Maxwell Peter Weatherby

Simon married Caroline Ann McCausland [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: 1939-1945, France; 2nd Battalion IRISH GUARDS

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Conolly Robert McCausland fought in the Second World War and was reportedly so deeply moved by what he had witnessed that he converted to Catholicism around 1941. He has inherited the estate in 1938 after his father's death but it was a clause in the Will that no Catholic could inherit or own the estate. The Trustees which local solicitor WA Ingram of Martin, King, French and Ingram was one and Sir Norman Stronge was another took the view that Conolly forfeited his claim on the estate and he had signed the will with the clause a number of years previously. At first Conolly did not object to this and indeed forfeited the estate selling its contents to his sister who took it over. Shortly after WA Ingram passed away, Ingram was the last living person to know the events around the will, Conolly decided to take the issue up in court. The whole episode caused great emotional and financial distress to the family. Conolly lost the case for himself but he also had his son Marcus as one of the co-Plaintiff. The Court ruled in favour of Marcus stating that as he was too young the clause did not apply and that the estate would pass to him on him coming of age. Conolly would see effigy of himself burnt outside the gates of Drenagh and in the town of Limavady itself. A tragic episode in the history of the family and estate.

Conolly married Margaret Louisa Edgcumbe on 6 Jun 1932 in Watford, Hertfordshire. Margaret (daughter of Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Lilian Agnes Arkwright) was born on 21 Mar 1912 in Watford, Hertfordshire; died on 5 Apr 1988 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 9 Apr 1872, Marylebone, London
• Baptism: 17 May 1872, St Marylebone St Thomas, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Fruit Hill, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Fruit Hill, Co Derry, Ireland
• Death: 14 Jan 1938, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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Maurice Marcus McCausland (1872–14 January 1938) was a landowner and political figure in Ireland.

McCausland was born in Drenagh, County Londonderry, the grandson of St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso. He studied at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before becoming a magistrate. He was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1908, and in 1926, he was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry, serving until his death. In 1934, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.

Maurice married Eileen Leslie Ogilvy on 9 Apr 1902 in St. Paul's Knightsbridge,London. Eileen was born on 14 Jan 1879 in St. James Parish; died on 10 Aug 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Relationship to Head: Son
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; 37, married; head of household
• Residence: 1913, Ireland
• Military Service: Between 1914 and 1920
• Residence: 1926, England
• Departure: 1 Apr 1926, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 13 Apr 1926, New York, USA; Age: 52

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The barony Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in the County of Cornwall, was created in 1742. In 1781 the title became Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort and in 1789 an Earldom was created.

Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe was a Fellow of University College, London; late Lt-Col RE (TA); JP for Herts; son of the late Richard Edgcumbe; succeeded his cousin to the title in 1944. He married in 1906 Lillian Agnes daughter of Col A C Arkwright of Hatfield Place Essex. They had three daughters and one son who was killed in action in 1940.
He was educated at Harrow (with Winston Churchill who was said to be stupid and unpopular) and studied Electrical Engineering in Germany and at University College, London. He served throughout the 1914-18 war. He was an Hon. Member and past president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; late Hon. Secretary of the International Electrotechnical Commission; Fellow (Past President) of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Great britain; Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; He was M.I.C.E. and F Inst P.

He was a keen Territorial for 20 years, a DL for the County of Cornwall from 1961 until his death and awarded the Order of St john in 1964. He was succeeded by his cousin Edward Piers Edgcumbe (b 1908) elder son of late George Valletort Edgcumbe who had married in 1944 Victoria Effie Warbrick.

Died:
Age at Death: 91

Kenelm married Lilian Agnes Arkwright on 19 Jul 1906 in Braintree, Essex. Lilian (daughter of Arthur Chandos Arkwright, Lt Colonel and Agnes Mary Tufnell) was born on 19 Jan 1877 in Oswestry, Shropshire; died on 28 Sep 1964 in St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1877, Oswestry, Shropshire
• Residence: 1901, Shenfield, Essex; Relation to Head of House: Visitor
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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see also Probate