Lieut. George Roworth Parr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1901, Sandgate, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Crowthorne, Berkshire; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Student

Notes:

Baptised at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington. Educated at Wellington College, Woolwich, and (1910) Royal Engineering College, Woolwich, and (1911) Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Died unmarried 19 Decemer 1914, being killed in action in the Great War at Ploogsteert Wood, Belgium, and was buried there. Memorial window in Taunton Church. Administration 14 May 1915.

2nd Lieut. Somerset Light Infantry 14 February 1912; Lieut. 14 February 1913. Qualified 1st cl. Interpreter in German January 1914. He was a liaison officer with the French in the Battle of the Aisne in the Great War. Medals: 1914 Star, British War medal, Allies (Victory) medal, issued to his mother. Memoir of him, with 400 pp. of his letters from the War (priv. printed Edinburgh) is by Lieut. Col. Cuthbert Headlam.

Died:
Killed in Action in the Great War

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Aug 1847, Rockbeare, Devon
• Residence: 1891, Farnborough, Hampshire; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London

Notes:

Son of Thomas Clements Parr of Clifton, Co. Gloucestershire. He was 1st cousin to his wife's mother, his own mother, Julia, being sister of Sir Arthur H Elton (search in Family Tree). Baptised 20 August 1847 at Rockbeare. Educated at Eton College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Buried 8 April 1914 at Bourton. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there, and Memorial window in Taunton parish church (south aisle) to him and his 2 soldier sons designed by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. Will proved 20 June 1914.

Ensign Somerset Light Infantry 1865; Lieut. 1869; Captain 1878; Major 1885; Brevet-Colonel 1886; Major-General 1899; Retired 1906. Colonel of Somerset Light Inf. 1910. He was Military Secretary to Sir Bartle Frere in S. Africa 1877-80 and served in the Kaffir and Zulu wars and in the first Boer war. Between 1882 and 1885 he had war service in Egypt and in 1885 (when only 38 yrs. old) was Adj. Gen. and 2nd in command of the Egyptian Army. Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria 1886-88. Attended the French manoeuvres 1887 and the German ones 1888. Military adviser on Sir Charles Euan Smith's mission to Fez 1892. Assistant Inspector General of Ordnance at the War Office 1894. Commanded the North Western District, England, 1902-6. Mentioned in despatches in Zulu war and Egyptian expedition 1882. Medals for Kaffir and Zulu wars with clasp for 1877, 8 and 9. Medal and Khedive's star for Egyptian expedition 1882. Turkish orders Medjidie and Osmanieh, 1884. CMG. 1880, CB 1893, KCB. 1911.

He was a Justice of the Peace for Dorset and Deputy Lieut. Author (1880) of A Sketch of the Kaffir and Zulu Wars. See Sir Henry Hallam Parr's Recollections, ed. 1917 by Sir. Charles Brickdale (search in Family Tree).



For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hallam_Parr

Birth:
Rockbeare House

Died:
Chaffeymoor House

Henry married Lady Lilian Mary Gibbs on 15 Nov 1888 in Bramley, Surrey. Lilian (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 4 Sep 1865 in Paddington, London; died on 15 Jul 1925 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 21 Jul 1925 in Bourton, Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1865, East Clevedon, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Farnborough, Hampshire; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London

Notes:

Baptised at East Clevedon. Buried 21 July 1925 at Bourton, Co. Dorset. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Will proved 5 October 1925.

She and her husband lived at Chaffeymoor House and she remained there as a widow. In the Great War she lent the house as a Hospital, and became Commandant of the Military Hospital at Gillingham, Dorset.

Portrait (with her son Hallam) by Wontner last in possession of her sister Agnes Hilda Gibbs.

Birth:
Sussex Square

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Aug 1803, St George Hanover Square, London

Thomas married Julia Elizabeth Elton on 6 Jan 1836 in Clifton, Bristol. Julia (daughter of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Baronet and Sarah Smith) was born in 1807 in Downy Parade, Bristol; died on 27 Apr 1881 in Bristol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant S America
• Baptism: 24 May 1838, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1851, Wiltshire
• Residence: 1871, Edgware, Middlesex; Age: 32; Relationship: Head
• Residence: 1881, London; Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head

Notes:

Baptised there 24 May 1838. Educated at Marlborough College 1947-53. Died at his residence Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Herts 26 November and was buried 1 December 1881 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and in Aldenham Church and Memorial Screen in Elstree Chapel. Will proved 1882.

He inherited Belmont, Wraxall, on his father's death in 1865 (subject to his mother's life interest) and sold it in 1870 to his uncle William Gibbs of the adjoining Tyntesfield. Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons 1855 (was in London 1855-59; in William Gibbs & Co., Peru & Chile, 1859-62; in London, as a manager of A. Gibbs & Sons 1863, as a partner 1865-81). Visited New York 1863, Spain and Portugal 1864, Mexico 1869 all on business of the firm. A director of the London Assurance Co. 1865 (deputy Governor 1878, sub-Governor Dec. 1878-81).

A benefactor to Elstree church. Patron of the living of Hutton, Somerset (see VI, n33). Resided at 14 Devonshire Terrace, Paddington, 1864-67; Nutwood, Bickley, Kent, 1867-70; Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Herts., 1870-81; 46 Grosvenor Street, Westminster, 1881. See book In Memoriam mentioned below under entry for his wife Laura Beatrice Hallam and Obituary notice in The Guardian of Dec. 1881.

Portraits (head) in possession of his daughter Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs; 2 posthumous portraits by Hanson Walker (one last in possession of Antony Gibbs & Sons, the other in that of his grandson Lt.-col George Arthur Gibbs; watercolour thought to be of G. L. M. Gibbs last in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley).



1851 CENSUS - Aged 12, at Marlborough College.
1871 CENSUS - Aged 32, living at Deacon's Hill, Edgware.Occ. Merchant. Children, 6 listed, no wife.
1881 CENSUS - Aged 42 , living at 46 Lower Grosvenor St. Occ. Merchant, S. America.
Laura, aged 38, Lillian, aged 15, & Mabel , aged16. Also present, Edmund Elton, 54,
(brother in law), Justice of the Peace - Somerset, and wife Mary, 56.
PROBATE - 1 March 1882, personal estate of £127,333 19s 11d.

( Refer to National Trust guide book for Tyntesfield for family tree.)

Died:
Deacon's Hill

George married Laura Beatrice Elton on 5 Jan 1864 in East Clevedon, Somerset. Laura (daughter of Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet and Rhoda Susan Willis) was born on 29 Mar 1842 in Rome, Italy; died on 30 Aug 1911 in Bourton, Dorset; was buried on 4 Sep 1911 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Apr 1842, Rome, Italy; British Chaplaincy
• Residence: 1851, Clevedon, Somerset
• Residence: 1861, Tormoham, Devon
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, St Margaret and St John, London

Notes:

1st daughter of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th Baronet), died 1883) of Clevedon Court, Somerset, by his 1st wife Rhoda Susan (died 1873), who was daughter of James Willis of Atherfield and Freshwater House, Isle of Wight, and widow of Captain James C. Baird. Was buried 4 September 1911 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Will proved 9 October 1911.

After her husband died she resided first at Queen's Gate Gardens, Kensington, next at Gosden House, Bramley, Surrey 1883-90; 29 Queen's Gate Terrace, Kensington, 1890-7; Ablington Manor, Glos. 1891-1901; 56 Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, 1899-1911.



( Refer to National Trust guide book to Clevedon Court for family tree.)

1851 CENSUS - Aged 9, living with parents and grandfather.
Also, 2 stepsisters (children of her mother's first marriage.)


Died:
Chaffeymoor Grange

Notes:

An account of "The Assassination of Thomas Parr, Resident of Bencoolen" by Joanna Cicely Fennell, his 5x great grandniece can be found at https://fashionableintelligence.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/the-assassination-of-thomas-parr-resident-of-bencoolen2.pdf

Died:
Murdered and decapitated at home by Malay assailants.

Thomas married Frances Roworth on 1 Sep 1798 in Fort William, Calcutta, India. Frances was born on 4 Aug 1769 in Westminster, London; died in Mar 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Lost at sea. Set sail with youngest son William from Calcutta on ship bound for England which never arrived.

Notes:

Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Baronet (31 October 1778 – 1 June 1853) was an English officer in the British Army and an author.

For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Abraham_Elton

Charles married Sarah Smith on 29 Feb 1804 in Bristol. Sarah (daughter of Josepth Smith and Sarah Pope) was born on 20 Nov 1782 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 14 Mar 1830 in Gloucestershire; was buried on 20 Mar 1830 in St Andrew, Clevedon, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden
• Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Baptism: 12 Sep 1801, Exeter, Devon
• Residence: 1861, Chelsea, London; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

He was in the employ of Antony Gibbs & Sons 1818-24 (in London 1818-21, Cadiz 1818-2, Gibraltar 1822-3, again in London 1823-4). He was ordained Deacon in 1828, Priest by the Bishop of Chester 8 Aug. 1829. Curate of Howarden, co. Flint, 1828-30, Perpectual Curate of Clifton Hampden, co. Oxon 1830-64 in the new parsonage given by his cousin Anne Noyes (patron of the living) which, from 1905, was again the parsonage, and from c. 1846 in the new parsonage built by his sister-in-law Caroline Gibbs (now the Manor House), Devisee of Belmont, Wraxall, under the will of his cousin and brother-in-law George who died 1863. For his life up to 1823 and a few later details see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

Portraits: miniature of him by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932; a portrait of him with his wife and sister Joanna was known to be in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden until her death in 1955, but whereabouts unknown in 1980; watercolour in middle age in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley in 1980).



Educated at Mr. Phillip's School, Turnham Green. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1828 with a B.A. He was the Curate in 1830 at Clifton Hampden, Berkshire.
1851 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
Joseph 49, Emily 47,
1861 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
Joseph 59, Emily 57, Harriett T. 17, Joseph H. 20, George H. 18, & Stanley R. 14.

Occ. Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden until death.

Probate - 5 May 1864. Left under £20,000.

Joseph married Emily Vaughan on 14 Sep 1831 in Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales. Emily (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck) was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Oct 1803, Farnborough, Berkshire
• Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor

Notes:

Her father, rector of Crickhowell, co. Brecon, was descended from the Vaughans of Tretower, whose full pedigree (including Sir Roger Vaughan, knighted and mortally wounded at Agincourt) is in Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecon (1805-9, new edition 1909). Her mother's father John Monck of Bath (Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under 'Monck of Coley Park') was a descendant of William Monck (and his wife Dorothy, sister of 1st Earl of Darnley) whose ancestry is in Burke's Peerage under 'Monck' (Viscount). A miniature of her by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932. Portrait Heberden, great-grand-daughter of Joseph and Emily Gibbs. This portrait was formerly in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1818, Lewins Mead, Somerset

Notes:

Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet DL (19 April 1818 – 14 October 1883) was a writer and Liberal party politician.

For further details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Elton,_7th_Baronet

Arthur married Rhoda Susan Willis on 10 Jun 1841 in Clevedon, Somerset. Rhoda was born on 16 May 1809 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight; died on 1 Nov 1873 in Bournemouth; was buried on 7 Nov 1873 in All Saints, Clevedon, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]