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James Henry Woodall

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  1. 1.  James Henry WoodallJames Henry Woodall was born on 25 Oct 1960 in Surrey (son of Antony Edward Woodall and Deirdre Kathleen Child).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Oct 2017, Magdalene College, Cambridge; Royal Literary Fund Fellow in the teaching of writing

    Notes:

    James Woodall is the author of four non-fiction books published in the 1990s, on, respectively, Spain, Argentina, Rio de Janeiro and The Beatles. For over 25 years he has been a freelance editor, writer and journalist, contributing regularly in the past 10 years to publications such as The Economist and The Spectator. Between 2014 and 2017, three new digital books on The Beatles - Kindle Singles - appeared with Amazon. Since October 2017 he has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in the teaching of writing at Magdalene College, Cambridge.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Antony Edward Woodall was born in 1931 in Mereworth, Kent (son of Edward Corbet Woodall and Janet Inez Crawley); died on 9 Mar 2018; was buried on 29 Mar 2018 in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1986, Great Hormead; High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

    Notes:

    Spent about 3 years at Antony Gibbs and Son after leaving Eton, going to Canada for them for one year.
    Member of the Stock Exchange, London 1964.
    Served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and Master of the Drapers (Livery ) Company. 

    Antony married Deirdre Kathleen Child on 23 May 1959 in Surrey. Deirdre (daughter of Sir Coles John Child, Baronet of Yaxley and Sheila Mathewson) was born on 13 Sep 1934 in Bromley, Kent; died on 2 Sep 2021 in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Deirdre Kathleen Child was born on 13 Sep 1934 in Bromley, Kent (daughter of Sir Coles John Child, Baronet of Yaxley and Sheila Mathewson); died on 2 Sep 2021 in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.
    Children:
    1. 1. James Henry Woodall was born on 25 Oct 1960 in Surrey.
    2. Andrew Hugh Woodall
    3. Edward Antony John Woodall was born on 6 Sep 1967 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward Corbet Woodall was born on 5 Dec 1903 in Croydon, Surrey (son of Henry Woodall and Bertha Nettlefold); died on 19 May 1972.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sevenoaks, Kent; Age: 7; Relation to Head of House: Son

    Notes:

    Son of H. Corbet Woodall of Yotes Court, nr. Maidstone, Kent. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

    Barnsteirat-law, called 1926.

    Educated Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Served 1939-45, a Colonel at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Croix de Guerre, Legion d'honneur, Bronze Star (U.S.).

    Chairman of the Tottenham & District Gas Company from 1946 until nationalisation in 1949. Director Ford Motor Co., Parkinson & Cowan, C. & W. Walker, Benskins Brewery. Chairman of the Hertfordshire Society for the Blind 1945-53. Resided at The Red House, Clifton Hampden, until his death on 9 April 1972.

    His son, Corbet Stafford Woodall*, was with BBC News (TV) 1963-67 and married Istly Patricia Mary Simmonds (divorced 1967) by whom he has 2 daughters: married 2ndly Ingrid Helen Una Fosse.

    His second son, Antony Edward, married in 1959 Deirdre Kathleen, elder daughter of Sir Coles John Child of Yaxley, Baronet, and has issue James Henry (1961), Andrew Hugh (1964), Edward Antony John (1967). Member of the Stock Exchange, London 1964.

    His elder daughter, Joanna Mary, married firstly (1956) The Hon. Richard Allen Archer Windsor Clive, 2nd son of 2nd Earl of Plymouth and has issue, Stephen Miles and Cathryn Harriet. Married secondly David Aldjo Jamieson V.C.

    His second daughter, Juliet Perpetua, married in 1962 Mark Robin Cubitt (see Baron Ashcombe) and has issue, Mark Edward (born 1964), David and Hugo.

    Edward married Janet Inez Crawley on 11 Apr 1928 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire. Janet (daughter of Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley and Anstice Katherine Gibbs) was born on 21 May 1906 in Cranbrook, Kent; died on 25 Dec 1964 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Janet Inez Crawley was born on 21 May 1906 in Cranbrook, Kent (daughter of Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley and Anstice Katherine Gibbs); died on 25 Dec 1964 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 23 Jun 1906, Benenden, Kent
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England
    • Arrival: 12 Apr 1960, Liverpool, Lancashire

    Notes:

    Baptised at St. George's, Benenden. Educated at Downe House, Newbury 1921-23 and Paris 1923-24.

    District Commissioner Girl Guides in Hertfordshire 1936-41. Chairman St. Audrey's Home (Hertfordshire Society for the Blind) 1946-53.

    Children:
    1. Corbett Stafford Woodall was born on 6 Apr 1929; died on 19 May 1982 in London.
    2. 2. Antony Edward Woodall was born in 1931 in Mereworth, Kent; died on 9 Mar 2018; was buried on 29 Mar 2018 in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.
    3. Joanna Mary Woodall
    4. Juliet Perpetua Woodall

  3. 6.  Sir Coles John Child, Baronet of Yaxley was born on 11 Feb 1906 in Bromley, Kent; died on 26 May 1971 in Lambeth, Greater London; was buried on 1 Jun 1971.

    Notes:

    He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, EnglandG.
    He was Lord of the Manor of Bromley.
    He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Child, of Bromley Palace, Bromley, Kent on 29 January 1929.
    He was Aide-de-Camp to Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Canada between 1931 and 1933.
    He gained the rank of Major in the Coldstream Guards.
    He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Surrey in 1960

    Coles married Sheila Mathewson on 2 Feb 1933. Sheila was born on 7 Feb 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; died on 1 May 1964 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sheila Mathewson was born on 7 Feb 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; died on 1 May 1964 in London.
    Children:
    1. 3. Deirdre Kathleen Child was born on 13 Sep 1934 in Bromley, Kent; died on 2 Sep 2021 in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.
    2. Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Bt was born on 20 Sep 1944; died on 7 Mar 2022.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Woodall was born in 1867 in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sevenoaks, Kent; Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Henry married Bertha Nettlefold in Jan 1899 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Bertha was born in 1868 in Highgate, Middlesex; died in Dec 1956 in Chelsea, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Bertha Nettlefold was born in 1868 in Highgate, Middlesex; died in Dec 1956 in Chelsea, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sevenoaks, Kent; Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 4. Edward Corbet Woodall was born on 5 Dec 1903 in Croydon, Surrey; died on 19 May 1972.

  3. 10.  Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland (son of George Baden Crawley and Eliza Inez Hulbert); died on 8 Oct 1948 in Clewer, Berkshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1881, Merton, Surrey
    • Residence: 1891, Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    His wife's 3rd cousin, being great-grandson of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey (2nd Baronet, died 1818), (refer to Family Tree entry) and Debrett's 'Baronetage'. 6th and youngest son of George Baden Crawley by Inez, daughter of Henry Young Hulbert of East Farleigh, Kent. Educated at Harrow School 1890-5; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) 1895; 3rd Class History and BA 1898; MA 1905; student at Cuddesdon Theological College, 1900.

    At Harrow was in the School Cricket XI and School Racquet pair, 1894-5: at Oxford was in the Racquet and also in the Royal Tennis pairs for the University, 1897-8, and Royal Tennis singles, 1898. Deacon, 1901. Priest, 1902. Curate of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, and chaplain to the Bishop, 1901-3; curate of St. Luke's, Chelsea, 1903; vicar of Benenden, Kent, 1905-10: vicar of Bishopthorpe, co. York, 1910-18. Chaplain to the Archbishop, 1910-18 and 1924-28; vicar of Acaster Malbis, co. York, 1914-18; Church of England Men's
    Society's Messenger to Dioceses of Bristol, Glos., and Hereford, 1919-22; vicar of East Meon, Hants., 1922-24; sec. of Yorks Dioc. Board of Finance, 1924-28; canon and preb. of Givendale in York Minster 1928; assist, sec. of Central Board of Finance of the Church of England (Ch, House, Westminster) 1928-29. Dioc. Sec. St. Albans and Hon. Canon St. Albans from 1929. In the Great War he was Temporary Chaplain in the Army, 1915-17 and 1918-19 (in France 1915-17 with the Guards Division and the 8th Division and in Italy 1918-19 with the 48th Division); mentioned in despatches (London Gazette} 14 Nov. 1916, and 5 June, 1919; Military Cross, 1916 and clasp, 1917; 1915 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal; Coronation Medal, 1911. Canon of Windsor 1933-until his death in 1948. Precentor of St. George's Chapel. Steward of the Dean and Chapter of St. George's 1946-48.

    Hon. Secretary to The Society of Friends of St. George's and the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter from 1934 until his death. Started and presided over an association of families of Prisoners of War in Windsor throughout the war.



    Arthur Stafford Crawley MC (18 September 1876 – 8 October 1948) was a Canon of Windsor from 1934 to 1948. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stafford_Crawley

    Arthur married Anstice Katherine Gibbs on 16 Jun 1903 in Wraxall, Somerset. Anstice (daughter of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale) was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Jan 1963 in Chelsea, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anstice Katherine GibbsAnstice Katherine Gibbs was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (daughter of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale); died on 8 Jan 1963 in Chelsea, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 16 Oct 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1952, Chelsea, London

    Notes:

    In the Great War she worked in 1916 in the Nunthorpe Hospital, York, as member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross Society. In 1930 was on the Archbishop of Canterbury's committee for entertaining the Bishops attending the Lambeth Conference. From 1930 was Hostess for the Girls' Diocesan Association at many of their week-ends over the following years. While at Windsor became Chairman of the Townswomen's Guild. During the Second World War worked with the Red Cross 'Parcels for Prisoners of War', and developed a fellowship of relatives and friends of prisoners of war with A.S.C. in Windsor.

    Children:
    1. Major Cosmo Stafford Crawley was born on 27 May 1904 in Chelsea, London; died on 10 Feb 1989 in Westminster, London.
    2. 5. Janet Inez Crawley was born on 21 May 1906 in Cranbrook, Kent; died on 25 Dec 1964 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
    3. Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Benenden, Kent; died on 3 Nov 1993 in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
    4. Beatrice Anstice Crawley was born on 7 Dec 1911 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Jan 2001 in Winchester, Hampshire.
    5. Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley was born on 12 Oct 1913 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Nov 1988 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.


 

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