Husband John Hugh Hunt
Born: 26 Apr 1858 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 12 Sep 1950 - 362 Yarrow st, Invercargill
Buried: 14 Sep 1950 - Invercargill
Father: George Lott Hunt (1826- )
Mother: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Marriage: 7 Jul 1926 - her residence, Mersey st, Gore
Wife Jane Ferguson Reid
Born: 1850 - Ferguson Estate, Maybole, Aryshire, Scotland
Christened:
Died: 19 Aug 1931 - Gore
Buried:
Father: James Hamilton Reid ( - )
Mother: Margaret Crawford ( - )
Other Spouse: Andrew Neilson ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
Invercargill, Gore, Switzers
carpenter, 1926 (Marriage cert.)
his late marriage apparently ended disasterously, with Jack Hunt transferring much of his property to his wife, who later turfed him out, leaving him penniless (source: Vera Tuffery)
the marr cert cites George HENRY Hunt as the father's name, a sawyer
Southland Daily News of 26 April 1948 page 2:
"Mr John Hugh Hunt of Yarrow st, will celebrate his 90th birthday today. He was born in a small shack where the premises of H & J Smiths now stands. For 20 years of his life he worked around the district as a carpenter and later shifted to Switzers. For about 10 years he worked all round the Lakes District and Central Otago and later he was employed as a coachdriver.
He was married in 1908 and with his wife settled in Gore. When his wife died, he bought some property at Oreti but the soil there, being too sandy for his hobby of gardening, he moved to Yarrow street. He still enjoys reasonably good health."
Obituary reads: "With the death on Tuesday of Mr John Hugh Hunt, Invercargill lost another of its small band of early settlers. Mr Hunt, the 3rd son of Mr George Hunt and his wife Jane, was born 26 April 1858, the same year in which his father was to lose his life at nEw River Heads when taking the Wilson-Grieve wedding party across to Ruapuke.
He was born in a small shack where the store of H & J Smiths stands, in close proximity to the site on which the Moffat & Co bldg is situated, where the first sawpit in Invercargill was established - by his father. At the time of his birth there were scarcely more than a dozen houses in Invercargill. As a young man he was engaged in shearing in the Lake country and in parts of Central Otago as far up as Galloway and later engaged in sawmilling and carpentering. He lived for some years in Gore but when his wife died he returned to Invercargill, at one time living in a crib at Oreti Beach, before coming to the city to make his home in Yarrow street."
Medical Notes (Husband)
his will left all to Vera Tuffery
Notes (Marriage)
witnesses: Thomas William Green, accountant of Gore and Jane's daughter Mrs Agnes Mary Preece, housewife of Gore
Joseph Hunt
Husband Joseph Hunt
Born: 1844
Christened:
Died: - Chatham islands
Buried:
Father: Frederick William Hunt (1817- )
Mother: Mary Presswood ( - )
Marriage: Never Married
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
George Selwood and Lavinia Hunt
Husband George Selwood
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Lavinia Hunt
Born: 1830? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
bricklayer
James Langdale and Mary A Hunt
Husband James Langdale
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 9 Oct 1871 - Waitangi, Chatham islands
Wife Mary A Hunt
Born: 24 Dec 1845 - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Frederick William Hunt (1817- )
Mother: Mary Presswood ( - )
Children
1 M Walter John Langdale
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 U 4 Sons And 5 Dghters In Total Langdale
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Stan Johnston and Mavis Hunt
Husband Stan Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mavis Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George Lott Hunt (1887-Bef 1980)
Mother: Hannah Dawson (1893-1980)
Children
1 M Barry Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Lyn Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Wayne Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
357 Tay st, Invercargill (1970's)
Naomi Hunt
Husband
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Naomi Hunt
Born: 1848
Christened:
Died: 1866 - Lost at sea on "Sea Serpent"
Buried:
Father: Frederick William Hunt (1817- )
Mother: Mary Presswood ( - )
Thomas K Warburton and Naomi Hunt
Husband Thomas K Warburton
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Naomi Hunt
Born: 1825 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Children
1 M James K Warburton
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Other Sons Warburton
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Graeme McCrystall and Pauline Hunt
Husband Graeme McCrystall
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Lance Maurice McCrystall (1923-1994)
Mother: Rose Booth ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Pauline Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Terry McCrystall
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Sally McCrystall
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Rose Hunt
Husband
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Rose Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George McKay Hunt (1853-1901)
Mother: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
Stanley Hunt
Husband Stanley Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1980
Buried:
Father: George Lott Hunt (1887-Bef 1980)
Mother: Hannah Dawson (1893-1980)
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Tasman M Hunt
Husband Tasman M Hunt
AKA: Tas
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Three Children Hunt
Husband Three Children Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Hunt ( - )
Mother: Francis Black ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Violet Hunt
Husband
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Violet Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George McKay Hunt (1853-1901)
Mother: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
David Ireland and Kathleen Willocks
Husband David Ireland
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Kathleen Willocks
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M George William Ireland
Born: 7 Feb 1941 - Dundee, Scotland?
Christened:
Died: 24 Dec 1996 - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Buried: - Perth, Scotland?
Spouse: Helen Westwood Adams (1941- )
Marr: 30 Sep 1960 - Registrar, Dundee East. (Separated)
Spouse: Maria Ann Bannister ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
Baker
Jute works labourer, 1960
General Notes (Wife)
George William Ireland's death cert. states "Kathleen Willocks (ms)"
General Notes for Child George William Ireland
Contractor's Electrician (Apprentice), 1960
37 St Andrews st, Dundee, 1960
Medical Notes for Child George William Ireland
source: death cert.
Russell Noel Tuffery and George Adams Ireland
Husband Russell Noel Tuffery
Born: 19 Apr 1958 - Invercargill (Herbert st)
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Norman Tuffery (1916-1992)
Mother: Vera Marion McCrystall (1917- )
Marriage:
Wife George Adams Ireland
Born: 8 Feb 1960 - Dundee, Scotland
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George William Ireland (1941-1996)
Mother: Helen Westwood Adams (1941- )
Children
1 M Reuben George Roy Ashton-Ireland
Born: 17 Sep 1997 - National Women's Hospital, Auckland
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Harry Albert Dean Ashton-Ireland
Born: 17 Dec 2004 - Auckland
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes for Child Reuben George Roy Ashton-Ireland
Mamma Claire Lesley Shields born 18 Aug 1969
Jimmy James and Sharon Kathleen Ireland
Husband Jimmy James
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Sharon Kathleen Ireland
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George William Ireland (1941-1996)
Mother: Helen Westwood Adams (1941- )
Children
1 F Renee Kathleen James
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Renee Kathleen James
Husband
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Renee Kathleen James
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Jimmy James ( - )
Mother: Sharon Kathleen Ireland ( - )
Barry Johnston
Husband Barry Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Stan Johnston ( - )
Mother: Mavis Hunt ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Lyn Johnston
Husband
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Lyn Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Stan Johnston ( - )
Mother: Mavis Hunt ( - )
Wayne Johnston
Husband Wayne Johnston
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Stan Johnston ( - )
Mother: Mavis Hunt ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Albert Jupp
Husband Albert Jupp
Born:
Christened: 25 Feb 1810 - Rustington, Sussex
Died:
Buried:
Father: George Spencer Jupp (1767-1819)
Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Henry Peters and Caroline Jupp
Husband Henry Peters
Born:
Christened: 5 Jun 1803 - Effingham, West Surrey
Died: 23 Dec 1879 - Effingham House, 1 Osborne st, Hove, Sussex (from death cert.)
Buried:
Father: William Peters ( -1848)
Mother: Fanny ( - )
Marriage: 1819? or 1825? - Effingham House, Brighton? or Arundel?
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Lee (1821-Bef 1871) - Thurs 20 Jul 1848 - Petworth Anglican Parish Church, West Sussex
Wife Caroline Jupp
Born:
Christened: 5 Mar 1805 - Rustington, Sussex
Died: 25 Sep 1843 - Boynor, South Bersted, Sussex
Buried:
Father: George Spencer Jupp (1767-1819)
Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
Children
1 M John McCrystal (alias)
AKA: Humphrey Peters McCrystal, Humphrey Peters
Born:
Christened: 24 Oct 1830 - Arundel, Sussex as Humphrey Peters
Died: 23 Jul 1873 - Switzers (Waikaia), aged 50 (death cert.)
Buried: - Hospital Hill, Switzers
Spouse: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Marr: 4 Oct 1860 - Registrar's Office (J Blacklock), Invercargill (no 8.)
2 F Ellen Peters
Born:
Christened: 19 Jan 1834 - Arundel, Sussex
Died:
Buried:
3 M Onslow Peters
Born:
Christened: 6 Mar 1836 - Arundel, Sussex
Died:
Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Ing Peters
Born: 19 Dec 1837 - Littlehampton, Sussex
Christened: 14 Jan 1838 - Littlehampton, Sussex
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
G O Browne's bible shows a John Peters, not Henry
Coach Proprietor, 1838
Corn Factor [agent], Boynor, South Bersted, Sussex, 1843
Of Kingston near Lewes, Sussex, farmer, 1848
Office Clerk, 1849
Innkeeper, 1850
Of Queen st, Arundel, Sussex, licensed victualler, 1851, census of March 30 shows the household as: Henry Peters, aged 48; Elizabeth, wife, aged 30; Mary, aged 2; William, aged 1; Elizabeth, aged 12; Ann Marshall servant aged 16 born Arundel; Clara Batchelor, servant aged 17 born Arundel,and a William Brown, visitor, aged 14 born Emsworth in Hants
Of Ivy Lodge, Hove, retired farmer, 1864
~ did he come by an inheritance thru the Gratwicke Trust cases?
because:
Of 1 Osborne st (Effingham House), Cliftonville, Hove, gentleman, 1871-78.
The 2 April 1871 census says he was deriving income from dividends. The household was at 1 Osborne st, Hove: Henry Peters, widower, aged 68; Mary F Peters, unmarried 21; Arthur J Peters, aged 6, and Elizabeth Lucas, servant aged 21 born Petworth.
Will dated 22 Oct 1878, proved 3 Oct 1880 reads:
"I Henry Peters of No 1 Osborne st, Cliftonville near Brighton in the county of Sussex, Gentleman, hereby revoke all former wills and dcclare this to be my last will. I appoint William Peters Cortis of Ferring near Worthing in the said County of Sussex Farmer, my son Henry Peters of Dover in the County of Kent, Hosier and Benjamin Philip Wood of Bucklersbury in the city of London Solicitor Executors and trustees of this my will. I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied as soon as convenientlly may be after my decease. I bequeath to my said son Henry my gold watch and request that he will present a new one to his brother Arthur John, I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and ....both real and personal.....unto and equally between my five children: Mary Frances, Eleanor, Henry, Annie Louisa, and Arthur John or such of them as shall live to attain the age of 21 years to and for his her or their own use...witnessed by James Miller, 6 Oxford Tce, Church st, Cliftonville, George Hodson, West Blatchington, Sussex"
note: son William from the second marriage is not mentioned
Research Notes (Husband)
Is this the right Henry Peters? because his will only identifies "my five children" i.e. from the second marriage - what about his four children from his first marriage, had they all predeceased him?
Ray Matthews, 20-5-1980, said on a visit to Brighton that Effingham House no longer there.
Medical Notes (Husband)
notified by Mary Frances Peters
General Notes (Wife)
Tui Lundie-Robertson: possibly a Jupp connection with Dr W G Grace, the famous cricketer - someone called Jupp came out with him (Carry had mentioned it)
"In the years 1872 and 1874 Grace took sides to North America and Australia respectively"
George Onslow Browne's bible shows the Onslow link through Caroline, showing her as Caroline Onslow, not Jupp, connected to Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl who died 1827.
However Debretts say (14 Nov 1978) "according to the Peerage Thomas 2nd Earl of Onslow (1754 to 1827) married twice, from the first he had three sons, and an unmarried dgter; by his second marriage, another unmarried dgter"
or could the Onslow link have been thru Henry's mother?
Said Ray Matthews in a letter 20-5-1980, the 1st Earl of Onslow "looks remarkably like George Onslow Hall, my uncle"
From Dictionary of NZ Biography on the Web:
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/
Onslow, William Hillier 1853 - 1911
Politician, colonial governor, the 4th Earl of Onslow. Tui Lundie-Robertson says Dr McCrystal was supposed to be a cousin to him (letter 24 Oct 1980)
William Hillier Onslow was born at Old Alresford, Hampshire, England, on 7 March 1853, the only son of George Augustus Cranley Onslow and his wife, Mary Harriet Anne Loftus. He was educated at Eton College and then briefly entered Exeter College, Oxford. In 1870, on the death of his great-uncle Arthur George, third earl of Onslow, he succeeded to the title and the family seat of Clandon Park in Surrey. On 3 February 1875 he married Florence Coulstoun Gardner, elder daughter of Lord Gardner, at St George's, Hanover Square, London. They were to have two sons and two daughters.
Onslow, following in a long family tradition of parliamentary service, had a distinguished career in the House of Lords. In February 1887 he was appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state for the colonies, and was vice president of the first Colonial Conference held in April that year. In February 1888 he was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade.
At this time of economic stress (in Britain as in New Zealand) Onslow, whose rural estates were evidently hard hit, sought a salaried appointment as a colonial governor. Queensland was suggested, but on 24 November 1888 he was appointed governor of New Zealand. The New Zealand government had just cut the allowances for the governor's establishment and travel costs; this effectively downgraded the position by comparison with vice-regal posts elsewhere in the British Empire, and meant that it no longer attracted an experienced colonial administrator. Onslow was the first New Zealand governor since Robert FitzRoy in 1843 to have had no previous experience in vice-regal office, and, at 35, the youngest to be appointed since George Grey in 1845. Nor did he have the flair or flamboyance which helped some later governors win popular support.
Onslow assumed office on 2 May 1889 and with his wife took up residence in Government House in Wellington. A few months later there was an outbreak of typhoid in the town; their son and heir came down with the disease and for a time seemed in danger of his life. The Onslows were appalled and thereafter avoided Wellington whenever possible - a policy which did little for their popularity there.
However, Lady Onslow was at Government House on 13 November 1890 to give birth to their second son. As the first vice-regal child born in New Zealand, and in the colony's 50th jubilee year, it was variously suggested that he be given a distinctively New Zealand name, and that Queen Victoria might honour him and the colony as a godmother. After some negotiation both were arranged and the infant was named Victor Alexander Herbert Huia - the last after the native bird which symbolised nobility. Local sensitivities and the demands of protocol were satisfied by a christening ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral Church, Thorndon, Wellington, with the mayor, C. J. Johnston, as a godfather 'representing the people of New Zealand', and some months later by a hui at Otaki to present Huia Onslow (as he was always known) to Ngati Huia who had in fact suggested his name.
Onslow, while noting the 'frightful jealousy' between the different towns and provinces of the colony, tended to discount signs of a developing national sentiment. For instance, in October 1889, as a prominent Freemason, he was approached by a group of local Masons seeking his patronage and support for a proposed Grand Lodge of New Zealand under which all the Masonic lodges of the colony, then under English, Scottish or Irish constitutions, could unite. Onslow hesitated, arguing that the time was not yet ripe - a position also taken by the leading Mason of Wellington (and premier) Sir Harry Atkinson. However, a majority of the Masons in New Zealand, including a large number of Atkinson's parliamentary colleagues (among them John Ballance, leader of the opposition) supported the new national body, which was successfully established in April 1890.
In 1890 Onslow told a friend, 'Colonials…are very easily led', but the results of his subsequent contests with ministers suggest otherwise. These contests arose over the constitutional issue of appointments to the Legislative Council which were made by the governor on the advice of his ministers. Up until 1890 Atkinson's government had refrained from advising any appointments to the Council. However, during that year his conservative followers, increasingly alarmed at the prospect of Ballance's Liberals gaining power, urged him to ensure a conservative majority in the Legislative Council. Onslow was by nature a conservative, and probably not unsympathetic to this viewpoint. In any case, he was familiar with the accepted practice in the British Parliament for appointments to the House of Lords to be made on the advice of even a defeated government. It was evidently with this precedent in mind that, when Atkinson raised the matter in May 1890, Onslow gave the rather unguarded assurance that a 'little list' of names for the Legislative Council could be agreed upon and held for appointing 'if things go wrong with you in the House or Country'.
At the election in December things did indeed go wrong for Atkinson's government, although until Parliament met again it was not clear whether Ballance's supporters would be numerous enough to take power. When rumour then spread of the 'little list' that would stiffen the Council against that eventuality, Onslow was quickly made aware that whatever the practice in Britain, it was widely felt in New Zealand that such an expedient on the part of a moribund government was neither usual nor acceptable.
Atkinson procrastinated, but finally forced the issue. Despite the public opposition to the appointments, Onslow could see no constitutional grounds either in his Royal Instructions or in colonial precedent for refusing to act on Atkinson's advice. He managed to have the number of appointments reduced from 11 to 6 (to a Council which then numbered only 39) but gave his assent, justifying his decision to the Colonial Office in terms of 'the constant practice in England'. In New Zealand, however, he was seen as aligning himself with the conservatives. Atkinson got his majority in the Council, but in the process its already shaky reputation was seriously undermined, and enough uncommitted members of the House were pushed into Ballance's camp to give him a clear majority when Parliament met a few days later.
Onslow found the new government members 'very earnest, very quiet, very conscientious'. Almost immediately another constitutional issue was settled without friction, when at Ballance's request and with the approval of the Colonial Office Onslow agreed to accept the advice of his ministers on the granting of pardons and reprieves - thus relinquishing one of the governor's remaining areas of responsibility.
In October 1891 Onslow sought leave to resign his position, pleading 'urgent and pressing' difficulties with his affairs in England. It appears also that he had found the costs of maintaining the dignity of his office heavier than expected, and, with the Wellington City Council still unable to act on the city's sanitation, he continued to fear for his family's health there.
Shortly before Onslow was due to sail, Ballance raised the issue of appointments to the Legislative Council again, seeking 18 appointments to counterbalance Atkinson's of the previous year and to fill recent vacancies. Onslow was unwilling to thus 'alter the complexion' of the Council by replacing a conservative majority with a liberal one; indeed, under his view of the constitutional function of an upper house it was axiomatic that the Council should always be conservative in approach, if not in political complexion. Onslow therefore indicated that he could agree to no more than eight appointments, but Ballance declined this compromise. Onslow was again placed in an awkward position. Rather than rejecting Ballance's advice and leaving his successor to deal with the consequences, he asked that the matter be deferred. This decision was hardly more popular than his earlier assent to Atkinson's appointments; in the event Onslow's successor, Lord Glasgow, proved so obdurate that the issue continued to bring the position of both governor and Council into question throughout his term as well.
One matter, however, was satisfactorily concluded before Onslow left in February 1892. He had become interested in the preservation of the native flora and fauna, and, building on the publicity surrounding the naming of his son Huia, had submitted a memorandum to the government (drafted for him by the prominent ornithologist Sir Walter Buller) urging the case for island sanctuaries for the disappearing native birds, and for statutory protection of his son's namesake, the huia, in particular. Ballance supported the idea and legal protection for the species was drawn up to be signed by Onslow on the eve of his departure.
Onslow returned to England and his parliamentary career in the House of Lords. He became parliamentary under-secretary of state for India in 1895, for the colonies in 1900, and reached cabinet rank in 1903 as president of the Board of Agriculture. He was chairman of committees in the House of Lords from 1905 until failing health forced his retirement in 1911. He died at Hendon, Middlesex, on 23 October the same year; his wife died in 1934.
ROSS GALBREATH
Dalton, B. J. 'The governors of New Zealand, 1868--1892: a constitutional study'. MA thesis, Canterbury, 1951
The dictionary of national biography. Supplement, 1901--1911. London, 1912
Jackson, W. K. The New Zealand Legislative Council. Dunedin, 1972
Obit. The Times. 24 Oct. 1911
HOW TO CITE THIS BIOGRAPHY: Galbreath, Ross. 'Onslow, William Hillier 1853 - 1911'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 April 2002 URL: http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/
The original version of this biography was published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Two (1870-1900), 1993 © Crown Copyright 1993-2002. Published by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. All rights reserved.
Huia Onslow : a memoir / by Muriel Onslow.
Author: Onslow, Muriel Wheldale.
Publisher: London : E. Arnold, 1924.
Description: Book, vii, 247 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., geneal. table, ports. ; 23 cm
Huia Onslow 1890-1922, the NZ born son of Lord Onslow.
AP: Special Collections NZ, 920
Author: Vulliamy, C. E. (Colwyn Edward), 1886-
Title: The Onslow family, 1528-1874, with some account of their times / by C.E. Vulliamy. Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, 1953.
Description: Book x, 277 p. illus., ports. 23 cm. LC Call Number: CS439 LC Subject: Onslow family. England--Genealogy. Note: Includes index. Held: National Library of New Zealand (WN) 929.2 ONS 1953
Onslow, Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of, 1876-1945.
Title: Sixty-three years : diplomacy, the Great War and politics, with notes on travel, sport and other things / by the Earl of Onslow. Publisher: London : Hutchinson & Co., [1944] Description: Book 204 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. LC Subject: Onslow, Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of, 1876-1945. Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography. Politicians--Great Britain--Biography. Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
Note: Includes references to author's time in New Zealand while his father was Governor. Subtitle on jacket: The autobiography of the Earl of Onslow P.C., G.B.E., J.P., D.L. Includes index. Indexed Referenced in: Bagnall O156 Held: National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull (WTU) P 920 ONS 1944
The house with the golden eyes. unlocking the secret history of "Hinemihi", the Maori Meeting House from Te Wairoa (New Zealand) and Clandon Park (Surrey, England). Alan Gallop
Author: Gallop. Alan
Subject: Onslow. William Hillier. Earl of. 1853-1911
Subject: Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito. Meeting house
Subject: Maori (New Zealand people). Social life and customs. 19th century
Publication details: Sunbury on Thames. Running Horse Books. 1998
Description: 160p, [32]p of plates. ill. facsims, ports. 20cm. pbk
ISBN: 0953382907. m
Shelfmark: YC.1999.a.185
Current Dewey No: 725.0899944221
TI- Report on the family and estate papers of the Earl of Onslow 1630-1968
AU- Onslow Family of
SE- Surrey Record Office. Guildford Muniment Room. GMR List ; 173
PU- London, 1976
source: COPAC library catalogue May 2002
Medical Notes (Wife)
Ann Tapner present at death
Notes (Marriage)
Debretts did not find a record of the marriage
Richter says, 4-1-1907 "I have it in my notes that she was married to Henry Peters in 1825 at Arundel.."
General Notes for Child John McCrystal (alias)
He was an "old identity" in Southland
Marriage and death cert's point to his date of birth as 1823 or 1825, and Herries Beattie says he was 48 when he died suddenly.
General Medical Council, London found no trace of him - their register began 1858 (26-5-1977). Similarly the Medical Council of NZ whose register began 1868 (27-2-1976)
Debrett Ancestry Research engaged 1978-80 reference W/0945
http://www.debrettancestry.co.uk/
€110.84 = $200.02 ( 29/6/78)
€127.43 = $251.02 (15/5/79)
€73.00 = $148.02 (15/6/79)
=€311.27 ($599.06) spent
They issued their report in August 1980.
Family tradition had it that (from Tui Gratwicke Lundie-Robertson):
his mother was Lady Caroline Gratwicke Onslow, whose husband was John Peters, altho' not a titled man, was a 'gentleman'. She died at an early age, and John Peters remarried, the second wife taking all the money. Dr McCrystal had some sisters in England and there was a dispute over a will. [in fact this was the Gratwicke Trust cases of the 1860's, 1870's]
It is known that one of Caroline's children possessed the Onslow crest and it hung on their lounge wall.
Dr McCrystal was reputed to be a first cousin to Lord Onslow, once Governor of NZ.
Debretts in 1980 stated: ..."he was only 28 or 29 when he arrived in NZ, which is bound to raise doubts about his movements before that time. No trace has been found in the medical registers...and it seems unlikely that he would have had sufficient time to qualify as a surgeon and to spend some years in India by that age"
Debretts also dismiss the Earl of Onslow link, but cannot explain his brother's name Onslow Peters "which may perhaps keep speculation alive..."
He "walked" Guys Hospital in London (like an internship)
Surgeon with a Diploma on parchment from Trinity College, Dublin. Caroline (Carry) carried it in her handbag but lost the bag in the 1920s sometime.
Served as a Surgeon in the British Army during the Indian Mutiny. Supposed to have fought a duel there with an officer over a red-haired woman! He had been wounded in the chest either thru this event or another. This is probably why he came to New Zealand and assumed a new identity - duelling was illegal and a disgrace- he was a "remittance man" i.e. he received regular remittances or payments from England, but these stopped on his death. The chest wound and/or his probable contact with malaria would help to explain his addiction to morphine and other pain killers.
The late Tui Gratwicke Lundie-Robertson (one of his daughter Caroline's children by her second marriage to Hall) had an Indian silk shawl - originally ivory colour, faded to rose pink - which he apparently brought from India. Tui wrote in January 1978: "when he married Granma McCrystall she wore it, and my mother was christened in it, and various members of the family"
Arthur, his son had his pistol and is supposed to be in the Southland Museum.
The Southland News of Wed Aug 13 1873, p. 2 wrote:
"An old identity, Dr McCrystal - one of the earliest settlers in this part of the province - died at Switzers on the 23rd ult., aged 50 years. His living so long was a puzzle to those who knew that, for the last 15 years at least, he had been in the habit of taking laudanum or morphia - as circumstances rendered the supply of the one or the other most easily accessible - in quantities that would be considered fabulous if stated here. To this habit, his death, it seems was directly attributable - an overdose of morphia having accelerated the effect of heart disease, under which he was suffering. He enjoyed the reputation of being a skilful surgeon, and, when freefrom the enthralling influence of his favourite medicines, was a welcome guest in many social circles. It transpired at the inquest that his real name was Humphrey Peters, eldest son of Mr John Peters, whi is supposed to be residing at Effingham House, near Brighton, England. Mrs Peters, we learn, is left with three young children totally unprovided for"
Jane, his widow, is reputed to have jumped up and down on his grave at some stage, and cursed all his descendants!
The main published writing about Dr McCrystal appears in Fulton, pgs 112-117:
Fulton, Robert Valpy, 1865-1922.
Medical practice in Otago and Southland in the early days : a description of the manner of life, trials and difficulties of some of the pioneer doctors, of the places in which, and of the people among whom, they laboured / by Robert Valpy Fulton.
Variant Title: Medical practice in the early days.
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Colonial Associates, 1982.
304 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0959758577 (hbk.) : $30.00, limited distribution (200 copies: 140 @ $30; 60 @$49.95)
Note: Cover title: Medical practice in the early days.
Facsimile reprint of ed. published Dunedin, N.Z. : Printed by the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers, 1922
This account is repeated (but not in its entirety) in
Records of early Riverton and district (compiler Mr J C Thomson)
Publisher: [Invercargill, N.Z.] : Times Printing Service, 1971.
144 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Note: Reprint of the 1937 ed. published by Southland Times
The same material from the Riverton book appeared in the Western Star newspaper (a biweekly Wallace County Gazette) of Fri 4 May 1934, material collected by J C Thomson. Newspaper is in the Riverton Museum. Also reprinted in the Southland Times of Wed Dec 9, 1925.
Much of what is below is sourced from photocopies of cuttings in George Onslow Browne's scrapbook.
Hall-Jones wrote in Invercargill Pioneers (Invercargill, 1946) p. 56: (note, his accuracy has been found to be badly wanting relating to other matters)
"in 1858, three doctors - Martin, McCrystal and Monckton - arrived in Invercargill. All took up bush sections in Dee st, a veritable "Harley street" of those days, and all were closely associated with Riverton, the principal and more populous centre of the 50's. McCrystal (1825-23.7.73) after serving in India during the Mutiny, came in 1858 to Riverton and Invercargill, where he purchased the present site of Empire Forwarding Co.....At the inquest [into his death] it appeared that his correct name was Humphrey Peters, eldest son of John Peters of Brighton. His health since his arrival in Southland has necessiated his taking fabulous quantities of medicine. His family comprised Arthur (Otatara), Onslow (died in infancy), Mrs Caroline Hall, and Mrs Fanny Brown"
The Southland News and Foveaux Straits Herald of Sat 13 July 1861 has his card inserted:
"J McCristol, surgeon and accoucheur", along with Dr Martin's card.
Harnett & Co Dunedin and Invercargill Directory of 1864 states:
"McCrystal, surgeon, Don st"
From the Southern Cross newspaper of Aug 29 1936 "The Days Gone By: Boyhood Memories of Early Invercargill" Series, part no 17: [no 1 appeared 18-4-1936]
"...one of these draper shops was occupied by Mrs McCrystal, widow of Southland's earliest medics who arrived at Riverton in 1857, later coming to Invercargill...a sequence of events is associated with the McCrystal family more sensational than mass works of fiction"
From the Southern Cross newspaper of Sat Oct 3 1936 "The Days Gone By: Boyhood Memories of Early Invercargill" Series, part no 22:
Dr Grigor...none has been more generally popular. During a period of nearly 50 years he was, by a large section of the people, affectionately known and referred to as "The Doctor"...Although Dr Grigor was early on the scene, he was not the first medical man to practise his profession in Invercargill. That distinction probably belongs to Dr McCrystal - at least so far as the province is concerned. In all likelihood Dr Monckton actually practised in Invercargill before him.
Having survived the turmoil of the Indian Mutiny as a surgeon in the British Army, Dr McCrystal arrived in Dunedin as ship's medical officer on a vessel in the late 50's and chance brought him into contact with a robust trader from the Jacobs River settlement, named J R MIlls. Mr Mills had landed at Dunedin from the south in his schooner, Eclair, about the same time as Dr McCrystal's arrival [The Otago Witness of Dec 19 1857 states "Dec 16, Eclair, 30 tons, Bryant from Port Cooper; Passengers Mr & Mrs Mills; Mr & Mrs Le Cren"], and it transpired that they not only were staying at the same hotel, but occupied adjoining rooms. Partitions in the early wooden hotels were not over sound proof and during the evening Mr Mills heard two men talking in the next bedroom. The conversation turned on the question of where one of them would begin his medical practice. Quickly the doughty trader from the south chipped in and, through the wall, advised him to give Riverton the benefit of his skill.
This, Dr McCrystal at length decided to do, and his advent in the Whaling Settlement was hailed with delight. The following year, 1859, a ship named the "Sydney Griffiths" introduced measles to Riverton, and this created the first major dilemma in the doctor's new career. The epidemic wrought sad havoc among the Maoris. Not knowing what was the matter, they rushed into the water to cool themselves, with the result that many died. At last, in desperation, Dr McCrystal caught the chief, and saved his life by locking him up in Capt Howell's house.
The next serious problem we hear of in connection with this first Southland surgeon was when the life of a sailor in the district was in grave danger through having had his foot severely burned. The doctor happened to be within call, but minus his instruments and other necessities, so acting on the axiom that "disease desperate grown, by desperate means must be cured, if at all", he had the sailor held in control by three men and successfully Removed the Leg with the rude implements at hand usually associated with a meat operator's block. Report has it that the man recovered and lived many years afterwards, which seems a high tribute alike to the skill of the surgeon and toughness of the Jack Tar. Dr Fulton, in his book 'Early medical days in Otago and Southland' states "some of the operations carried out by Dr McCrystal are of a particularly interesting nature" and these are referred to in detail in Dr Fulton's work. Dr McCrystal must have possessed considerable skill and resource and his service and advice were eagerly sought throughout the province.
He afterwards moved to Invercargill, and Dr Monckton took up the practice in Riverton. Several of Dr McCrystal's descendants occupy prominent positions in different parts of this dominion and in other places beyond it His name will ever be associated with the stirring infant days of Southland.
An unsourced photocopy relates: "On still another occasion Owen narrowly escaped death in a different form. He was a frequent caller at Paulin's accommodation house. At one end of the large tap room was a Maori fireplace filling one end of the apartment, and wide enough for bunks at the back and each side. Owen, looking on the wine when it was red, fell asleep near the big log fire, and when he was found, parts of one leg were severely burned. He was in a terrible state, in fact, and a horseman rode poste haste to Invercargill for a medical man. He found there Dr McCrystal, who had just arrived from India, where he had seen service in the Mutiny as a surgeon and had been wounded in the chest. He came out and using one of Owen's own saws, amputated the injured leg, making,a s it proved, a first class job of the operation. Owen made a good recovery and was soon out and about again on a cork or wooden leg of his own making"
another unknown source: "Dr John McCrystal died at Switzers in 1873. He had served in India...and in 1858..came to Riverton and Invercargill... [Mrs Jane Hunt] lived for many years in a cottage on the site of H & J Smith's tea rooms..."
When he died his remittance money stopped coming from England. When he was living in Switzers, he rec'd papers from home, but he accidentallylit his pipe with these papers. Jane was understandably furious.
His wife's death notice (1918) says "relic of Humphrey Peters McCrystal"
Both Fanny and Arthur have the double l spelling: McCrystall
From Invercargill Pioneers by F J Hall-Jones, 1946, p. 29-30, a sometimes erroneous account of the Hunts and McKays:
"George Hunt
George Henry Hunt came with his brother Frederick (went to Pitts island, Chathams and another brother Charles is stated to have discovered the Thames goldfield) to Lyttelton in 1851, and there married 19 May 1852 Jane McKay, who had come out from Sunderlandshire with her parents on the Cressy. Hunt lived at Rangiora for a while, and in the middle of 1856 drove a mob of cattle south to the Maroroa run for his wife's brothers John Clark and Donald. In Sept 1856 he was J T Thomson's guide from the Mataura to Invercargill, and was employed on the survey of the harbour. Mrs Hunt's father, Roderick, came south and settled at Wallacetown, taking over the property vacated by John Mitchell of New River Ferry. Of Roderick's family, J C McKay was a prominent runholder, versifier, member of the Provincial Council and owner of the hotel site at the cnr of Tay and Deveron sts; Donald was embroiled in litigation concerning his mental capacity; Barbara married Thomas Barclay, who came down with their four children to Longbush in Dec 1856; Anne married one Coutts, a flourmiller) The Hunts settled with their two children in Invercargill at the end of 1856 and their son Henry was one of the first children born in the town. Their home was on the site of H & J Smith's tearooms and at the rear towards Esk st was their sawpit, the first in Invercargill. Hunt also acquired a boat and engaged in lightering. He lost his life at New River Heads 7 Dec 1858 when taking the Wilson-Grieve wedding party across to Ruapuke.
He had taken up his sawpit section in Esk st in the name of his infant son George Henry, but was unable to secure a title to his Tay st section. This was taken up by W H Calder at the first sale of sections and was conveyed by him in 1859 to Hunt's daughter Jane. This was arranged by Hunt's brothers who had the property registered in the daughter's name not the widows as it would automatically pass to the latter's husband if she remarried. It was here that Alexander McNab's sister died. When she came of age, Jane Hunt transferred the section to her mother, then Jane Peters, widow, who sold it in 1879 to Price and Bulleid for €2000. In the latter year a section of Hunt's at Wallacetown (J P McGearty's) was also conveyed by his eldest son (as heir) to Jane Peters, and the Est st section was later sold by Henry Hunt to Peter M Peters, draper.
In Oct 1860 Mrs Hunt married Dr John McCrystal, and for some reason, William Stuart was appointed by the Court in 1864 as the legal guardian of her four children. On the doctor's death, she married Peters, and her fourth and last helpmate was Charles W Reid, a letter carrier. Of Hunt's first family, George McKay Hunt was a coachdriver for 27 years and a storeman at both Switzers and Invercargill; he died about 1900, leaving a family of 5 or 6. Jane Scobie Hunt remained single and John Hugh Hunt became a carpenter. George Henry Hunt was educated in Invercargill, worked on country stations and took up sawmilling., He married 9 Oct 1879 Frances Elizabeth, a daughter of John Henry Dawson, of Seaward Bush and grand daughter of William Dawson who was town engineer of Invercargill for 20 years. They left in the eighties for the North Island and celebrated their diamond wedding in 1939. Hunt could remember Puetellkow's boat being hauled down Tay st by a team of bullocks, also the opening of the Makarewa railway, when his brother George had to walk home in the rain.
By her marriage to Dr McCrystal, Hunt's widow had a second family - Caroline (married Richard Williamson Hall, solicitor), Fanny (married John Brown, valuer), Arthur (Invercargill and Otatara) and Onslow (died in infancy).
Research Notes for Child John McCrystal (alias)
General Medical Council, London may have a record of the Dr
Trinity College, Dublin advised, 21 Jan 1976, that they could find no record of him under either name
Medical Notes for Child John McCrystal (alias)
Burial at Hospital Hill: fire destroyed all crosses / records
Death cert shows his age as 50
Have copy of Inquest from National Archives, here transcribed, ref J1 1873/2187
"Inquisition soliciting the death of Dr McCrystal of Switzers on the Sat 26th day July 1873
Before John Francis Herbert acting in the absence of any other Coroner of Her Majesty the Queen for the said colony upon view of the body of John McCrystall M.D. then and there lying dead, and upon the oaths of William Williams, J. H. Davidson, H Hawson, W Davidson, J Lennie, G Skene, H Thomas, W Middleton, R Allen, D Matheson, D McRea, F Hutchinson
William Williams, Foreman
say upon oath that "his death was caused by disease of the heart and accelerated by congestion of the membranes of the brain, caused by an overdose of morphia, administered by the deceased himself"
Mary Smith of Switzers, on the nth said as follows: I am a servant in the employ of Mr Duncan Matheson of the 'Old Man Hotel' Switzers.
I remember Tuesday last the 22nd instant, I saw the deceased alive in Duncan Mathesons on that evening, he procured a bed there on that night...I went into the bedroom of the deceased on the following day at about 1o'clock and thought he was asleep. I did not speak or call to him but closed the door again. I told James Handyside who is in the employ of Duncan Matheson that he was asllep, he asked me "if the deceased was awake to have some dinner", I told him he was asleep, he said it was "allright".
I went into the deceased's room again at about 4 o'clock and saw that the deceased was lying in the same position that he was lying in before. I then called James Handyside to awaken him.I was under the impression that the deceased was asleep all the time. Handyside came to me when I called and saw him go to the deceased's bed, take hold of his hand, shake him and then he said he was dead. I left the room then.
The deceased seemed to be quite sober at the time he went to bed, I did not see the Dr take any morphia that evening, he did not complain to me of being unwell. The deceased went to bed a little before six o'clock that evening.
Thomas Kennedy Douglas, duly qualified medical practitioner, residing at Tapanui, I have seen the body of the late Dr McCrystall this afternoon, I made a postmortem examination and opened the body of the deceased and examined the organs of the chest. The lungs were healthy, the heart was very much diseased in the exterior surface, it was, what you may term a infarct heart[?], the organs in the abdoman were healthy but the liver was slightly enlarged. The substance of the brain was healthy but the membranes were very much congested being full of blood., the extreme point of the nails and extremities of the fingers were very much congested. The pupils of the eyes were natural. I did not examine the bladder as the kidneys were healthy.
I think that death was caused from morphia acting upon a very ? heart and think that morphia would cause congestion of the brain. I have seen the contents of the bottle that was found in the deceased's room and find it was ? of morphia. I found no external marks on the body.
This deponent James Handyside, on the nth said as follows, I am in the employ of Duncan Matheson of the 'Old man Hotel' Switzers. I remember Tuesday the 22nd July last, I saw the deceased alive on that evening, he asked for a bed at about 5pm. I told him he could have one, he went to bed at about 6 o'clock. I saw him in his bedroom about a half seven and stayed with him about an hour. I was in his room again, about 9 o'clock and remained with him about half an hour. I was with him again about 10.15 and stopped about 5 or 10 minutes. That was the last time I saw him alive. I went in to take the candle away that he had, the deceased said "jimmie you must not take the candle away, but must bring me a whole one. I procured a candle and cut it in two halves, and brought it in, then he got into a temper and said "Why did you not get me a whole one?". I left the whole candle and took the half one away, rolled up the curtains and went to bed. At the time I left him the last time, the deceased was perfectly sober having had only one nobbler during the evening, or just after he went to bed. He complained to me of feeling unwell and said he had a pain across the lower part of his stomach.
I did not see him again until the Wed evening next, on that occasion Mary Smith came to me and asked me to go to tell the deceased to get up "as she wanted to make the beds", I did so, went to the deceased's room and asked him if he was going to sleep all day. I received no answer. I then went and took hold of his arm and found he was dead. I felt his chest and found no pulsation of the heart. I said to Mary Smith after that, that the Dr was dead, and saw the chemist, and told him the Dr was dead. He looked at him and felt his pulse, and said in his opinion he was dead. I never saw the deceased that evening take any morphia, he said he could not sleep without a candle, that was the reason he required one. I saw a bottle the one produced, it was standing by the side of him on a table. I do not know if there was any morphia in the bottle. A boy* was sleeping in the same room with him that night, the boy left the house about 8am, he said nothing about the Dr at all.
* it was James Busbridge, who recounts in
Beattie, H. (Herries), 1881-1972. : Pioneer recollections. Fourth series, Mainly of the Gore district / collected by H. Beattie. Publisher: [Gore, N.Z.] : Gore Publishing Co., 1956. 60 p. ; 21 cm. "Reprinted from a series of articles in the "Mataura Ensign" in the years 1947-1948." (page 22):
"we put up with Duncan Matheson, who had a combined store and hotel. I slept in a room with two bunks, one of which was occupied by Dr McCrystal. In the night I heard a gurgle but thought it was a snore. I was up at daybreak and thought the doctor looked to be in an awkward position but thought no more about it until I heard he was dead. The man who told me jokingly said I had killed my room-mate but I did not have to attend the inquest. They opened him and found nothing in him but a bit of dry toast; an overdose of morphia had kiled him" (Dr McCrystal died suddenly on July 23 1873, aged 48 - H. B.)
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Note that in both court documents below, Jane, his widow, his referred to as "Jane Peters of Invercargill"
Supreme Court, Otago & Southland District
In the goods of Humphrey Peters calling himself John McCrystal late of Switzers, Otago, Surgeon, deceased, Affidavit by Mrs Peters of the death of her husband and value of his property, 5 Dec 1873
F Wade, Solicitor, Invercargill, agent for Messrs Nott Gooday, Solicitor Lawrence & Switzers
I Jane Peters of Invercargill, widow, say...
1. I first became acquainted with the deceased Humphrey Peters about 15 years ago [i.e. 1858] at Invercargill where he was then practising as a Surgeon under thye name of John McCrystal and he married me Jane Peters in the name of John McCrystal on or about the 4th October 1860. There have been three children of our marriage vide-licet [i.e. namely] Caroline Elizabeth Peters, Fanny Jupp Martin Peters and Arthur Peters who are all now living and are under the age of 21
2. I was married to my said husband in the Office of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Invercargill by license
3. My said husband was as he informed me a native of Sussex in England and came to this colony before we were married
4. Previously to and at the time of my marriage I knew my said husband by the name of John McCrystal and did not know him by any other name and had no reason to suspect that his true and correct name was not John McCrystal until some time after our marriage when he informed me that his name was Humphrey Peters.
5. The said Humphrey Peters alias John McCrystal died at Switzers in the province of Otago on 23 July 1873 intestate [i.e. not having made a will]
6. I say that I have made diligent search amongst the papers of my said husband but have not found any will or testamentary papers whatsoever
7. That as far as I am able to ascertain my said husband was not possessed of or entitled to any real estate whatever.
8. The personal estate which my said husband died possessed of or entitled to consisted of a sum of €500 which was in course of being remitted to him from England and of other personal estate in New Zealand. The total amount of all the said personal estate is as I verily believe under the under the value of €600.
Sworn at Invercargill 5 Dec 1873 before me Richard Matthews(?) , Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NZ, signed Jane Peters
~ Probate granted 27 Jan 1874 to Jane Peters
Administration Bond, Supreme Court, Otago & Southland District, signed 19 Feb 1874, Edward Cook, Solicitor, Dunedin (by seal); Wade Solicitor by signatures
transcribed and summarised:
...we Jane Peters, widow, Edwin Duke Cooper of Invercargill, and George Bailey, butcher(?) of Invercargill, Chemist and Druggist are held...and heirs executors and firmly bound unto Edward Ffrancis Ward, Registrar... in the sum of €1,200
Whereas by Order of this Court of the 27th January 1874, it is ordered that Letters of Administration of the personal estate effects and credits of Humphrey Peters calling himself John McCrystal late of Switzers, ...Otago...surgeon deceased be granted to the said Jane Peters widow...on her giving security for the due administration thereof and whereas the said...hath swore...the said personal estate...are under the value of €600. Now the condition of the above written bond is that if the above boundee Jane Peters shall exhibit unto this court...an inventory of all the personal estate of the deceased...by 27th April, and shall administer it on or before 23rd July, then this bond shall be void and of none effect.
General Notes for Child Elizabeth Ing Peters
birth cert shows parents as Henry Peters, coach proprietor, and Caroline Jupp, notified by William Martin, uncle of Littlehampton, on 29 Jan 1838
Where does this Martin surname come from? But note Fanny McCrystall had middle names Jupp Martin, tho' only Jupp was recorded on her birth cert. In Fanny's mother's affidavit dated 5-12-1873 re Dr McCrystal's estate she refers to "Fanny Jupp Martin Peters"
Frances Harriet Jupp
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Christened: 27 Jan 1794 - Rustington, Sussex
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Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
Humphrey Jupp
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Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
Langham Jupp
Husband Langham Jupp
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Christened: 10 Dec 1807 - Rustington, Sussex
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Spencer Jupp
Husband Spencer Jupp
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Thomas Gratwicke Jupp
Husband Thomas Gratwicke Jupp
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Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
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William Jupp
Husband William Jupp
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Mother: (Harriet) Susannah ( -1821)
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William Jupp
Husband William Jupp
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Mother: Philadelphia Gratwicke ( -1832)
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Eddie Kimber and Barbara Stuart
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Father: Stuart Albert Finch Stuart (1915-After 1970)
Mother: Dorothy Lillian (1916-1970)
General Notes (Wife)
Tauranga, 1970
William Gratwicke Kindleside
Husband William Gratwicke Kindleside
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Mother: Gratwicke ( - )
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Kitto and Leslie Miller
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Father: William Miller ( -1974)
Mother: Louisa May Browne ( -1965)
Emma Louise Knight
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Mother: Helen Marie Matthews (1948- )
Roger W Knight and Helen Marie Matthews
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Wife Helen Marie Matthews
Born: 21 Mar 1948 - Dunedin
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Mother: Mabel Yvonne Lock (1921- )
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1 F Emma Louise Knight
Born: May 1976 - Sydney
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4 Sons And 5 Dghters In Total Langdale
Husband 4 Sons And 5 Dghters In Total Langdale
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John H Langdale QSM JP
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Henry Peters and Elizabeth Lee
Husband Henry Peters
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Christened: 5 Jun 1803 - Effingham, West Surrey
Died: 23 Dec 1879 - Effingham House, 1 Osborne st, Hove, Sussex (from death cert.)
Buried:
Father: William Peters ( -1848)
Mother: Fanny ( - )
Marriage: Thurs 20 Jul 1848 - Petworth Anglican Parish Church, West Sussex
Other Spouse: Caroline Jupp (1805-1843) - 1819? or 1825? - Effingham House, Brighton? or Arundel?
Wife Elizabeth Lee
Born: 1821? - Petworth, West Sussex
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Father: George Lee ( - )
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1 F Mary Frances Peters
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Christened: 12 Aug 1849 - Arundel, Sussex
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2 M William Peters
Born: 15 Jul 1850 - Queen st, Arundel, Sussex
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3 F Eleanor Peters
Born: 28 Dec 1851 - Arundel, Sussex
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4 M Henry Peters
Born: 1854 - Arundel, Sussex
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Spouse: Helen M (1854- )
5 F Annie Louisa Peters
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6 M Arthur John Peters
Born: 2 Jun 1864 - Ivy Lodge, Hove
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G O Browne's bible shows a John Peters, not Henry
Coach Proprietor, 1838
Corn Factor [agent], Boynor, South Bersted, Sussex, 1843
Of Kingston near Lewes, Sussex, farmer, 1848
Office Clerk, 1849
Innkeeper, 1850
Of Queen st, Arundel, Sussex, licensed victualler, 1851, census of March 30 shows the household as: Henry Peters, aged 48; Elizabeth, wife, aged 30; Mary, aged 2; William, aged 1; Elizabeth, aged 12; Ann Marshall servant aged 16 born Arundel; Clara Batchelor, servant aged 17 born Arundel,and a William Brown, visitor, aged 14 born Emsworth in Hants
Of Ivy Lodge, Hove, retired farmer, 1864
~ did he come by an inheritance thru the Gratwicke Trust cases?
because:
Of 1 Osborne st (Effingham House), Cliftonville, Hove, gentleman, 1871-78.
The 2 April 1871 census says he was deriving income from dividends. The household was at 1 Osborne st, Hove: Henry Peters, widower, aged 68; Mary F Peters, unmarried 21; Arthur J Peters, aged 6, and Elizabeth Lucas, servant aged 21 born Petworth.
Will dated 22 Oct 1878, proved 3 Oct 1880 reads:
"I Henry Peters of No 1 Osborne st, Cliftonville near Brighton in the county of Sussex, Gentleman, hereby revoke all former wills and dcclare this to be my last will. I appoint William Peters Cortis of Ferring near Worthing in the said County of Sussex Farmer, my son Henry Peters of Dover in the County of Kent, Hosier and Benjamin Philip Wood of Bucklersbury in the city of London Solicitor Executors and trustees of this my will. I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied as soon as convenientlly may be after my decease. I bequeath to my said son Henry my gold watch and request that he will present a new one to his brother Arthur John, I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and ....both real and personal.....unto and equally between my five children: Mary Frances, Eleanor, Henry, Annie Louisa, and Arthur John or such of them as shall live to attain the age of 21 years to and for his her or their own use...witnessed by James Miller, 6 Oxford Tce, Church st, Cliftonville, George Hodson, West Blatchington, Sussex"
note: son William from the second marriage is not mentioned
Research Notes (Husband)
Is this the right Henry Peters? because his will only identifies "my five children" i.e. from the second marriage - what about his four children from his first marriage, had they all predeceased him?
Ray Matthews, 20-5-1980, said on a visit to Brighton that Effingham House no longer there.
Medical Notes (Husband)
notified by Mary Frances Peters
Notes (Marriage)
in presence of John and Jane Lee
Copy of marriage cert.
General Notes for Child Henry Peters
a hosier of Dover, Kent; of Beach or Bench st in 1878 (Richter 5.10.1906)
from www.familysearch.org
Household Record 1881 British Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Henry PETERS Head M Male 27 Arundel, Sussex, England Outfitter
Helen M. PETERS Wife M Female 27 Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Harry J. PETERS Son Male 1 Dover, Kent, England
Eliza May PETERS Daughter Female 11 m Dover, Kent, England
Edward C. EVERITT Assistant U Male 21 Richmond, Surrey, England Outfitters Assistant (Water Proof)
James JUDGE Assistant U Male 20 Dover, Kent, England Outfitters Assistant (Water Proof)
Sarah A.G. CHURCH Servant U Female 32 Donegal, Ireland Domestic Servant
Esther M. COLEMAN Servant U Female 23 Preston, Kent, England Domestic Servant
Laura HALL Servant M Female 27 Kingston, Somerset, England Domestic Servant
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Source Information:
Dwelling 13 & 14 Bench St
Census Place Dover St Mary Virgin, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341238
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1003 / 117
Page Number 3
General Notes for Child Arthur John Peters
copy of birth cert.
George Lee
Husband George Lee
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1 F Elizabeth Lee
Born: 1821? - Petworth, West Sussex
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Marr: Thurs 20 Jul 1848 - Petworth Anglican Parish Church, West Sussex
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Innkeeper of the Halfmoon Inn, Petworth, Sussex
Humphrey Raymond Matthews and Mabel Yvonne Lock
Husband Humphrey Raymond Matthews
AKA: Raymond
Born: 23 Oct 1920 - Invercargill
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Mother: Winnifred Alice Marion Dawson (1882-1971)
Marriage: 10 May 1947 - Cust
Wife Mabel Yvonne Lock
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1 F Helen Marie Matthews
Born: 21 Mar 1948 - Dunedin
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Marr: 12 May 1972 - Killara, Sydney
2 M Richard Malcolm Matthews
Born: 2 Nov 1949 - Dunedin
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Marr: 2 Feb 1974 - Napier
3 M Graham Bruce Matthews
Born: 25 Aug 1951 - Dunedin
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4 M Anthony Stephen Matthews
AKA: Stephen
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5 M Bryan Raymond Matthews
Born: 28 Aug 1957 - Dunedin
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6 M Martin Thomas Harold Matthews
Born: 21 Sep 1961 - Napier
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7 F Kathryn Joy Matthews
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1937 City Electricity Dept, Ch'Ch 1937
RNZAF in NZ and Pacific
1947-57 City Electricity Dept, Dunedin
1958-, City Electrical Engineer, Napier
General Notes for Child Richard Malcolm Matthews
social worker
General Notes for Child Graham Bruce Matthews
mechanical engineer
Andrea MacKay
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Elta Margaret MacKay
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5 F Elta Margaret MacKay
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7 F Joyce MacKay
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William Welsh and Mavis MacKay
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