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Walter Parkyns Tyser

Male 1867 - 1944  (77 years)


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  • Name Walter Parkyns Tyser 
    Birth 27 Mar 1867  Reigate, Streatham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 May 1944  Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 8 May 1944  Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From the Times :-
      “On Friday, May 5, 1944, at Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland, from pneumonia, WALTER PARKYNS TYSER, dearly loved husband of Jessie Tyser (nee Quill), aged 77. Funeral at Gordonbush, to-day (Monday), at 3 o’clock”
      9th May 1944
      Obituary.3
      The Times :-
      “Mr. Walter Parkyns Tyser died from pneumonia at Gordonbush, Brora, Suntherland, on May 5, at the age of 77. He was the eldest of the four sons of George Waler Tyser of Oakfield, Mortimer, Berkshire. His mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, fifth baronet. Tyser was educated at Winchester and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1914-18 war he did good work at the Ministry of Shipping, and up to the outbreak of the present war he went regularly to the City and carried on his business as chairman of the Port line and a director of Cunard White Star Line. He was a good fisherman and shot, a fine horseman, and a knowledgeable farmer if his estates in Essex and Scotland. In 1894 he married Gertrude Elinor, daughter of Charles Langton, of Bark Hill, Liverpool. She died in 1918. In 1920 he married, secondly, Jessie Woodriff, daughter of Colonel B.C. Quill, C.B., of Ballycarty, Tralee, Co. Kerry. She survives him will three sons and one daughter.”
      Other facts

      Cambridge University Alumni in Cambridge, Trinity.1
      "Entered : Michs. 1885
      Adm. pens. at Trinty, Oct. 8, 1885. (Elder) s. of George (Walter), of 43, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London (and Annie, dau. of Sir Thomas G. A. Parkyns, 6th Bart., of Bunny Park, Notts.). B. Mar. 27, 1867, at Reigate, Surrey. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1885. Ship and insurance agent. A director of the Tysex Line Ltd., Chairman of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line; Director of the Cunard Steam Ship Company. Married (1) July, 1894, Gertrude Elinor, dau. of Charles Langton, of Barkhill, Aigburth; (2) Oct. 1920, Jessie Woodriffe Berkeley, dau. of Col. Berkeley Quill, and had issue. Died May 5, 1944, at Brora Sunderland. Brother of the above."
    Person ID I1809  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2021 

    Father George Walter Tyser,   b. 19 Oct 1841, 2 Paradise Place, Stoke Newington, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1921, Oakfield, Mortimer, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Annie Parkyns,   b. 28 May 1846, 12a Brewer Street, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1924, 37 Hans Place, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1864  All Saints, Paddington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gertrude Elinor Langton,   b. 1873   d. 3 May 1918, Navestock, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1894  Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2021 

    Family 2 Jessie Woodriff Berklely Quill,   b. 22 Jun 1893, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1978, Culduthel Hospital, Inverness Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 6 Oct 1920  St. Luke, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lady Mary Elizabeth Tyser, Aldenham,   b. 23 Jul 1921, Hyde Park Mansions, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 2022 (Age 100 years)
     2. Lieut. John Walter George Tyser,   b. 17 Jan 1924, Binton Court, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1943, Albania, Yugoslavia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     3. Robert Patrick Tyser,   b. 8 Jan 1926, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2006, Kelso, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +4. Richard James Tyser,   b. 16 Jan 1930, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 2004, Brora, Sutherland, Scotlland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 May 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Mar 1867 - Reigate, Streatham, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1894 - Lancashire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Oct 1920 - St. Luke, Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 May 1944 - Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 8 May 1944 - Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland Link to Google Earth
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