Elizabeth Mary Needham

Elizabeth married William Medley on 28 Feb 1818 in Hackney St John, Middlesex. William (son of Edward Medley and Mary Franklin) was born on 18 Jan 1781 in Westminster, London; died on 5 Sep 1851 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 23 Jul 1831, Iver, Buckingham

Notes:

Died:
on board P&O Steamer Ravenna

Julius married Adelaide Charlotte Steel on 9 Sep 1858 in Simla, Bengal, India. Adelaide was born in Feb 1841 in Norwood, Surrey; died on 10 Jul 1923 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Occupation: Professor of History, University of Glasgow
• Baptism: 10 May 1861, St James, Dorset
• Residence: 1901, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age in 1911: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Arrival: 15 Aug 1929, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Arrival: 10 Sep 1929, Southampton, Hampshire
• Probate Date: 12 Nov 1953, London

Notes:

2nd son of Leiutenant General Julius George Medley (1829-1884) (Royal Engineers), by Adelaide (1841-1923), daughter of Colonel James Steele, C.B. Baptised at a church in the parish of Paddington 10 May 1861. Educated at Wellington College 1875-80; matric at Oxford (Keble College) October 1880; 1st Class Modern History and BA 1883; MA 1887; Hon. LL.D Glasgow University 1931. Cremated at Oxford.

At Wellington was Head of School and Queen's Medallist. History lecturer and tutor of Keble College, Oxford, 1884-99. Professor of History at Glasgow 1899-1931. Sometime Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Glasgow University, a Member of Glasgow School Board, an examiner for the Scottish Education Department, for the Oxford and Cambridge University Examination Board, and for the Civil Service Commissioners. Sometime Honours History Examiner for Oxford, Cambridge, Belfast, Birmingham and Sheffield Universities, now (1932) for Glasgow, Sheffield, and Durham. Member representing Glasgow University in Glasgow Territorial Army and Air Force Association 1908-31. Chairman of the Military Education Committee (Officers' Training Corps) 1909-31. Chairman of Central Organisation Military Education Committee (Senior Divisional O.T.C.) 1923- 31. In the Great War one of the Young Men's Christian Association's lecturers to the Army in France, and (1918-19) sub Director at Trouville, later at Havre, under the Army Scheme of Education: awarded British War medal. Author of A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History published 1894 (6th edition 1925) and other works (see Who's Who 1930). He and his wife lived at Oxford 1890-1900: at Glasgow 1900-31 (45 Lilybank Gardens from 1919). Vacation houses: The Manor House, Mears Ashby, Northants 1908-15; and successively 1915-28 at Bradfield, Greenham, and Highclere, all in Berks, and, from 1928-34, at Hill House, Heckfield, Hants, to which he retired on resigning his Professorship. Thereafter, lived at Ashby, Tydesham, Newbury, until his death.

Two portraits, both by James Gunn, R.A., the one at Glasgow University, the other now in the possession of his grandson George Medley.

Birth:
13 Eastbourne Terrace

Died:
Age at Death: 92

Family/Spouse: Isabel Alice Gibbs. Isabel (daughter of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright) was born on 27 Dec 1862 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 17 Apr 1942 in Newbury, Berkshire; was buried in Speen, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1922, South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 14 May 1891 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at Winchester College (scholar) 1904-10; matric at Oxford (scholar of New College) 1910; 1st class Mods. 1912; 1st class Lit. Humaniores 1914. Cremated at Springvale, nr. Melbourne.

At Winchester was "Prefect of Hall" 1909-10. Elected Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Oct. 1914 but never resided. In the Great War 2nd Lieut. 15 October 1914 in 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial) of The Welsh Regiment. Temporary Captain 1915 as a Railway Transport Officer in France. On General Staff in France as A.D.C. to General Sir Tom Bridges (Head Quarters 19th Divn.) Dec. 1915-Nov. 1916. Returned to Ry. Transport Nov. 1916-May 1917. Thereafter in "Grand Quartier General" French Armies in liaison work till Mar. 1919. Temporary Major from September 1918. Medals, 1914 Star, British War medal, Allies (Victory) medal.

Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, May 1919 and was one of the managers of their Australian Branch, Gibbs Bright & Co. 1920-30 (Melbourne 1920-23, Adelaide 1923-25, Sydney 1925-30). Headmaster of "Tudor House" Preparatory School nr. Mossvale, N.S.W. from 1931-38. Elected Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University in 1938 from which post he retired in 1951. Knighted 1948.

A Trustee of the Australian National Gallery from 1941, and Chairman from 1951. Member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1942. President of the Australian Council for Educational Research 1948. Portrait by Max Meldrum in the John Medley building, part of the Arts Faculty, University of Melbourne.

1 son, David John Medley (United States citizen 1967), m. Ruth Crane and has issue. 1 daughter, Diana Mary m. Francis Barrington Hall, Chief of Protocol, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Canberra (1978) and has issue.

John married Emmeline Mary Newbolt on 15 Sep 1916 in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey. Emmeline (daughter of Sir Francis George Newbolt and Alice Clara Franck Bright) was born on 5 Aug 1891 in Weybridge, Surrey; died on 4 Mar 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Northamptonshire; Age in 1911: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Visitor

Notes:

Baptised 18 July 1892 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at St. Paul's School, London and Glasgow College of Domestic Science.

Joined Voluntary Aid Detachment of Red Cross Society, Glasgow, 1914, and in the Great War served in hospitals at Wellingborough and Glasgow and in Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich.

Two sons: Peter Beauchamp Hogg m. Gabrielle Argentine Allington and has issue; Robin David Hogg m. Ruth Taylor and has issue.


Birth:
2 Keble Road

Isabel married Beauchamp Ferdinand Hogg on 17 Apr 1920 in Greenham, Hungerford, Berkshire. Beauchamp (son of Charles Edward Hogg and Caroline Hannah Roberts) was born on 15 Aug 1886 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 17 May 1964 in Hungerford, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 18 January 1894 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at Sedbergh school 1907-12 and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1912-14. Cremated at Salisbury.

2nd Lieut. Royal Field Artillery July 1914. In the Great War Lieut. June 1915, Adjutant November 1915-November 1916. Acting Captain November 1916-November 1917 Captain November 1917. Acting Major November 1907-March 1919. Brevet
Major 1 July, 1931. Served in France September 1914-March 1915, June 1916-January 1918; May-September 1918; in Belgium March 1915-June 1916, January-May and September-Dec. 1918; in Germany December 1918-March 1919. Military Cross January 1917. Despatches twice (1916 and 1919). "Croix de Guerre avec palme" December 1918. 1914 Star. British War medal. Allies (Victory) Medal. After the war India 1919-26. At Staff College Camberley January 1927; passed January 1929. General Staff Officer (R.A.) 3rd grade, in the Aldershot Command October 1929-31; the same in the War Office from Oct. 1931. R.A.F. Staff College Andover 1934. G.S.O. 2 Malaya 1936-38. Awarded OBE 1938. Commanded 19th S.L. Militia Depot June-October 1939. Commanded 53rd Anti-Tank Regt. R.A. (Worcestershire Yeomanry) November 1939 to June 1940. In France Jan.-June 1940 when evacuated from Dunkirk. DSO 1940. Brigadier and Commander Corps Medium Artillery July 1940. Commander Corps R.A. Feb. 1941. Went to Middle East June 1941. Brigadier R.A. September 1941. Invalided to U.K. G.S.O. 1 Senior Officers' School 1942. Assistant Commandant Staff College 1943-44. Deputy Military Secretary, War Office 1944-46. Retired December 1946.

Lived at Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1946 to 1968 then at Thanes House, Shaftesbury, until his death.

1 son, George Julius Medley, OBE, Director of the World Wild Life Fund for Nature (WWF-UK) 1978-1993, m. Vera Frances Brand and has issue.

Birth:
7 Crick Road

Edgar married Norah Templer on 5 Oct 1929 in Barnstable, Devon. Norah (daughter of Robert Shawe Templer and Frances Anne Beauchamp) was born on 16 Nov 1906 in Monsoon Lodge, Colombo, Sri Lanka; died in Feb 1999 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age: 14; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Notes:

2nd daughter. Baptised 10 December1896 at St. Giles, Oxford.

In the Great War worked at Munitions in the firm of Barr and Stroud, Glasgow.

Two daughters: Anne Rosalind m. Jan Vanderwerff and has issue; Fiona Mary m. Michael Evans and has issue.

Buried at Rathfarnham.

Birth:
7 Crick Road

Died:
Grange House

Mary married Mark Startin Cassidy on 1 Jun 1918 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow. Mark was born on 29 Dec 1894 in Kensington, London; died on 5 Jun 1937 in Herefordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1906
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age: 4; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

4th son. Baptised at Segrave, Northants 17 October 1906. Educated at Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne 1920-21, Dartmouth 1921-23.

Midshipman September 1924; Sub-Lieut. 1928; Lieut. April 1929. Has served in H.M.Ss. Benbow, Wessex, Cornwall, Sandwich and Devonshire. On the China station 1928-31; the Mediterranean station 1931, China 1932. Lieutenant Commander 1937. Commander 1940. Captain 1947. Served also in Crusader (Home Fleet; and Red Sea during Abyssinian War). R.N. Staff College 1937. Commanded destroyers Stronghold and Beagle 1938-39. In July 1939 appointed Staff Officer to Commodore, South American Division. At Battle of River Plate in Ajax (Despatches). Commanded Beagle for the second time in Greenock Escort Force 1942-43 and took part in Russian Convoys (D.S.O. July 1942) and North African Landing. Lent to Royal Canadian Navy March 1943 for command of C3 Atlantic Escort Group and served in Burnham, Saskatchewan and Prince Rupert. Appointed Staff Officer (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief,
Mediterranean, July 1944, at Caserta, Italy, and later at Malta. O.B.E. 1945. Drafting Commander, Portsmouth R.N. Barracks 1947-48. Commanded Cardigan Bay in Mediterranean and as Captain, 4th Frigate Flotilla on China Station 1948-50. Deputy Director Admiralty Operations Division 1950-52. Senior Directing Staff Officer at Joint Services Staff College, Latimer, Bucks., 1952-54. Chief Staff Officer to (French) Admiral, Central European Command at N.A.T.O. Headquarters at Fontainebleu 1955-57, as Commodore.

Retired March 1957. Became Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Sadlers from 1960-71. A Freeman of the City of London and Honorary Assistant of the Saddlers' Company in 1971. Lived at Emsworth, Hants. 1938-57 and from the latter year, at Biggs Cave, Dinton, Aylesbury, Bucks.

Retired first to Aynho, and then to Chilton House Nursing Home where he died.

2 daughters: Shirley Vivienne m. Robert Antony Lewis Phipps and has issue; Carolyn m. Ian Richard Taylor and has issue.

Birth:
Rectory

Ralph married Letitia Ethel Boyce on 16 Jun 1934 in Farringdon Church, Hungerford, Berkshire. Letitia (daughter of Harry Augustus Boyce and Minnie Gabriella Williams) was born on 21 Mar 1909 in Plymouth, Devon; died in Oct 2002 in Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]