Gibbs Family Tree
William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth
1851 - 1936 (84 years)1. William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth was born on 6 May 1851 in Berkeley Square, London; died on 11 Mar 1936 in Patshull House, Staffordshire. Notes:
William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth GCVO KCB VD TD JP (6 May 1851 – 11 March 1936), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1853 and 1891, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge,_6th_Earl_of_DartmouthWilliam married Mary Coke, Countess of Dartmouth on 18 Dec 1879 in Holkham, Norfolk. Mary was born on 18 Dec 1849 in Holkham Hall, Norfolk; died on 28 Dec 1929 in St George Hanover Square, London; was buried on 2 Jan 1930 in Patshull, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 2. Dorothy Legge
was born on 24 Jun 1883 in Marylebone, Middlesex; died on 28 Jul 1974 in Braintree, Essex.
- 2. Dorothy Legge
Generation: 2
2. Dorothy Legge (1.William1) was born on 24 Jun 1883 in Marylebone, Middlesex; died on 28 Jul 1974 in Braintree, Essex. Dorothy married Lt. Col. Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, DSO on 3 Oct 1907 in St George Hanover Square, London. Francis (son of Hon. Frederick George Lindley Meynell Wood and Mary Susan Felicia Lindsay) was born on 14 Apr 1880 in Marylebone, London; died on 16 Dec 1941 in Hoar Cross Hall, Lichfield, Staffordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 3. Hugo Meynell was born on 1 Nov 1909 in Chelsea, London; died on 26 Jun 1960 in Cheadle, Staffordshire.
- 4. Rev. Canon Mark Meynell was born on 19 Feb 1914 in Portman Square, Marylebone, London; died on 5 Apr 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk.
- 3. Hugo Meynell
Generation: 3
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Rev. Canon Mark Meynell (2.Dorothy2, 1.William1) was born on 19 Feb 1914 in Portman Square, Marylebone, London; died on 5 Apr 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1984, Framlingham, Suffolk
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Son of Lt. Col. Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, DSO (see E. Halifax colls.). Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Ordained 21 Sep 1941 at St Albans Abbey. Retired 1979. Canon Theologian Emeritus of Coventry Cathedral. Director of Ordination Training for Coventry Diocese. Held livings at St. Albans; Folkington, Sussex; Marlesford, Suffolk; Cogenloe, Northans; Leamington-Hastings, Warwicks.
Obituary Yorkshire Post 29 April 2006:
A MEMBER of the family which owned the Temple Newsam estate in Leeds has died at the age of 92 Canon Mark Meynell, nephew of Emily Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, died 11 days after the death of his wife of 65 years, Diana. Mark Meynell was born on February 19, 1914, third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell and the former Lady Dorothy Legge, OBE, daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was ordained in 1941, serving as Canon Theologian of Coventry Cathedral from 1973 to 1978. Retiring in 1979, he spent his latter years at Framlingham, Suffolk. He married Diana Ponsonby in 1940 and they had three sons and a daughter. The Temple Newsam estate was sold by the family to Leeds City Council in 1922.
Mark married Diana Mary Ponsonby on 4 Jul 1940 in Wootton, Oxfordshire. Diana (daughter of Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD and The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, JP) was born on 8 Apr 1916 in 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London; died on 25 Mar 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
5. Christopher Mark Meynell (4.Mark3, 2.Dorothy2, 1.William1)Christopher married The Hon. Elizabeth Margaret Gretton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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