Anna Cross

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Educated Trinity Coll., Cantab. (M.A. 1949) and R.A.C. Cirencester, was a publisher, inc. with Collins, and per Debrett's etc was at various times resident at West End House, 1, Step Terrace, Winchester, 15, St Michael's Rd, Winchester, 20, Kensington Road, South Kensington, and Foxbury Meadow, Godalming, Surrey.

Robert married Mary Claudia Elizabeth Hanbury-Tracy on 25 Apr 1953. Mary (daughter of Claud Edward Frederick Hanbury-Tracy and Veronica May Cunard) was born on 19 May 1933; died on 13 Sep 2019 in York; was buried on 8 Oct 2019 in St Lawrence Church, Winchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2nd s. of Frank Richardson Cross (1845-1925), of 2, Linnet Lane, formerly of Toxteth Park, Liverpool, and of Caenby, Lincs., grain merchant and commission agent, at Caenby farmer of 353 acres.

Charles married Sybil Mary Estcourt Boucher. Sybil (daughter of Rev. Canon Charles Estcourt Boucher and Louisa Mary Wright) was born in 1896; died in 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Feb 1904, England
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire; Age: 7; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Departure: Jul 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Arrival: 24 Aug 1932, Southampton, Hampshire

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Son of Major Eric Thomas Hanbury-Tracy (for whose lineage see Sudeley in Burke's 'Peerage'), by Dorothy, daughter of Sir Edward Harris Greathed, KCB (see Burke's 'Landed Gentry' 1914).

Claud married Veronica May Cunard on 26 Jun 1927 in Colehill, Dorset, and was divorced in 1948. Veronica (daughter of Cyril Grant Cunard and Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs) was born on 12 Jan 1902 in St. Moritz, Switzerland; died on 11 Feb 1985 in Ealing, Middlesex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Mar 1902, Shorncliffe, Kent
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Naunton, Gloucestershire
• Departure: Jul 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Departure: 6 Aug 1932, London
• Arrival: 24 Aug 1932, Southampton, Hampshire
• Residence: 1951, Paddington, Lancashire

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Birth:
Hotel La Holland

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F. R. Cross 3rd s. of Charles Cross (1811-1892), of Lindum Road, Lincoln, formerly of Glentworth, Lincs., farmer of 680 acres emp. 8 labourers, 'gentleman' per probate record, and his wife Mary Ann[e] (1823-1889), dau. of - Richardson.

Charles Cross 3rd s. of Robert Cross (1755-1840), of Beckingham, Notts., and (m. 1794), Mary (1773-1845), dau. of - Bright.

Robert Cross s. of Robert Cross (1723-1792), of Gringley on the Hill, Notts.; a branch of this family evidently continued to reside here, as Walford's County Families (1864) gives: 'DODGSON, Richard Barton, Esq., of Beardwood, Lancashire. Son of the late - Dodgson, Esq.; b. 18-; m. 1857 Jane, 2nd dau. of James Cross, Esq., of Gringley-on-the-Hill, Notts. Is a magistrate for co. Lancaster. - Beardwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire.' Further, the Gentleman's Magazine in 1862 prints the following: 'Nov. 28 Aged 65, James Cross, esq., of Gringley, Nottinghamshire.' F. White's 1853 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County, and of the Town of Nottingham', under Gringley, notes that 'An unknown benefactor left to eight poor widows of this parish £1. yearly, out of an orchard which belongs to Mr. Cross.' Additionally, a posting on the Curious Fox site, evidently referring to this James Cross: 'I am the Great Granddaughter of William Littlewood Cross from Australia and am trying to find out about my family in Gringley on the Hill. James Cross (GG grandfather) born 1796 Gringley on the Hill married Ann Littlewood (born1807). Their eldest son, William Littlewood Cross (my Great Grandfather) was born in 1829 and arrived in Australia 1861.' Robert Cross (1723-1792) had married 1750, Sarah, dau. of - Fretwell.

Robert's father, John Cross (1691-), who m. 1717, Hannah, dau. of - Ward, and grandfather, Edmund Cross (c. 1660- c. 1720), who m. Anne, dau. of - Burton, were both of Gringley. Edmund's father appears to have been another Edmund (1612-1682).

Frank married Mary Singlehurst in 1878. Mary was born in 1854; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1921, Loughborough; Archdeacon of Loughborough

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The Venerable Charles Estcourt Boucher (1856–1940) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Boucher was born on 8 June 1856 at Cheddleton and educated at Uppingham and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

He was ordained in 1879 and began his career as Curate at Northam, Devon after which he was Rector of Frolesworth, Lutterworth and Master of Chief Baron Smith's Almshouses from 1886 to 1923. An Honorary Canon of Peterborough from 1912 until 1937, he became the first Archdeacon of Loughborough in 1921.

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

Charles married Louisa Mary Wright. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1872, London
• Residence: 1915, Paddington, Lancashire
• Military Service: 1918

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He served in the Coldstream Guards in the Boer War and WW1
He sometimes went by the name Eric Thomas Henry Leigh

Eric married Dorothy Louisa Greathed on 6 Nov 1902 in Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London. Dorothy (daughter of Sir Edward Harris Greathed and Charlotte Frederica Caroline Osborn) was born in 1876 in Colchester, Essex; died on 16 Apr 1951 in Dorset; was buried on 21 Apr 1951 in Colehill, Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Birth: 30 Sep 1867, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Sussex
• Residence: 1881, Langley Marish, Buckinghamshire; Relation to Head of House: Boarder
• Arrival: 10 Apr 1893, New York, USA
• Arrival: 10 Jun 1893, Liverpool, Lancashire

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Uncle of Euphemia C. Gibbs. 3rd son of william Cunard, by Laura Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (see Cunard, Bart. in 'Burke's Peerage'). Baptised at Windsor, nr Halifax, Nova Scotia. Educated at Eton College.

Buried at Notgrove, Glos. Memorial Inscription in churchyard. Will proved 17 June 1914.

He was sometime Lieut, in the S.E. of Scotland Artillery, and a Justice of the Peace for Berks.

Cyril married Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs on 23 Jul 1896 in Bibury, Gloucestershire. Beatrice (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Aug 1870, Elstree, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1891, London; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

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Baptised at Elstree, Herts. Buried at Notgrove, Glos.

She and her first husband resided at Faringdon House, Berks., 1902-7; at The Manor House, Notgrove, co. Glos., from 1908, which she retained after his death till 1918. With her second husband she resided at Britwell House, Britwell Salome, co. Oxon., 1918-26; chiefly in London afterwards.

Oil portrait by M. Bisson last in possession of Veronica Hanbury-Tracey and pastel by Braun last in possession of Penelope Loveday.