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Edith Rachel Bright

Female 1902 - 1964  (62 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edith Rachel Bright was born on 13 Aug 1902 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia (daughter of Alfred Ernest Bright and Edith Kate Tully); died on 28 Nov 1964 in Reading, Berkshire.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alfred Ernest Bright was born on 16 Mar 1869 in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (son of Charles Edward Bright and Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton); died on 12 Apr 1938 in Sorrento, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    The elder son of the late Mr. Charles Edward Bright and the Hon. Mrs. Bright, he was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Eton College, England. He was a leader in Victorian commerce for many years, and was president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in 1928-29. He was created C.B.E. in 1918.

    Alfred married Edith Kate Tully on 22 Feb 1898 in Toorak, Victoria, Australia. Edith was born in 1872 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 15 Aug 1902 in Taroona, Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Edith Kate Tully was born in 1872 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 15 Aug 1902 in Taroona, Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia.
    Children:
    1. Hilary Georgina Bright was born on 13 Jan 1899 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia; died in Oct 1906 in Kensington, London; was buried on 8 Oct 1906 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset.
    2. 1. Edith Rachel Bright was born on 13 Aug 1902 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; died on 28 Nov 1964 in Reading, Berkshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Edward Bright was born on 20 May 1829 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset (son of Robert Bright and Caroline Tyndall); died on 17 Jul 1915 in Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 27 Apr 1830, Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset
    • Residence: 1891, London; Age: 61; Relation: Head
    • Residence: 1901, London; Age: 71; Relation: Head
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Elstree, Hertfordshire; Age in 1911: 81; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    • Probate Date: 21 Sep 1915, London

    Notes:

    Charles Edward Bright (1829-1915), businessman, was born on 20 May 1829 at Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, the fifth son of Robert Bright (1798-1869) and his wife Caroline, née Tyndall. His father was a prominent landowner and partner in the mercantile and shipping house of Gibbs & Bright of Bristol, Liverpool and London, and his uncle, Dr Richard Bright (1789-1858), became physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and is credited with discovering 'Bright's disease'. Charles was educated at Winchester, arrived in Melbourne in January 1854, and was a founder of Bright Bros & Co., steamship and general agents (agents for the Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool and London). Later the firm became Gibbs, Bright & Co., a well-known and successful firm with a wide variety of financial interests.
    See the Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bright-charles-edward-149



    Charles Edward Bright CMG JP (20 May 1829 – 17 July 1915) was an English businessman in colonial Victoria. Bright belonged to an old Worcestershire family possessing estates in the counties of Worcester and Hereford. He was the fifth son of the Robert Bright, of Bristol and Abbots Leigh, Somerset, by Caroline, daughter of Thomas Tyndall, of The Fort, Bristol. His father was a slaveholder who was compensated ₤8,384 by the British government for 404 slaves upon the abolition of slavery. Bright would benefit from his father's estate.

    Bright's brothers were Richard Bright, who was elected M.P. for East Somerset in 1868, and Lieut.-General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright.

    Bright emigrated to Australia, arriving in Melbourne in Jan. 1854. He became a partner in the firms of Messrs. Antony Gibbs & Co., and Gibbs, Bright & Co. He was twice Chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust, and for many years Trustee of the Public Library, Museum, and National Gallery of Victoria. He was Commissioner to the Exhibition of London, 1861-2; Dublin, 1864; Melbourne, 1866-7; London, 1873-4; Melbourne, 1880; Calcutta, 1883; Adelaide, 1887; and Melbourne, 1888. On 25 August 1868 he married the Hon. Anne Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton, daughter of the third Viscount Canterbury (Governor of Victoria 1866-73), by Georgiana, youngest daughter of Charles Tompson, of Witchingham Hall, Norfolk; and was created CMG in the 1883 Birthday Honours

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Bright

    Charles married Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton on 25 Jun 1868 in St Johns Church, Toorak, Victoria, Australia. Anna (daughter of John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury and Georgiana Thomson) was born on 11 Sep 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk; died on 26 Dec 1924 in Barnet, Middlesex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton was born on 11 Sep 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk (daughter of John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury and Georgiana Thomson); died on 26 Dec 1924 in Barnet, Middlesex.
    Children:
    1. 2. Alfred Ernest Bright was born on 16 Mar 1869 in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 12 Apr 1938 in Sorrento, Victoria, Australia.
    2. Charles Henry Manners Sutton Bright was born on 18 Jun 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 22 Jan 1951 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; was buried in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
    3. Major Richard George Tyndall Bright was born on 5 Feb 1872 in Toorak, Victoria, Australia; died on 10 Jul 1944 in New Forest, Hampshire.
    4. Georgina Amye Blanche Bright was born on 24 Mar 1874 in Kensington, London; died in Sep 1946 in Kensington, London.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Bright was born on 12 Aug 1795 in Ham Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire (son of Richard Bright and Sarah Heywood); died on 19 Sep 1869 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 24 Feb 1796, Bristol, Gloucestershire; Lewins Mead Presbyterian or Unitarian, Bristol
    • Residence: 1851, Abbots Leigh, Somerset; Age: 55; Relation: Head
    • Residence: 1861, Abbots Leigh, Somerset
    • Probate Date: 23 Oct 1869

    Robert married Caroline Tyndall on 4 Jun 1821 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. Caroline (daughter of Thomas Tyndall and Marrianne Schimmelpennick) was born on 13 Jan 1796 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died in Jan 1843 in Bedminster, Somerset; was buried on 16 Jan 1843 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Caroline TyndallCaroline Tyndall was born on 13 Jan 1796 in Bristol, Gloucestershire (daughter of Thomas Tyndall and Marrianne Schimmelpennick); died in Jan 1843 in Bedminster, Somerset; was buried on 16 Jan 1843 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 19 Feb 1796, St. Augustine-the-Less, Bristol, Gloucestershire
    • Residence: 1841, Colwall, Herefordshire

    Children:
    1. Richard Bright was born on 14 Apr 1822 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 28 Feb 1878 in Stocks House, Tring, Hertfordshire.
    2. General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright, KCB was born on 8 Jul 1823 in Leigh Court, Bristol, Somerset; died on 15 Nov 1896 in Farnham, Hampshire; was buried on 19 Nov 1896 in Wyke, Surrey.
    3. Tyndall Bright was born on 13 Nov 1824 in Woodcote, Aigburth Road, Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 10 Sep 1902 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset ; was buried on 13 Sep 1902 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset .
    4. George Bright was born on 2 May 1826 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died in Dec 1919 in Keynsham, Somerset.
    5. Caroline Margaret Ann Bright was born in 1828 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 28 Aug 1917 in Long Ashton, Somerset; was buried on 31 Aug 1917 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset.
    6. 4. Charles Edward Bright was born on 20 May 1829 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 17 Jul 1915 in Hertfordshire.
    7. Arthur Bright was born in 1831 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died in 1857 in India.
    8. Reginald Bright was born in 1833 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 10 Sep 1920 in Australia.
    9. Isabel Marianne Bright was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire.
    10. Constance Bright was born in 1838 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 27 May 1924 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

  3. 10.  John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount CanterburyJohn Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury was born on 27 May 1814 in Downing St, London; died on 23 Jun 1877 in Queensbury Place, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1866-1873, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Governor of Victoria

    Notes:

    John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury GCMG KCB styled The Honourable John Manners-Sutton between 1814 and 1866 and Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Manners-Sutton,_3rd_Viscount_Canterbury

    John married Georgiana Thomson on 5 Jul 1838 in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Georgiana was born in 1820 in Witchingham Hall, Great Witchingham, Norfolk; died on 14 Apr 1899 in Loddon, Norfolk; was buried in Bergh Apton, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Georgiana Thomson was born in 1820 in Witchingham Hall, Great Witchingham, Norfolk; died on 14 Apr 1899 in Loddon, Norfolk; was buried in Bergh Apton, Norfolk.
    Children:
    1. 5. Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton was born on 11 Sep 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk; died on 26 Dec 1924 in Barnet, Middlesex.


 

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