Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B.,R.N.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jun 1872, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1901, Devonport, Devon; Lieutenant.
• Residence: 1911, Farnham, Surrey; Visitor at the home of his future wife Ethel, her son Malcolm Swanston and mother Florence Emily Robertson. Occupation. Officer. Royal Navy.
• Military: 31 May 1916, Jutland, North Sea; Battle of Jutland: Great sea battle during which the 'Warrior' was sunk after sustaining heavy damage.
• Military: 5 Jun 1917; Order of St.Anne. 2nd.Class with Swords. Awarded by the Government of Russia to Officers of the Grand Fleet for services during the Battle of Jutland.
• Military: 1920; Promoted Aide-de Camp to King George V.
• Residence: 1921, Sussex
• Residence: 1922, Farnham, Surrey
• Residence: 1923, Farnham, Surrey
• Arrival: 22 Apr 1929, Southampton, Hampshire
• Residence: 1933, Farnham, Surrey
• Departure: 14 Jul 1934, London; Destination. Tenerife. Spain. Aboard the 'Almeda Star' of the Blue Star Line. Accompanied by his brother Percy and wife Ethel. Residence 10 Palace Court. London (Percy's Home). Occupation. Admiral R.N.
• Arrival: 9 Aug 1934, London; Departure. Buenos Aires. via Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Aboard the 'Andalucia Star' of the Blue Star Line. Residence Gold Hill. Farnham. Surrey. Occupation. Vice Admiral R.N. (retired). Accompanied by wife Ethel, daughter Viola, and brother Percy.ex-M.P.
• Departure: 15 Sep 1935, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 9 Dec 1935, Southampton, Hampshire; Departure. Mombasa. Kenya via Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Aboard the 'Bloemfontein' of the United Netherlands Navigation Co. Residence. Gold Hill. Farnham. Surrey. Accompanied by wife Ethel and daughter Viola.
• Arrival: 6 Jul 1936, Southampton, Hampshire; Departure. Durban. South Africa via Natal, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Aboard the 'Arundel Castle' of the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. Residence Gold Hill. Farnham. Surrey. Occupation Retired R.N. Unaccompanied.
• Witness: 9 Feb 1937, Sussex; Vincent and wife Ethel were witnesses at the marriage of daughter Viola to Peter Macmillan.
• Military: 1939; Home Guard Duties.
• Probate: 12 Jan 1953, London; To Viola Barkly Mary McMillan (Daughter and Single Woman). To Archibald Mainwaring Robertson (Brother-in-Law). No occupation. and to Owen Bulmer Howell. Solicitor. Effects. £7002 12s10d.

Notes:

One of John Charles Molteno’s younger sons. He was sent off from the Cape to England in 1885 at the age of 13 to train as a Royal Navy officer. He had a distinguished career in the Navy, fought in 1916 in the Battle of Jutland (the only engagement during World War 1 between the German Imperial Navy and the Royal Navy), and retired as a Vice-Admiral in 1922. He and his wife, Ethel Robertson, had one daughter, Viola Molteno; Barkly also adopted Ethel’s son, Malcolm.


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Died:
Usual residence Gold Hill. Lower Bourne. Farnham. Surrey. England.

Vincent married Ethel Manwaring Robertson in 1915. Ethel (daughter of Herbert Manwaring Robertson and Florence Emily Kennedy) was born on 14 Nov 1874 in Kingston, Surrey; died on 23 Nov 1957 in Farnham, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Manila, Philippines
• Departure: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Residence: China
• Departure: 26 Oct 1933, London; Destination. Cape Town. South Africa. Aboard the 'Dunbar Castle' of the Union Castle Line. Accompanied by parents Vincent and Ethel.
• Arrival: 9 Aug 1934, London; Departure. Bueonos Aires. Argentina.
• Arrival: 9 Dec 1935, Southampton, Hampshire; Departure. Mombasa. Kenya. Aboard the 'Bloemfontein' of the United Netherlands Navigation Co. Residence. Gold Hill. Farnham. Surrey. England. Accompanied by parents Vincent and Ethel.
• Arrival: 2 May 1945, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA; Departure. Manila. Phillipines. 10 Apr 1945 (via Hong Kong) aboard the USS \'Admiral E.B.Eberle\'. Destination. Farnham. Surrey. England. Occupation. Housewife. Unaccompanied.

Viola married George Lennox Barrow. in Sep 1954 in Surrey. George was born in Mar 1921 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland; died in 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Viola married Peter Hugh Macmillan. on 9 Feb 1937 in Farnham, Surrey. Peter (son of John Victor Macmillan) was born on 27 Jul 1913 in Surrey; died on 15 Jan 1974 in Richmond, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]