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Sir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale, Knight, FRGS of Newland

Sir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale, Knight, FRGS of Newland

Male 1857 - 1944  (87 years)

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  1. 1.  Sir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale, Knight, FRGS of NewlandSir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale, Knight, FRGS of Newland was born on 1 Mar 1857 in Victoria Street, Westminster, London; died on 20 Sep 1944 in Gorse Corner, Townsend Drive, St.Albans, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Son of Matthew Inglett Fortescue-Brickdale, Conveyancing Counsel to the Court of Chancery of Lincoln's Inn, and of Newland (for pedigrees see Note), by Sarah Anna, daughter of Edward John Lloyd, QC, judge of the Bristol County Court. Baptised 12 April 1857 at St. Leonards-on-Sea. Educated at Westminster school (in College) 1870-5; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) 20 May 1875, 2nd class Classics and BA 1879.

    Barrister (Lincoln's Inn), called 1883. Advocated Registration of Title of Land, 1886; Assisting barrister, Land Registry, 1888; Asstistant Registrar, 1894; Chief Registrar, 1900-23. Carried out, under successive Lord Chancellors, the effective first establishment of compulsory registration of title in the County of London. See fully in his evidence before Royal Commission of 1908-10 on the Land Transfer Acts. On Departmental committee on Ordnance Survey, 1893. Reported to Government on Registration of Title in Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1896. On Royal Commission on Registration of Title in Scotland, 1907. Chairman of Departmental committee on Stewards' Fees, 1925. Retired from public service, 1923. Author of several works on Land Titles, Transfer and Registry (for a list of these and for other information see Who's Who of 1930 and earlier). Editor of Sir Henry Hallam Parr's Recollections (1917). Justice of the Peace co. Glos., from 1923. A Verderer of the Forest of Dean from 1929. Sometime Member of the Reform Club, London.

    For pedigrees see Brickdale of Birchamp House, co. Glos., and Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh, Devon, in Burke's 'Landed Gentry', 1848; Burke's Royal Descents 1848; and Lord Clermont's History of Fortescue Family 1869.

    Two oil portraits of Sir Charles by his sister Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (one at the Land Registry, one in possession of the family); another by Ralph Peacock in possessionof Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.

    He was knighted in 1911



    1861 CENSUS - Living @@ 18 Endsleigh St. St Pancras. London, with parents, aged 4. Also sister Kate.
    1871 CENSUS - At school, 1 Little Deans Yard, St. Margarets, Westminister. Aged 14.
    1881 CENSUS - Living at Birchamp Villa, Norwood, Croydon, with family, aged 24, occ. Student of Law.
    1891 CENSUS - Living in (12 Gatestone ??), Upper Norwood. Aged 34, occ. Barrister.
    1901 CENSUS - Living in 40 Clanricarde Gdns. Kensington, London. Aged 44, occ. Barrister,
    Registrar of Land Registry.
    1911 CENSUS - Living at 79 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington. Aged 54, occ. Barrister, Registrar of Land Registry. Family listed,wife Mabel, aged 46; daughter Laura, aged 21: son Matthew aged 20: and son Edmund aged 10.

    Died at Gorse Corner, Townsend Drive, St.Albans, Herts. on 29 Sept 1944.

    Probate read on 29 January 1945 at Llandudno to Matthew F-B OBE company director.
    Effects £3909 9s 1d.
    { Watercolour painting, entitled "From the Meadow Building, Christchurch, Oxford. 1876" by C.F.Brickdale. } #
    # At 10 Shady Grove, Hilton,Derby.

    Charles married Lady Mabel Beatrice Gibbs on 5 Sep 1888 in Bramley, Surrey. Mabel (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 27 Sep 1864 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Mar 1944 in 10 Sheen Gate Gardens, East Sheen, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Laura Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1889 in Upper Norwood, Surrey; died on 27 Feb 1935 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
    2. 3. Matthew Fortescue-Brickdale, Knt. OBE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1890 in The Dower House, Newland, Gloucestershire; died on 22 Oct 1969 in Manor Fields, Putney, London.
    3. 4. Edmund Arthur Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 4 Jul 1977 in Wandsworth, London.


Generation: 2

  1. 3.  Matthew Fortescue-Brickdale, Knt. OBE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 8 Nov 1890 in The Dower House, Newland, Gloucestershire; died on 22 Oct 1969 in Manor Fields, Putney, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Baptism: 20 Dec 1890, All Saints with St Margaret, Upper Norwood, London
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Arrival: 29 Jun 1940, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 49

    Notes:

    1891 CENSUS - Living with parents @@ 12 Gatestone Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon.
    1901 CENSUS - @@ private school, "Parkside", Kingston Rd. Ewell, Surrey.
    1911 CENSUS - Living at 79 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, London. with parents Sir Charles and Mabel and Laura and Edmund.
    Died at 2 Gonville House, Manor Fields, London SW15 on 22 Oct 1969.

    Probate read, 30 April 1970 London. Left £21714.

    Immigration & Travel.
    20 June 1919 - Listed as a passenger on "Cap Polonio", sailing from Plymouth to Mauritius.
    29 June 1940 - Listed as a passenger on the "Athlone Castle" sailing from Durban, S. Africa to Southampton.

    Birth:
    12 Gatestone Road

    Matthew married Cicely Muriel Bankes on 21 May 1921 in Vacoas, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius. Cicely (daughter of Jerome Nugent Bankes and Muriel Frances Wingfield-Digby) was born on 9 Oct 1890 in Westminster, London; died on 14 Apr 1983 in Sutton Veney, Warminster, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Lieutenant Antony Jerome Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 May 1922 in Mauritius; died on 9 Jan 1943 in Majunga, Madagascar; was buried in Jan 1943 in Diego Suarez Cemetery, Antsiranana, Diana, Madagascar.
    2. 6. Ann Rachel Benita Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1930 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; died on 28 June, 2022.
    3. 7. Eleanor Frances Mary Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1923 in Vacoas, Mauritius; died on 11 Apr 1988 in Derby, England.
    4. 8. Barbara Beatrix Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jun 1925 in Vacoas, Mauritius; died in Dec 1994 in Berkshire.

  2. 4.  Edmund Arthur Fortescue-Brickdale Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 22 Jan 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 4 Jul 1977 in Wandsworth, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

    Notes:

    1911 CENSUS - Aged 10, living at 79 Cornwell Gardens,Kensington, London, with parents.
    Record on Passenger List of "Kaiser-I-Hind", Dep. London 15 Oct 1920, for Calcutta, India.
    Died as a result of a motoring accident.



    Birth:
    40 Clanricarde Gardens

    Died:
    Dies as a result of a motoring accident

    Edmund married Katharina Franziska Seibertz on 25 Jul 1936 in Paddington, London. Katharina (daughter of Englebert Seibertz) was born in Bad Neuenahr, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 27 Aug 1948 in Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Edmund married Agnes Ruth Kindersley on 10 Aug 1949. Agnes (daughter of Major Guy Molesworth Kindersley, OBE, MP and Kathleen Agnes Rhoda Elton) was born on 25 Sep 1906 in St Albans, Hertordshire; died on 6 Dec 1952 in Carylis Nursing Home, Faygate Rusper, Horsham, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Edmund married Marjorie Mary Gill on 27 Aug 1955 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Charles Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on Bet. Jul-Sep 1957 in Kensington, London.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Ann Rachel Benita Fortescue-BrickdaleAnn Rachel Benita Fortescue-Brickdale Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1) was born on 19 Apr 1930 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; died on 28 June, 2022.

    Notes:

    Immigration & Travel.
    29 June 1940 - Listed as a passenger on the "Athlone Castle" sailing from Durban, S. Africa to Southampton.

    Ann married John Baynton Rolt on 14 Jul 1951 in Westminster, London. John (son of Very Rev. Cecil Henry Rolt and Mary Foxley Norris) was born on 24 Oct 1913 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died in Jan 2000 in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Mary Lavinia Constancia Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Antony Baynton Francis Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 12. Peter Matthew Burney Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 13. Henry Mark Jonathan Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 7.  Eleanor Frances Mary Fortescue-BrickdaleEleanor Frances Mary Fortescue-Brickdale Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1) was born on 21 May 1923 in Vacoas, Mauritius; died on 11 Apr 1988 in Derby, England.

    Notes:

    Educated at St Mary's School, Calne, Wiltshire.

    Eleanor married John Edwin Ann on 18 May 1945 in Sliema, Malta. John was born on 17 Jul 1918 in Derby, England; died on 5 Feb 1996 in Derby, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Lalage Eleanor Ann  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 15. Mary Elizabeth Ann  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 8.  Barbara Beatrix Fortescue-BrickdaleBarbara Beatrix Fortescue-Brickdale Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1) was born on 18 Jun 1925 in Vacoas, Mauritius; died in Dec 1994 in Berkshire.

    Barbara married Gerald Logan Taylor on 8 Apr 1953 in Westminster, London. Gerald was born on 29 Apr 1923 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; died on 12 Feb 2015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Charlotte C C Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on Bet. Jan-Mar 1954 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
    2. 17. Anne Venetia M Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on Bet. Oct-Dec 1955 in Ploughley, Oxfordshire.
    3. 18. Harriet J Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1957 in Ploughley, Oxfordshire; died on 16 Sep 2014.
    4. 19. Sarah Katherine Lucy Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 9.  Charles Fortescue-Brickdale Descendancy chart to this point (4.Edmund2, 1.Charles1) was born on Bet. Jul-Sep 1957 in Kensington, London.

    Notes:

    Charles has dropped the 'FORTESCUE' from his name.
    Birth record Vol. 5c Page 1425.

    Charles married Pamela Judith Ryder in Oct 1986 in Leeds, Yorkshire. Pamela was born in Q2 1954 in Halifax, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Edward Matthew Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Jenny Elizabeth Fortescue-Brickdale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1986 in Leeds, Yorkshire.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Mary Lavinia Constancia Rolt Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ann3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Mary married Timothy Massingham Seymour [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Matthew Massingham Seymour  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Rosalind Susannah Seymour  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 24. Jack Anthony Seymour  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 11.  Antony Baynton Francis Rolt Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ann3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Family/Spouse: Lorenza Bacino. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Max Daniel Baynton Rolt Bacino  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. Isabella Rolt Bacino  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 12.  Peter Matthew Burney Rolt Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ann3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Peter married Jill Potterton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Patrick Elliott Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2006.
    2. 28. Matthew George Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2008.

  4. 13.  Henry Mark Jonathan Rolt Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ann3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Henry married Marion Cameron Bensted [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Lucy Mary Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 30. Edmund Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 31. John Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 32. Annie Rose Rolt  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 14.  Lalage Eleanor Ann Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eleanor3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Lalage married Derek Arthur Mascarenhas Prabhu [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Maya Antonia Mascarenhas Prabhu  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 34. Arati Nicola Mascarenhas Prabhu  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 35. Lavanya Josephine Mascarenhas Prabhu  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 15.  Mary Elizabeth Ann Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eleanor3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Mary married Frank Alan Buxton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Robert Alan Buxton  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 37. Rachel Ellen Buxton  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 17.  Anne Venetia M Taylor Descendancy chart to this point (8.Barbara3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1) was born on Bet. Oct-Dec 1955 in Ploughley, Oxfordshire.

    Anne married Jonathan A F Larcombe [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Ceri Rose Larcombe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on Bet. Jan-Mar 1989 in Taunton Deane, Somerset.
    2. 39. Robyn Sara Larcombe  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1992 in Taunton Deane, Somerset.

  8. 18.  Harriet J Taylor Descendancy chart to this point (8.Barbara3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1) was born on 9 Apr 1957 in Ploughley, Oxfordshire; died on 16 Sep 2014.

    Harriet married Eamonn J Evans [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Laurie Jane Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1974 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
    2. 41. Gemma Taylor  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 19.  Sarah Katherine Lucy Taylor Descendancy chart to this point (8.Barbara3, 3.Matthew2, 1.Charles1)

    Sarah married John F Wardley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Megan Lucy Wardley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. Grace Ketherine Wardley  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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