see below), the South London and the Pavilion (still standing at Piccadilly Circus). Rosa died in Torquay 1918. She and Villiers were estranged from around 1871 and it appears that a relationship between Villiers and Ernstone may have been a factor. Helen's younger sister, Angie Schott (née Angelika Francesca Schott; born London circa 1846), was also an actress, active in the US in the 1870s. Sometime in the 1870s or 1880s, Angie married Henry S. Truax (died 1917 in Saratoga Springs, New York, with no known living relatives). What became of Angie is unknown. Career Ernstone began her professional career in provincial theatres, playing the role of Geraldine in Buckstone's The Green Bushes at The Canterbury Music Hall, Lambeth in 1867. She made her London debut in 1868 at Covent Garden as Katherine in Katherine and Petruchio. In 1869, she played in Charles Smith Cheltnam's (1823–1912) Edendale at the opening of the Charing Cross Theatre. The Times wrote: "Among the novices are Miss Ernstone, from Manchester, a young lady of prepossessing appearance, who plays Ada Vandaleur... with much force". For the next ten years she appeared on the West End stage in juvenile leads. At the Olympic Theatre later in 1869, she was Martha in