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Lauriston Leonard Batten, KCVO

Lauriston Leonard Batten, KCVO

Male 1863 - 1944  (81 years)

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  • Name Lauriston Leonard Batten 
    Suffix KCVO 
    Birth 26 Jul 1863  Gloucester, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Jul 1944  Cirencester, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Son of Rayner Winterbotham Batten, FRCP of Gloucester, by Marion, daughter of Samuel Leonard. Baptised at Gloucester 26 July 1863. Roman Catholic baptism later. Educated at King's School, Glouceser and Amersham Hall, Caversham; matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1881; BA and LLB 1884.

      Called to the Bar 1886. Practising in the Admiralty Court and Oxford Circuit from 1886. K.C. 1905. A Bencher of Inner Temple from 1914. Sometime on the General Council of the Bar. Represented the said Council in 1911 at the Internatlonal Conference at Copenhagen on Codification of Maritime Law; was a member of the Bureau of the Maritime Law Association and one of Lloyd's Arbitrators for settling claims under their Salvage agreements.

      In the Great War he joined 2/1 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry) Lieut. September 1914; Capt. December 1915. Yeomanry Staff Capt. 2nd Res. Cavalry Brigade on General Lumley's staff at Tidworth 1917. Transferred to Royal Air Force 1918 as Major (S. o. 2, P.) on staff of 9th Brigade (R.A.F.) he served in France under Generals Hogg and Smyth Osborne till the Armistice (Nov. 1918). British War and Victory medals.

      For some time up to 1914 he was President of the Glos. & Herefordshire branch of the Free Trade Union. A Justice of the Peace, Glos. from 1919 and sometime an Alderman on the Glos. County Council.
    Person ID I2638  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2018 

    Father Rayner Winterbotham Batten,   b. 19 Mar 1835, Fore Street, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1909, 1 Brunswick Square, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Marion Leonard,   b. 4 Apr 1838, Harpendon, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1870, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Family ID F2046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen Laura Gibbs,   b. 1 Sep 1875, Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1947, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 29 May 1900  Kensington, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The Oratory, Brompton Road
    Family ID F1153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Jul 1863 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 May 1900 - Kensington, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Jul 1944 - Cirencester, Gloucestershire Link to Google Earth
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