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Cicely Muriel Bankes
1890 - 1983 (92 years)-
Documents 1911 England Census - Cicely Muriel Bankes.jpeg
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Name Cicely Muriel Bankes Birth 9 Oct 1890 Westminster, London Gender Female Residence 1891 London Age: 6/12; Relation to Head of House: Daughter Residence 2 Apr 1911 Charminster, Dorset Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Great Niece Baptism 8 Nov 1980 Pimlico, London Death 14 Apr 1983 Sutton Veney, Warminster, Wiltshire Notes - Daughter of Jerome Nugent Bankes, banker (for whose lineage see 'Bankes of Corfe Castle' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry' 1846 and 1925 editions), by Muriel Frances, daughter of Richard Henry Wingfield-Digby. Baptised 8 November 1890 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico.
In the Great War she was employed in decoding, first by the Canadian and American Dept. of the Ministry of Munitions; next by the "Women's Royal Naval Service", at first at Holyhead Station, afterwards at Admiralty Headquarters. After the War and till marriage employed in the Admiralty Hydrographic Dept.
- Baptised 8 November 1890 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico.
In the Great War she was employed in decoding, first by the Canadian and American Dept. of the Ministry of Munitions; next by the "Women's Royal Naval Service", first at Holyhead Station, afterwards at Admiralty Headquarters. After the War and untill married employed in the Admiralty Hydrographic Dept.
1891 CENSUS - Living with parents at 85 Belgrave Rd. London.
1901 CENSUS - Aged 10, Visiting at Newlands House, Mr Charles T. Palmer and Frances.
Also, Beatrix Digby, aged 32, step daughter.
1911 CENSUS - Aged 20, Visiting at Wolfeton House, Dorchester, Dorset, Mr Wynne Albert Bankes.
Immigration & Tavel.
18 Feb 1921 - Dep. Southampton for Natal, S. Africa. (probably going to Mauritius to get married.)
24 May 1928 - Arr. London from Mauritius, aboard SS Gascon. With children, Antony 5, Eleanor 4, & Barbara 2.
29 June 1940 - Listed as a passenger on the "Athlone Castle" sailing from Durban, S.Africa to Southampton.
Buried at Pine Lawns Cemetery, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Probate read, 17 Nov 1983 in London. Left £4893.
Person ID I2646 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 23 Jan 2018
Father Jerome Nugent Bankes, b. Abt 1866, London Mother Muriel Frances Wingfield-Digby, b. Abt 1866, Weymouth, Dorset Family ID F1158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Matthew Fortescue-Brickdale, Knt. OBE, b. 8 Nov 1890, The Dower House, Newland, Gloucestershire d. 22 Oct 1969, Manor Fields, Putney, London (Age 78 years) Marriage 21 May 1921 Vacoas, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius Children 1. Lieutenant Antony Jerome Fortescue-Brickdale, b. 31 May 1922, Mauritius d. 9 Jan 1943, Majunga, Madagascar (Age 20 years) + 2. Ann Rachel Benita Fortescue-Brickdale, b. 19 Apr 1930, Gloucester, Gloucestershire d. 28 June, 2022 (Age 92 years) + 3. Eleanor Frances Mary Fortescue-Brickdale, b. 21 May 1923, Vacoas, Mauritius d. 11 Apr 1988, Derby, England (Age 64 years) + 4. Barbara Beatrix Fortescue-Brickdale, b. 18 Jun 1925, Vacoas, Mauritius d. Dec 1994, Berkshire (Age 69 years) Family ID F1157 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jul 2017
- Daughter of Jerome Nugent Bankes, banker (for whose lineage see 'Bankes of Corfe Castle' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry' 1846 and 1925 editions), by Muriel Frances, daughter of Richard Henry Wingfield-Digby. Baptised 8 November 1890 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico.
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