Robert Alan Buxton

Robert married Sian Marie Haddon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Paige Marie Buxton

Frank married Mary Elizabeth Ann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Educated at Shrewsbury Public School.

Served in Malta with the 68th Regiment Heavy Artillary, from Oct 1940 to Oct/Nov 1945.

John married Eleanor Frances Mary Fortescue-Brickdale on 18 May 1945 in Sliema, Malta. Eleanor (daughter of Matthew Fortescue-Brickdale, Knt. OBE and Cicely Muriel Bankes) was born on 21 May 1923 in Vacoas, Mauritius; died on 11 Apr 1988 in Derby, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Educated at St Mary's School, Calne, Wiltshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Baptism: 20 Dec 1890, All Saints with St Margaret, Upper Norwood, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 29 Jun 1940, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 49

Notes:

1891 CENSUS - Living with parents @@ 12 Gatestone Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon.
1901 CENSUS - @@ private school, "Parkside", Kingston Rd. Ewell, Surrey.
1911 CENSUS - Living at 79 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, London. with parents Sir Charles and Mabel and Laura and Edmund.
Died at 2 Gonville House, Manor Fields, London SW15 on 22 Oct 1969.

Probate read, 30 April 1970 London. Left £21714.

Immigration & Travel.
20 June 1919 - Listed as a passenger on "Cap Polonio", sailing from Plymouth to Mauritius.
29 June 1940 - Listed as a passenger on the "Athlone Castle" sailing from Durban, S. Africa to Southampton.

Birth:
12 Gatestone Road

Matthew married Cicely Muriel Bankes on 21 May 1921 in Vacoas, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius. Cicely (daughter of Jerome Nugent Bankes and Muriel Frances Wingfield-Digby) was born on 9 Oct 1890 in Westminster, London; died on 14 Apr 1983 in Sutton Veney, Warminster, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

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.