Lady Hilaria Agnes Edgcumbe

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Age: 3; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1935, Chelsea, London
• Departure: 18 Jul 1947, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

Eldest daughter of 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Educated at Aldenham and in France.

For part of Second World War worked as a Telephone Operator in firm of Everett Edgcumbe, London. President., Plymouth Branch, League of Pity (N.S.P.C.C.) from 1955; President of Red Cross (Tavistock) 1963-70; Manager of Church School, Bickleigh, 1953-63.

Family portrait by Godfrey Money-Coutts of grandchildren of Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe; as also portrait 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, T.D., D.L. and portrait of his wife, Countess of Mt. Edgcumbe, her father and mother.
Portrait: Water colour 1914 by Winifred Marks; crayon by Robert Needham 1947 of her brother Piers Edgcumbe, Xllth Royal Lancers, killed at Dunkirk 1940.

Hilaria married Lieut. Colonel Denis Lucius Alban Gibbs, DSO* on 17 Oct 1933 in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire. Denis (son of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 15 Oct 1905 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Apr 1984 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jillianne Bridget Gibbs was born on 11 Jul 1935 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; died on 20 Jan 1994 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire; was buried in Tavistock Cemetery, Devon.
2. Margaret Hilaria Gibbs
3. Rosamund Lucia Gibbs, Lady Woodard
4. Penelope Mary Gibbs

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Relationship to Head: Son
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; 37, married; head of household
• Residence: 1913, Ireland
• Military Service: Between 1914 and 1920
• Residence: 1926, England
• Departure: 1 Apr 1926, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 13 Apr 1926, New York, USA; Age: 52

Notes:

The barony Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in the County of Cornwall, was created in 1742. In 1781 the title became Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort and in 1789 an Earldom was created.

Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe was a Fellow of University College, London; late Lt-Col RE (TA); JP for Herts; son of the late Richard Edgcumbe; succeeded his cousin to the title in 1944. He married in 1906 Lillian Agnes daughter of Col A C Arkwright of Hatfield Place Essex. They had three daughters and one son who was killed in action in 1940.
He was educated at Harrow (with Winston Churchill who was said to be stupid and unpopular) and studied Electrical Engineering in Germany and at University College, London. He served throughout the 1914-18 war. He was an Hon. Member and past president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; late Hon. Secretary of the International Electrotechnical Commission; Fellow (Past President) of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Great britain; Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; He was M.I.C.E. and F Inst P.

He was a keen Territorial for 20 years, a DL for the County of Cornwall from 1961 until his death and awarded the Order of St john in 1964. He was succeeded by his cousin Edward Piers Edgcumbe (b 1908) elder son of late George Valletort Edgcumbe who had married in 1944 Victoria Effie Warbrick.

Died:
Age at Death: 91

Kenelm married Lilian Agnes Arkwright on 19 Jul 1906 in Braintree, Essex. Lilian (daughter of Arthur Chandos Arkwright, Lt Colonel and Agnes Mary Tufnell) was born on 19 Jan 1877 in Oswestry, Shropshire; died on 28 Sep 1964 in St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1877, Oswestry, Shropshire
• Residence: 1901, Shenfield, Essex; Relation to Head of House: Visitor
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Died:
see also Probate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Age: 37; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Richard (frequently known as Dick) was born on 12th August 1843, the elder son of the Hon. George Edgcumbe of Edgbarrow Manor, Crowthorne, Berkshire and his wife, Fanny Lucy Shelley, daughter of Sir John Shelley 6th Bt. Richard was the grandson of the 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and at the age of 29 he married Mary Louisa Monck. Their only son, Kenelm William Edward (1873-1965) would later become the 6th Earl.

Richard was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 52nd Light Infantry, served with the 73rd and was later promoted Captain in the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia. He served as Serjeant-at-Arms for no less than 41 years to three successive monarchs: Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1901; Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and George V from 1910 to 1921.

Known as ‘Grandipa’ to his grandchildren he was small in stature with a beard and a great love of Italy giving him something of an Italian appearance. A literary man himself he became a tireless campaigner for a memorial to his friend Lord Byron, writing lines titled The National Byron Memorial and subsequently penning its history in a leaflet published in 1883. Other works included his editing of his grandmother’s book The Diary of Frances, Lady Shelley, 1787-1817, Edward Trelawny, (A Biographical Sketch) and two sets of Musical Reminiscences in 1824 and 1828.

A great European traveller and a frequent visitor to Italy he died on 3rd November 1937 aged 94.

Birth:
- British subject

Died:
Age: 94

Richard married Mary Louisa Monck on 26 Nov 1872 in Reading, Berkshire. Mary (daughter of John Bligh Monck and Elizabeth Margaret Yates) was born on 14 Mar 1844 in Reading, Berkshire; died on 2 Sep 1923 in Docking, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 May 1844, Reading, Berkshire
• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Wife
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Age: 66; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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• Baptism: 14 May 1843, Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire
• Residence: 1851, Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire; Thompson Ct: John Arkwright 65, Caroline Sarah Arkwright 20, Mary Arkwright 18, Frances Catharine Arkwright 9, Arthur Chandos Arkwright 8, Emily Sophia Arkwright 6, Charles Leigh Arkwright 4, Alice Eddie Arkwright 2
• Residence: 1881, Selattyn, Shropshire; Mount Hall: Arthur C. Arkwright Capt 38, Agnes M. Arkwright 37, Herald A. Arkwright 8, Cyil Arkwright 7, Gerald Arkwright 5, Lillian Arkwright 4, servants
• Residence: 1891, Mountnessing, Essex; The Priory: Arthur C Arkwright Lt Colonel 48, Agnes M Arkwright 47, Wilfred L Arkwright 20 Harold A Arkwright 18, Lilian A Arkwright 14

Notes:

Died:
Probate 20 Sept 1916 to John Stanhope Arkwright & Samuel Ronald Courthope Bosanquet, effects L25,843 3s 2d

Arthur married Agnes Mary Tufnell. Agnes was born about 1844 in Essex; died on 13 Nov 1932 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Selattyn, Shropshire; Mount Hall: Arthur C. Arkwright Capt 38, Agnes M. Arkwright 37, Herald A. Arkwright 8, Cyil Arkwright 7, Gerald Arkwright 5, Lillian Arkwright 4, servants
• Residence: 1891, Mountnessing, Essex; The Priory: Arthur C Arkwright Lt Colonel 48, Agnes M Arkwright 47, Wilfred L Arkwright 20 Harold A Arkwright 18, Lilian A Arkwright 14

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jul 1800, Saint Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Surrey
• Seats: 26 Sep 1839, Cotele, Cornwall; inherited at death of his father
• Diplomacy: 1843, Hanover, Jamaica; diplomat - at least two children born in Hanover, Germany
• Residence: 1851, 12 Belgrave Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex; Belgrave Sq; Senior legation at Hanover; with Ronald John Macdonald 31 nephew, Cmdr R.N.; also Wright family [whose? Edw Wright 43 & Charlotte Wright 39 [these two m?] & Edw 16, Mary 13, Louisa 11, Emma 5, Sarah 2, Samuel 1 & Harriet Bell 44 widow daught
• Residence: 1871, Calstock, Cornwall; 70; diplomat - brother in law - at Cotehele House with sister in law Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Earl's widow & her daughter Ernestine Edgcumbe as well as 17 servants
• Residence: 1881, Stonehouse, Devon; Stone Hall, Emma Place: George (Hon.) Edgcumbe 80, Fanny Lucy (Hon.) Edgcumbe 70, butler William Cox 47, servants Anne Norman Barratt 25, Jane Roseveare 45, Mary Ann Easterbrook Harvey 35

Notes:

The Honourable George Edgcumbe (23 June 1800 – 18 February 1882) was a British diplomat and politician.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edgcumbe_(1800–1882)

Birth:
Second son of 2nd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe

George married Fanny Lucy Shelley on 19 May 1834 in Firenze, Toscana, Italy. Fanny (daughter of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet Michelgrove and Frances Winckley, Lady Shelley) was born on 2 Feb 1811 in Gipping, Shelley, Bingham, Ipswich, Suffolk; died on 11 May 1899 in Bozen, the Tyrol, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Stonehouse, Devon; Stone Hall, Emma Place: George (Hon.) Edgcumbe 80, Fanny Lucy (Hon.) Edgcumbe 70, butler William Cox 47, servants Anne Norman Barratt 25, Jane Roseveare 45, Mary Ann Easterbrook Harvey 35
• Residence: 1891, Stonehouse, Devon; with daughter Caroline Liddell & her husband Atholl Liddell & his brother Earl R Ravenswowrth [widower 69] & niece Lady Lilian Liddell & nurses, ladies maids etc

Notes:

Died:
Lived at Winter Villa, East Stonehouse, Devon

John married Elizabeth Margaret Yates on 22 Jun 1841 in St Mary, Reading, Berkshire. Elizabeth was born in 1823 in London; died on 25 Nov 1884; was buried on 1 Dec 1884 in Aldworth, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah. Sarah was born in 1789 in Harewood, Hertfordshire; died in 1869 in Hampton Court, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]