1863 - 1944 (81 years)
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Name |
Lauriston Leonard Batten |
Suffix |
KCVO |
Birth |
26 Jul 1863 |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
31 Jul 1944 |
Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Notes |
- Son of Rayner Winterbotham Batten, FRCP of Gloucester, by Marion, daughter of Samuel Leonard. Baptised at Gloucester 26 July 1863. Roman Catholic baptism later. Educated at King's School, Glouceser and Amersham Hall, Caversham; matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1881; BA and LLB 1884.
Called to the Bar 1886. Practising in the Admiralty Court and Oxford Circuit from 1886. K.C. 1905. A Bencher of Inner Temple from 1914. Sometime on the General Council of the Bar. Represented the said Council in 1911 at the Internatlonal Conference at Copenhagen on Codification of Maritime Law; was a member of the Bureau of the Maritime Law Association and one of Lloyd's Arbitrators for settling claims under their Salvage agreements.
In the Great War he joined 2/1 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry) Lieut. September 1914; Capt. December 1915. Yeomanry Staff Capt. 2nd Res. Cavalry Brigade on General Lumley's staff at Tidworth 1917. Transferred to Royal Air Force 1918 as Major (S. o. 2, P.) on staff of 9th Brigade (R.A.F.) he served in France under Generals Hogg and Smyth Osborne till the Armistice (Nov. 1918). British War and Victory medals.
For some time up to 1914 he was President of the Glos. & Herefordshire branch of the Free Trade Union. A Justice of the Peace, Glos. from 1919 and sometime an Alderman on the Glos. County Council.
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Person ID |
I2638 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
22 Dec 2018 |
Father |
Rayner Winterbotham Batten, b. 19 Mar 1835, Fore Street, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon d. 15 Jul 1909, 1 Brunswick Square, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 74 years) |
Mother |
Marion Leonard, b. 4 Apr 1838, Harpendon, Hertfordshire d. 29 Apr 1870, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 32 years) |
Family ID |
F2046 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Helen Laura Gibbs, b. 1 Sep 1875, Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Hertfordshire d. 24 Mar 1947, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 71 years) |
Marriage |
29 May 1900 |
Kensington, London |
- The Oratory, Brompton Road
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Family ID |
F1153 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Jan 2018 |
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