Elizabeth Cokayne

Elizabeth married Major Peter Duke Doulton on 31 Jan 1939 in Westminster, London. Peter (son of Sir Orrok Mills Doulton and Catharine May Duke) was born on 31 Jan 1906 in 28 Oxley Rd., Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, London; died on 29 Dec 1984 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Antony Cokayne Doulton
2. Ian Duke Doulton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London

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4th son. Baptised 7 September 1871 at St. John's, Putney. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey, 1884-90; matric. Oxford (Oriel College) Michaelmas 1890; BA 1893.

In Racquets pair for Charterhouse 1889: for Oxford University, Racquets, 1891-92, Royal Tennis, 1892.

Member of the London Stock Exchange from 1899 and partner of David Bevan & Co., stockbrokers, in the City of London. Residences, 54 Montagu Sq., London, W, 1909-29, 1 Bryanston Sq. from 1929.

Portraits: Chalk, age 23, by P. Downes 1894; pencil by Francis F. Crawley-Boevey, 1894; chalk by Geoffroi de Chaume 1924; and chalk by the same 1925; all four last in his own possession.

1 son and 3 daughters. Thomas Probyn, born 1920
(d. 1943); Elizabeth,born 1913, m. Peter Duke Doulton and has issue; Anne, born 1916, m. Walter Arbuthnot Prideaux and has issue; Susan, born 1923, who has in her possession a portrait by George Richmond of Mary Dorothea Cokayne.

Francis married Dorothy Emily Probyn on 30 Dec 1909 in Exeter House, Roehampton, Surrey. Dorothy (daughter of Sir Leslie Probyn and Emily Rosalie Davis) was born on 10 Jan 1889 in Fairfield, Acton, Middlesex; died on 10 Dec 1963 in Surrey South Eastern, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2nd daughter of Sir Leslie Probyn, KCMG, colonial Governor, for whom see 'Probyn of Huntly Manor' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry', by Emily (OBE), daughter of George Davies, Contractor, of Bristol. Baptised 7 April 1889 at Acton.

Her father (born 1862) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 1884: Governor of Sierra Leone, 1904-10; Governor of Barbados, 1910-18; living at Folkestone, 1929. One of his sisters, Blanche Probyn, was the 2nd wife (m. 1904) of Antony Page Crawley-Boevey, 1st cousin of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield born 1842.

Oil portrait by Albert H. Collins, 1911, last in her husband's possession.

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• Occupation: 16 Jan 1850, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Middlesex, England; Law student
• Education: 1852, Oxford, Oxfordshire; MA
• Name Change: 15 Aug 1873; Assumed surname Cokayne
• Occupation: 1894; Clarenceux King of Arms
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Wandsworth, London; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

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From 1873 he was Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms, 4th son of William Adams and brother of Louisa Anne, Lady Aldenham. Baptised 20 June 1825 at St. George's Bloomsbury. Educated privately. Matric. Oxford (Exeter College) 6 June 1844; BA 1848, MA 1852.

Barrister (Lincoln's Inn) 1853. Entered The College of Arms, 1859; Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, 1859-69; Lancaster Herald, 1870; Norroy King of Arms, 1882; Clarenceux King of Arms, 1894-1911. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1866-1911. By Royal Licence, 1873, took the name Cokayne in lieu of Adams under the testamentary direction of his mother, Louisa Anne Adams of Thorpe.

Member of Nobody's Friends, 1850-84 (secretary 1869-84, hon-member 1884-1911).

Author of The Complete Peerage (8 vols., pub. 1887-98)—see VII, n22; The Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800 (5 vols. published 1900-06) and of other Genealogical Works; also Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1601-25, published 1897, and Memoirs of the Members of Nobody's Friends 1st vol. privilege printed 1885, reprinted 1920; 2nd vol. 1902. Residences—sometime, up to 1868-92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington (number since changed); Ashbourne House, Putney, 1868-85; Exeter House, Roehampton, 1885-1911. For his "royal descent" see entry for his mother Louisa Anne Adams; (for his wife's see also entry for George Abraham Gibbs and the Right Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs). His life is in Dictionary National Biography (vol. I of 2nd supplement).

Buried 9 August 1911 at Putney Vale Cemetery. Will proved 1 September 1911.

Portraits: pastel by Edward Havel (1887?); min. in Herald's (Norroy) uniform, 1890, both last in possession of his son Francis.

Oil 3/4, seated, by C. Kay Robertson (1901); crayon head by E. U. Eddis (1859); water-colour, small, by "Mr. Foster" (c. 1836); oil, ? reproduced from the last; all four last in possession of his son Lord Cullen.

George married Mary Dorothea Gibbs on 2 Dec 1856 in Wraxall, Somerset. Mary (daughter of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley) was born on 4 May 1833 in Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 11 Mar 1906 in Exeter House, Roehampton, London; was buried on 15 Mar 1906 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1833, England
• Residence: 1881, London; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1901, London; Age: 67; Relation: Wife

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3rd and youngest daughter of George Henry Gibbs. Baptised 3 June 1833 at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn.

Portraits: oil, 3/4, seated, by C. Kay Robertson 1905; crayon head, E. U. Eddis, 1859; last both in possession of her son Lord Cullen. Small water-colour by Alf. H. Taylor 1843; pastel by Edward Havell 1887; both in possession of her son Francis. Watercolour with her brother Robert by Mrs. Gray, 1847, in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - George Medley in 1980).

Buried 15 March 1906, at Putney Vale Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1918-1924, Jamaica; Governor of Jamaica

Leslie married Emily Rosalie Davis in 1885. Emily was born in 1865 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 19 Jul 1926 in Folkestone, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Doctor of Law
• Baptism: 24 Jan 1772, Saint Andrew, Holborn, London
• Residence: 1851, Thorpe, Surrey

William married Mary Anne Cokayne on 6 Apr 1811 in St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London. Mary (daughter of William Cokayne and Barbara Hill) was born on 11 Dec 1781 in Rushton Hall, Rushton, Northamptonshire; died on 16 Jun 1873 in Thorpe, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1782, Saint Mary-St., Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1851, Thorpe, Surrey
• Residence: 1871, Thorpe, Surrey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Partner with his father in Antony Gibbs & Sons, London
• Residence: Bedford Square, Middlesex, England
• Baptism: 26 Sep 1785, St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon

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Trained in his father's business, from the age of 15 he paid 6 visits of 6 to 10 months each to the Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) between 1801 and 1807. Present in Cadiz at the Spanish revolt against the French in June 1808, he reopened his father's house of business there and remained till 1810. Partner with his father in Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, (and in the Cadiz branch) from the founding of the firm in Sep. 1808. From 1815 till he died he was head of Antony Gibbs & Sons, who, under him and his brother William, opened branches at Gibraltar 1818, Lima 1822, Arequipa and Guayaquil 1823, Valparaiso 1826 (see the History of the Business in the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs). A director of the London Assurance Corporation 1822-42. A member of the club 'Nobody's Friends' 1832-42 and of the 'City of London Club' 1840-2. A member of the London Committee which (1832-5), with the Bristol Committee, promoted the Great Western Railway, and an original Director of that Company 1835-42. Between 1819 and 1840 he and his brother William voluntarily completed the payment of those of their father's and grandfather's debts which were still outstanding from their bankruptcy in 1789.

A few months before he died in 1842 he succeeded to most of the properties (for particulars see the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs) which his cousins Sarah (died April 1842) and Anne Noyes (died Dec. 1841) had inherited in 1814 from their uncle Robert Hucks of Aldenham, Herts (his mother's 2nd cousin): namely as heir at law to Sarah he received Aldenham House and other estates in Herts, and Middlesex; and under Anne's will, on Sarah's death, estates in Oxon and Berks, and in Lambeth, Surrey. With these properties he became lord of the manors of North Moreton, Berks (sold by his son Henry), Burston, Herts. (sold by his grandson, Alban), and Clifton Hampden, Oxon; and patron and lay rector of the last named. His residence was 2 Powis Place 1817-21, 11 Bedford Square 1821-42 (both in the Borough of Holborn). For note of portraits and sculptures of him see the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p. 435 and the Additions of 1927, to which add that a replica or copy of the portrait by Edmund Gill was in possession of Lord Cullen in 1932, who also had a miniature by Miss Ross (1860) (? founded on a portrait by Gill of 1843); and that a portrait in oils belonged to A. Gibbs and Sons (in 1932) after the min by Ross in Lord Aldenham's possession.

George married Caroline Crawley on 7 Jul 1817 in Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire. Caroline (daughter of Rev. Charles Crawley and Mary Gibbs) was born on 25 Apr 1794 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 13 Feb 1850 in Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 21 Feb 1850 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Caroline sold the lease of 11 Bedford Square in 1849 and resided at Aldenham House 1846-50. In 1843-6 she built at Clifton Hampden, where her brother in law Joseph Gibbs was Perpetual Curate, a new parsonage to take the place of the old one which Anne Noyes gave in 1832. By a re-exchange in 1905 the former is now the Manor House and the latter has since been demolised.

She also completely restored the church of St. Michael of All Angels there, mainly with money set aside by her husband when he inherited the property, but with contributions added by herself, and her son Henry. G Gilbert Scott was her architect in both cases. The Living was augmented under her Will. See article on Clifton Hampden in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs pp. 447-50. For her 'Royal Descent' see entry for her father, Rev. Charles Crawley.

For note of portraits of her see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p. 435, to which add that a copy was in possession of Lord Cullen (in 1932) of Sir William Ross's miniature, done by Ross's daughter under her father's supervision. Caroline was buried at Clifton Hampden. Monumental Inscription in church and church yard there and in Aldenham church. Her Will was printed on 16 July 1950 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

Died:
Belmont