Lieut. Colonel James Sparrow Mordaunt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Long Ashton, Somerset
• Residence: 1851, Long Ashton, Somerset
• Residence: 1871, Fulwood, Lancashire
• Residence: 1881, Surrey
• Residence: 1891, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Cranbrook, Kent

Notes:

1st son of John Mordaunt and brother of Mildred Gibbs. Baptised at Long Ashton, Somerset, 14 November 1843 and baptised at Long Ashton, Somerset. Educated at Elstree school. Buried at Adderbury. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Will proved 28 January 1927.

Sparrow the maiden name of his father's mother. Entered the Indian army 1860 in the Regiment which from 1862 to 1881 was the 109th Bombay Infantry. Lieut. 1862; Capt. 1872; Major 1881; retired 1882 as Honorary Lieut.-Colonel. Commanded 2 expeditions from Aden against the Arabs 1864-5 and served in the action of Bir Said and the capture of Shugra.

Birth:
Gatcombe Court

James married Harriet Theresa Gibbs on 7 Nov 1872 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. Harriet (daughter of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan) was born on 1 Apr 1844 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 21 Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire; was buried in Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriett Emily Mordaunt was born on 22 Apr 1874 in Darjeeling, India; died on 19 Mar 1956 in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
2. Mildred Dorothea Mordaunt was born on 16 Mar 1875 in Dinapore, India; died on 23 Mar 1949 in Tonbridge, Kent.
3. Helen Mary Mordaunt was born on 12 Mar 1879 in Hutton, Somerset; died on 24 Jan 1958 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
4. John Francis Cumberlege Mordaunt, MC was born on 15 Feb 1881 in Guildford, Surrey; died on 27 May 1936 in Kensington, London.
5. Charles Stanley Mordaunt was born on 4 Jun 1886 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset; died on 4 May 1946 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

Notes:

He lived at Gatcombe Court, Flax Bourton, Somerset, England.
He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)
He gained the rank of Captain in the 17th Lancers.

John married Harriet Maria Cumberlege on 9 Feb 1843 in Heath And Reach, Bedford. Harriet was born on 12 May 1816 in St Pancras, London; died on 21 May 1849 in Bedminster, Somerset; was buried on 26 May 1849 in Long Ashton, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 10 Jul 1816, Old Church, Saint Pancras, London

Charles married Frances Harriet Sparrow Frances was born on 30 Oct 1785 in Flax Bourton, Somerset; died in 1866; was buried in 1866 in Flax Bourton, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Massingham, Norfolk; Rector

Charles married Charlotte Musgrave in 1774. Charlotte (daughter of Sir Phillip Musgrave, 6th Bt. and Jane Turton) was born in 1749 in Massingham, Norfolk; died on 23 Oct 1816 in Massingham, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]