Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Age: 37; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

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Richard (frequently known as Dick) was born on 12th August 1843, the elder son of the Hon. George Edgcumbe of Edgbarrow Manor, Crowthorne, Berkshire and his wife, Fanny Lucy Shelley, daughter of Sir John Shelley 6th Bt. Richard was the grandson of the 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and at the age of 29 he married Mary Louisa Monck. Their only son, Kenelm William Edward (1873-1965) would later become the 6th Earl.

Richard was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 52nd Light Infantry, served with the 73rd and was later promoted Captain in the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia. He served as Serjeant-at-Arms for no less than 41 years to three successive monarchs: Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1901; Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and George V from 1910 to 1921.

Known as ‘Grandipa’ to his grandchildren he was small in stature with a beard and a great love of Italy giving him something of an Italian appearance. A literary man himself he became a tireless campaigner for a memorial to his friend Lord Byron, writing lines titled The National Byron Memorial and subsequently penning its history in a leaflet published in 1883. Other works included his editing of his grandmother’s book The Diary of Frances, Lady Shelley, 1787-1817, Edward Trelawny, (A Biographical Sketch) and two sets of Musical Reminiscences in 1824 and 1828.

A great European traveller and a frequent visitor to Italy he died on 3rd November 1937 aged 94.

Birth:
- British subject

Died:
Age: 94

Richard married Mary Louisa Monck on 26 Nov 1872 in Reading, Berkshire. Mary (daughter of John Bligh Monck and Elizabeth Margaret Yates) was born on 14 Mar 1844 in Reading, Berkshire; died on 2 Sep 1923 in Docking, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Henrietta Constance Jones in 1926 in Brighton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA. Henrietta was born in Jun 1897 in Eastbourne, Sussex; died in 1969 in Hove, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Age: 3; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1935, Chelsea, London
• Departure: 18 Jul 1947, Southampton, Hampshire

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Eldest daughter of 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Educated at Aldenham and in France.

For part of Second World War worked as a Telephone Operator in firm of Everett Edgcumbe, London. President., Plymouth Branch, League of Pity (N.S.P.C.C.) from 1955; President of Red Cross (Tavistock) 1963-70; Manager of Church School, Bickleigh, 1953-63.

Family portrait by Godfrey Money-Coutts of grandchildren of Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe; as also portrait 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, T.D., D.L. and portrait of his wife, Countess of Mt. Edgcumbe, her father and mother.
Portrait: Water colour 1914 by Winifred Marks; crayon by Robert Needham 1947 of her brother Piers Edgcumbe, Xllth Royal Lancers, killed at Dunkirk 1940.

Hilaria married Lieut. Colonel Denis Lucius Alban Gibbs, DSO* on 17 Oct 1933 in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire. Denis (son of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 15 Oct 1905 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Apr 1984 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Conolly Robert McCausland, M.C. D.L. J.P. on 6 Jun 1932 in Watford, Hertfordshire. Conolly (son of Rt. Hon. Maurice Marcus McCausland and Eileen Leslie Ogilvy) was born on 11 Jul 1906 in Drenagh, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, Ireland; died on 22 Apr 1968 in Tonbridge, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
• Arrival: 21 Jan 1948, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 12

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Baptised at Aldenham Church, educated at St. Stephen's College, Broadstairs. Married firstly at St. Mary's, Tamerton, Foliot on 18 April 1959, and secondly on 25 April 1974 in Bristol.

After leaving school obtained Diploma in Cookery and Needlework, followed by a year in France
studying French for 'A' levels and French History of Art. Secretarial Course at Marlborough Gate Secretarial College, followed by 2 years work with Architects James Cubitt and Partners, and at Marconi House. Returned to Devon for a year's practical work in school for E.S.N. children as a Matron before going on to study Social Science in Bristol.

Portrait: Crayon by Robert Needham, July 1947, last in possn. of her father Denis L Gibbs.

Jillianne married Major Martin John Minter Kemp on 18 Apr 1959 in St Mary's, Tamerton Foliott, Devon, and was divorced in 1973. Martin (son of Arthur John Minter Kemp and Beatrice Mary Shaw) was born on 20 Mar 1935 in Windmill House, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire; died on 15 Feb 2020. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jillianne married Anthony Alan Russell Cobbold [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Rev. Mark Lyon Thornewill [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rosamund married Rear Admiral Sir Robert Nathaniel Woodard, KCVO, DL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Penelope married Douglas Arthur Dale [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Penelope married Surg Cdre Timothy Roger Douglas Riley, CBE OstJ MB BS MRSC MRCGP DA Dip.Sports Med [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caroline married Simon Maxwell Weatherby [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Piers married Elizabeth Duff [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]