Eliza Godwin

Eliza married William Butler Simpson, Ornamental Painter & Decorator 3 Apr 1827 (Licence), All Souls, St Marylebone. William (son of William Simpson and Ann Butler) was born 16 Mar 1798; was christened 12 Apr 1798, St Pancras Old Church, Camden; died 1 Jun 1882, 44 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, Middlesex. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1881, 44, Queen Anns Gate, St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster County: London, Middlesex; SIMPSON, William B Head Widower M 83 1798 Gent Partner Firm Of N B Simpson 100 Martins Lane, London, Middlesex SIMPSON, Eliza F Daughter Single F 52, 1829 , Esher, Surrey SIMPSON, Margaret J Daughter Single F 50, 1831 , London, Middlesex MONAGUE, Anne Attendant F 36 1845 Domestic, Plymouth, Devon BROWN, Sarah Servant Single F 38 1843 High Wickham, Buckinghamshire WALKER, Mary Servant Single F 45 1836 High Wickham, Buckinghamshire Piece: 118 Folio: 29 Page: 44 Registration District: St George Hanover Square Civil Parish: St Margaret and St John the Evangelist Westminster Address: 44, Queen Anns Gate, St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster County: London, Middlesex
• Probate: 9 Jul 1898, London ; Simpson Eliza Fanny of 33 Palace-grove Bromley Kent, spinster died 6 June 1898 Probate London 9 July to Edward Henry Simpson esquire Effects 5786 12s. 7d.

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• Census: 1881, 44, Queen Anns Gate, St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster County: London, Middlesex; SIMPSON, William B Head Widower M 83 1798 Gent Partner Firm Of N B Simpson 100 Martins Lane, London, Middlesex SIMPSON, Eliza F Daughter Single F 52, 1829 , Esher, Surrey SIMPSON, Margaret J Daughter Single F 50, 1831 , London, Middlesex MONAGUE, Anne Attendant F 36 1845 Domestic, Plymouth, Devon BROWN, Sarah Servant Single F 38 1843 High Wickham, Buckinghamshire WALKER, Mary Servant Single F 45 1836 High Wickham, Buckinghamshire Piece: 118 Folio: 29 Page: 44 Registration District: St George Hanover Square Civil Parish: St Margaret and St John the Evangelist Westminster Address: 44, Queen Anns Gate, St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster County: London, Middlesex
• Probate: 11 Sep 1886, London; Margaret Jane Simpson 11 September 1886 Personal Estate 4,527pounds The Will of Margaret Jane Simpson formerly of 53 Palace-gardens-terrace Kensington in the County of Middlesex but late of 33 Palace-grove Bromley in the County of Kent, Spinster who died 1 August 1886 at 33 Palace-grove was proved at the Principal Registry by William Frederick Simpson and Edward Henry Simpson both of 100 St. Martin's-lane in the County of Middlesex, Art Decorators, the Brothers the Executors.

Other Events:

• Census: 1881, The Yews, East Grinstead; Henry M Godwin, Head, Widower, 70, Middlesex Louisa E Simpson, Niece, Unm, 47, Greenwich Kent Emily Bravington, Servant, Unm, Housemaid, Oxford Cicely Hills, Servant, Unm, 30, Cook, East Grinstead Sussex
• Census: 1911, Lyndhurst, Budleigh Salterton; Louisa Emily Simpson, Lodger, 77, Spinster, No occupation/Private means, Croomes Hill Greenwich Kent Sarah Coles, Maid, 37, Single, Maid, Worker, Johns Devon
• Probate: 16 Apr 1923, Exeter; SIMPSON Louisa Emily of Budleigh Salterton Devonshire spinster died 11 March 1923 Probate Exeter 16 April to Charles Tanner Kingdom Roberts solicitor and Frederick Coleridge Simpson contrator. Effects £5475 14s.

Notes:

Christened:
Parents mis-recorded as 'William Batty' and 'Olive'. Lived at Crown's Hill, Occupation Gent, St James.

Other Events:

• Career: 456 West Street, London; 1852: Apprenticed to the family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/ 1860: Became Partner 1892: Retired
• Marriage: 14 Jun 1870, St John's, East Dulwich, Parish of Camberwell; William Frederick Simpson, 34 years, Bachelor, Gentleman, Harcourt Terrace, West Brompton, father William Butler Simpson, Gentleman Harriette Abby Elliott, 20 years, Spinster, East Dulwich, father William Foster Elliott, Incumbent of St. John's, East Dulwich (ie he was the official)
• Census: 1871, 89 Harcourt Terrace, Kensington; Fredk Simpson, Head, Mar, 35, Decorator etc, Kent Greenwich Harriette A Simpson, Wife, Mar, 21, Beds: Cranfield Mary Ann Gilden, Serv, Unm, 39, Cook Domestic Servt, Kent Dover Sarah Ann Cutts, Serv, Unm, 24, Housemaid Domestic Servt, Herts Standon
• Address: 1872-1876, 89 Harcourt Terrace, West Brompton; (from children's baptism records)
• Census: 1881, 53 Palace Gardens, Kensington; William F Simpson, Head, M 45, Decorative Workman, Greenwich Kent Harriett A Simpson, Wife, M, 31, Cranfield Beds Catherine E Simpson, Dau, Un, 9, Scholar, Kensington Elliot Simpson, Son, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington Eleanor F Simpson, Dau, Un, 7, Scholar, Kensington Gertrude M Simpson, Dau, Un, 5, Scholar, Kensington Margaret Hodgson, Serv, Un, 40, Muse, Kendal, Westmoreland Hester Watson, Serv, Un, 28, Housemaid, Braughing Herts Phylis Coleley, Serv, Un, 28, Cook, Romford Essex Cecil B Simpson, Nephew, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington
• Probate: 1897, London ; SIMPSON William Frederick of "the Wray" Grasmere Westmoreland esquire died 15 May 1897 Probate London 17 June to Edward Henry Simpson and William Henry Cortlandt Mahon esquires Effects £6609 15s. 4d.

Notes:

Christened:
At this baptism, the father William Butler Simpson and his wife Eliza live at Croom's Hill and he is an artist. Curiously there is another baptism at All Soul's Church, Marylebone on 24 February 1836, where William Butler Simpson and his wife Eliza live at 86 Norman Street and he is a painter.

William married Harriette Abby Elliott 14 Jun 1870 (Licence), St John's, East Dulwich, Parish of Camberwell. Harriette (daughter of William Foster Elliott and Abigail) was born Oct - Dec 1849, Cranfield, Bedfordshire; died 8 Sep 1918, Kendal, Westmorland. [Group Sheet]

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• Career: 456 West Street, London; 1852: Apprenticed to the family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/ 1860: Became Partner 1894: Retired
• Census: 1851, 52 Great Ormond Street, Finsbury; William B Simpson, Head, Mar, 53, House Decorator, London Eliza Simpson, Wife, Mar, 53, London Eliza Fanny Simpson, Dau, U, 22, Surrey Esher Louisa Emily Simpson, Dau, U, 17, Kent Greenwich William Frederick Simpson, Son, 15, Pupil to an Architect, Kent Greenwich Edward Henry Simpson, Son, 12, Scholar, London Sarah Rolphe, Servant, U, 32, House servant, Essex Chelmsford Mary Ann Small, Servant, U, 28, House servant, Middx Poplar Alice Mead, Servant, U, 28, House servant, London
• Vocation: 7 Jun 1859, London Trade of calling - Haberdasher; http://search.ancestry.com.au/iexec?htx=View&r=5544&dbid=2052&iid=32512_a064716-00070&fn=Edmard+Henry&ln=Simpson&st=d&ssrc=&pid=894382
• Awards: 7 Jun 1859, Freeman of the City of London; Edward Henry Simpson, son of William Butler Simpson, Citizen and Haberdasher of London
• Census: 1871, 87 Harcourt Terrace, Kensington; Edward Henry Simpson, Head, Mar, 32, Decorator etc, Middlesex Newman St Oxford St Kate Simpson, Wife, Mar, 21, Exeter Devon Edward G Simpson, Son, 2, Middx Kensington Fredk. C Simpson, Son, 8mo. Middx Mary J Swallow, Serv, 32, Nurse, Domestic Servt, Hants Ealing Mary Ann Hill, Serv, Unm, 30, Cook Domestic servant, Devon Ilfracombe Ann Ponsford, Serv, Un, 25, Housemaid Domestic Servant, Devon South Molden
• Census: 1891, 6 Pembroke Villas, The Green, Richmond, Surrey; Edward Henry Simpson, Head, Married, 52, Decorator St Martin's Lane, Employer, born London Oxford Street Kate Simpson, Wife, Married, 41, Exeter St Leonards Frederick C Simpson, Son, Single, 20, Clerk, West Brompton Edward G Simpson, Son, Single, 22, Clerk, West Brompton Margaret Lilian Simpson, Daug, 19, Art Student, West Brompton Cecil Butler Simpson, Son, 18, Medical Student, West Brompton Ellen Kate Lill, Servant, Single, 21, Cook, Surrey Godalming Kate Freeman, Servant, Single, 20, Housemaid, Staines Middlesex
• Census: 1901, Shentworth? West Hill, Budleigh Salterton; Simpson Edward, Head, M, 62, own means, Newman St London Simpson Kate, Wife, M, 51, Exeter Devon Saunders Mary, Servt, S, 39, Countybeare? Devon Lile Gertrude, Servt, 21, Ollerton Devon
• Census: 1911, Highfield, Budleigh Salterton, Devon; Edward Henry Simpson, Head, 72, Married, Private Means, London Cecil Butler Simpson, Son, 38, Married, Surgeon, Own Account, London Mary Robinson, Visitor, 39, Spinster, Richmond Surrey Laura Berey, 34, Spinster, Cook, Inwardleigh Devon Elsie Hurd, 24, Spinster, Housemaid, Dinton Wiltshire
• Probate: 14 Jun 1922, Exeter; Simpson, Edward Henry of Highfield Budleigh, Salterton, Devonshire, gentleman died 29 April 1922, Probate Exeter 14 June to Charles Tanner Kingdon Roberts solicitor, Edward Graham Simpson and Frederick Coleridge Simpson, contractors and Mary Simpson, widow. Effects 21058 4s. 8d.

Notes:

Christened:
Parents William Butler and Eliza, 84 Newman Street. Occupation Gent.

Died:
Mr. E. H. Simpson
Dies at Salterton.
We regret to record the death of Mr. Edward Henry Simpson, which occurred at the age of 84 at 'Highfield,' Budleigh, Salterton, on Saturday. Deceased, who was a brother-in-law of Mr. C. T. K. Roberts, of 'Fairfield.' Exeter, was formerly in business in St. Martin;s Lane, London, retiring about 25 years ago. He was succeeded by his, the business being that of art tile workers. Deceased is survived by five sons.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 1/5/1922

Edward married Henrietta Janet Graham Lobb 21 Sep 1865, St Peter's Church, Hampshire. Henrietta was born 30 Sep 1839; was christened 13 Nov 1839, Southampton, Hampshire; died 26 Apr 1868, 23 Neville Street, Onslow Gardens, Brompton. [Group Sheet]

Edward married Kate Roberts 12 Oct 1869, St.Leonards, Exeter, Devon. Kate was born 1849 or 1850, St Leonards, Exeter, Devon; died 27 May 1911, Home Hospital, 40 Magdalen Rd, Exeter . [Group Sheet]

Edward married Mary Robinson 3 May 1913, Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, Devon. (daughter of Frederick Dalgarno Robinson and Mary Anna Mourilyan) [Group Sheet]

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• .: The connection with Allan Bank is that Catherine's sister Eleanor lived there after her marriage to Hardwicke Rawnsley in 1918 (and was widowed in 1920)
• Probate: 26 Apr 1946, Carlisle; SIMPSON Catherine Elliott of The Wray Grasmere Westmorland spinster died 31 March 1945 at Allan Bank Grasmere Probate Carlisle 26 April to the reverend Elliott Simpson clerk. Effects £2627 13s.8d.

Other Events:

• Census: 1881, 53 Palace Gardens, Kensington; William F Simpson, Head, M 45, Decorative Workman, Greenwich Kent Harriett A Simpson, Wife, M, 31, Cranfield Beds Catherine E Simpson, Dau, Un, 9, Scholar, Kensington Elliot Simpson, Son, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington Eleanor F Simpson, Dau, Un, 7, Scholar, Kensington Gertrude M Simpson, Dau, Un, 5, Scholar, Kensington Margaret Hodgson, Serv, Un, 40, Muse, Kendal, Westmoreland Hester Watson, Serv, Un, 28, Housemaid, Braughing Herts Phylis Coleley, Serv, Un, 28, Cook, Romford Essex Cecil B Simpson, Nephew, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington
• Census: 1891, Southgate House, St Thomas Winchester; Elliott Simpson, Boarder, Single, 18, Scholar, London Kensington
• Census: 1901, 8 Gerald Street, Wrexham; Elliott Simpson, Lodger, S, 28, Clergyman Church of England, London
• Marriage: Apr - Jun 1903, Exeter, Devon
• Census: 1911, Overton Rectory, Ellesmere, Shropshire; Elliott Simpson, Head, 38, married, Clergyman, London West Brompton Emily Dorling Simpson, wife, 30, married, Devon Exeter Geoffrey Elliott Simpson, son, 6, Flintshire Overton Eleanor Elliott Simpson, daughter, 5, Flintshire Overton Lisa Elliott Simpson, daughter, 1, Flintshire Overton Gertrude Mary Simpson, sister/visitor, 35, single, London West Brompton Edith Drake, servant, 35, single, Nurse (domestic), Devon Honiton Clyst Ethel Modley, servant, 23, single, House-parlour maid (domestic), Devon Exeter Ella Avey, servant, 22, single, Cook (domestic), Suffolk Thorpe Morieux
• Probate: 17 Apr 1962, Exeter; SIMPSON the reverend Elliott of Foxhill Holme Westmorland clerk died 9 January 1962 Probate Exeter 17 April to Geoffrey Elliott Simpson electrical engineer. Effects £6210 8s.7d.

Elliott — Emilie Dorling Roberts. Emilie was born Apr - Jun 1880, Exeter, Devon; died 10 May 1963. [Group Sheet]

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• .: Allan Bank, Grassmere; Information from the National Trust: 'In 1915 the house was bought by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. He was a fierce defender of the Lake District countryside, always ready to battle or bully a committee, and challenging and defying the builders of bungalows and railways. He crusaded hotly for the formation of a National Trust - an ambition he achieved in 1895, together with Miss Octavia Hill, a social reformer, and Sir Robert Hunter, a lawyer. When he died, Rawnsley bequeathed the house to the National Trust. However, his wife Eleanor continued to live at Allan Bank after his death. Eleanor Rawnsley was a prominent figure in the Grasmere Village community. Having lived in Grasmere for the best part of 70 years she was involved in almost every aspect of village life. Eleanor is still remembered by locals for her passionate desire to continue her late husband's conservation work as well as her curious interest and knowledge of Lake District dialects. Some remember the annual dialect plays that she would host at Allan Bank, encouraging villagers to get involved.' www.nationaltrust.org.uk/things-to-see-and-do/page-2/view-page/item683696/250157/
• Census: 1901, The Wray, Grasmere; Harriett Abby Simpson, Head, Widow, 57, Living on own means, Bedfordshire Cranfield Catherine Elliott Simpson, Daughter, S, 29, London Kensington Eleanor Lister (sic) Simpson, Daughter, S, 27, London Kensington Gertrude Mary Simpson, Daughter, S, 25, London Kensington Charles Guilford Summer, Visitor, S, 34, Private Tutor, France/British subject Agnes Fishwick, Servant, S, 20, Cook Domestic, Westmorland ? Lillie Grass, Servant, S, 19, Housemaid, Cumberland Berwick
• Census: 1911, New Croft, Alderley Edge, ; Staying with Frank Henry Roby and Margaret Peers Roby: Eleanor Foster Simpson, visitor, 37, single, London
• Probate: 8 Jul 1959, Carlisle; RAWNSLEY Eleanor Foster Rawnsley of Allan Bank Grassmere Westmorland widow died 29 April 1959 at The Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle Probate Carlisle 8 July to Martins Bank Limited and Geoffrey Elliott Simpson electrical engineer. Effects £16668 17s.10.

Eleanor married Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Founder of National Trust Apr - Jun 1918, Kendal, Westmorland. Hardwicke (son of Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley and Catherine Ann Franklin) was born 25 Sep 1851, Shiplake-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; died 28 May 1920, Kendal, Westmorland. [Group Sheet]

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• Probate: 11 March, Exeter; SIMPSON Gertrude Mary of Allan Bank Grasmere Westmorland spinster died 13 December 1946 Probate Exeter 11 March to Eleanor Foster Rawnsley widow. Effects £7878 1s.9d.
• .: The connection with Allan Bank is that Gertrude's sister Eleanor lived there after her marriage to Hardwicke Rawnsley in 1918 (and was widowed in 1920)
• Census: 1881, 53 Palace Gardens, Kensington; William F Simpson, Head, M 45, Decorative Workman, Greenwich Kent Harriett A Simpson, Wife, M, 31, Cranfield Beds Catherine E Simpson, Dau, Un, 9, Scholar, Kensington Elliot Simpson, Son, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington Eleanor F Simpson, Dau, Un, 7, Scholar, Kensington Gertrude M Simpson, Dau, Un, 5, Scholar, Kensington Margaret Hodgson, Serv, Un, 40, Muse, Kendal, Westmoreland Hester Watson, Serv, Un, 28, Housemaid, Braughing Herts Phylis Coleley, Serv, Un, 28, Cook, Romford Essex Cecil B Simpson, Nephew, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington
• Census: 1901, The Wray, Grasmere; Harriett Abby Simpson, Head, Widow, 57, Living on own means, Bedfordshire Cranfield Catherine Elliott Simpson, Daughter, S, 29, London Kensington Eleanor Lister Simpson, Daughter, S, 27, London Kensington Gertrude Mary Simpson, Daughter, S, 25, London Kensington Charles Guilford Summer, Visitor, S, 34, Private Tutor, France/British subject Agnes Fishwick, Servant, S, 20, Cook Domestic, Westmorland ? Lillie Grass, Servant, S, 19, Housemaid, Cumberland Berwick
• Census: 1911, Overton Rectory, Ellesmere, Shropshire; Elliott Simpson, Head, 38, married, Clergyman, London West Brompton Emily Dorling Simpson, wife, 30, married, Devon Exeter Geoffrey Elliott Simpson, son, 6, Flintshire Overton Eleanor Elliott Simpson, daughter, 5, Flintshire Overton Lisa Elliott Simpson, daughter, 1, Flintshire Overton Gertrude Mary Simpson, sister/visitor, 35, single, London West Brompton Edith Drake, servant, 35, single, Nurse (domestic), Devon Honiton Clyst Ethel Modley, servant, 23, single, House-parlour maid (domestic), Devon Exeter Ella Avey, servant, 22, single, Cook (domestic), Suffolk Thorpe Morieux

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• Career: 100 St Martins Lane, London; 1890s: Took over the family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons with his brother Frederick http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/
• Awards: 1 Dec 1891; Granted Freedom of City of London, by patrimony in the Company of Haberdashers
• Census: 1901, 2 Canley Villas, Muswell Hill Road; Edward Graham Simpson, Head, M, 33, Art Decorator, Employer, London Ethel Marguerite Simpson, Wife, M, 23, Leighton Buzzard Beds Graham Colin Simpson, Son, S, 7 Months, Muswell Hill Road Priscilla Timbrell, Servant, S, 45, Domestic Nurse, London Tottenham Court Road Florence Lilian Simpson, Servant, S, 20, General Servant, Luton Bedford
• Census: 1911, Links View, Stormont Road, Highgate N; Edward Graham Simpson, Head, 43, Married, Decorative Artist, Employer, London Ethel Marguerite Simpson, Wife, 33, Married, Leighton Buzzard, Beds Colin Graham Simpson*, Son, 10, Single, Muswell Hill N (*actually Graham Colin Simpson) Lilian Janet Graham Simpson, daughter, 7, Single, Muswell Hill N Beryl Graham Simpson, daughter, 2, Single, Highgate Elizabeth Holland Sharman, Visitor, 62, Married, Private means, Boston Lincolnshire Elizabeth Susan Eason, Cook domestic, 31, Single, Swavesey Cambridge Amy Pantling, Nurse, 31, Single, Eggington Bedfordshire Florence Maud Brown, Housemaid, 20, Single, Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire Amelia Wilson, Between maid, 18, Holloway London
• Probate: 1 Nov 1947, Nottingham; Simpson, Edward Graham of Mapletree Farm Chartridge Buckinghamshire died 4 August 1947 Probate Nottingham 1 November to Ethel Marguerite Simpson widow Graham Colin Simpson contractor George Thornton Simpson solicitor and Stanley Thompson chartered accountant. Effects £101089 18s. 3d.

Edward married Ethel Marguerite Sharman Apr-Jun 1897, St George Hanover Square district. Ethel was born Oct-Dec 1876, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire; died 31 May 1957. [Group Sheet]

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• Career: 100 St Martins Lane, London; 1890s: Took over the family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons with his brother Edward http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/
• Marriage: 18 Jan 1899, St Leonards, Streatham; Frederick Coleridge Simpson, 28, Bachelor, Decorative Artist, Kirkstall Road Streatham, father Edward Henry Simpson Gentleman Emmeline Sophie Neesham, 20, Spinster, Ashlake Road Streatham, father George Neasham Gentleman Witnesses C Butler Simpson, Kathleen Willis
• Census: 1911, Frampton Lodge, Russell Hill, Purley, Surrey; Frederick Coleridge Simpson, Head, 40, married, Decorative Artist & Building Contractor, Employer, Kensington London Emmeline Sophie Simpson, wife, 32, married, Middlesboro' Yorks Lionel Eric Coleridge Simpson, son, 9, Streatham Hill SW London Ethel Rose Cunningham, Housemaid, 20, single, House maid (domestic), Henley on Thames Oxon Emily Walls, Servant, 26, Parlour maid (domestic), Lingfield Surrey Jeanie Puttock, Servant, 24, Cook (domestic), Pulboro' Sussex
• Probate: 20 Apr 1964, Nottingham; SIMPSON Frederick Coleridge of Flat A Trefusis Cavendish Road Weybridge Surrey died 7 January 1964 Probate Nottingham 20 April to Henry Norman Hanson solicitor Maurice Leslie Grant chartered accountant and Hilary John Bradley Armstrong solicitor. £48609.

Notes:

Christened:
Parents Edward Henry and Kate Simpson, 87 Harcourt Terrace, Gentleman

Frederick married Emmeline Sophie Neesham 18 Jan1899, Streatham St Leonard. Emmeline was born Oct - Dec 1878, Middlesborough; died 12 Jan 1955, Lulworth House, Ellesmere Road, Weybridge. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christened:
Parents Edward Henry & Kate Simpson, 87 Harcourt Terrace Radcliffe Gardens SW, Gentleman

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Other Events:

• Census: 1881, 53 Palace Gardens, Kensington; William F Simpson, Head, M 45, Decorative Workman, Greenwich Kent Harriett A Simpson, Wife, M, 31, Cranfield Beds Catherine E Simpson, Dau, Un, 9, Scholar, Kensington Elliot Simpson, Son, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington Eleanor F Simpson, Dau, Un, 7, Scholar, Kensington Gertrude M Simpson, Dau, Un, 5, Scholar, Kensington Margaret Hodgson, Serv, Un, 40, Muse, Kendal, Westmoreland Hester Watson, Serv, Un, 28, Housemaid, Braughing Herts Phylis Coleley, Serv, Un, 28, Cook, Romford Essex Cecil B Simpson, Nephew, Un, 8, Scholar, Kensington
• Census: 1891, 6 Pembroke Villas, The Green, Richmond, Surrey; Edward Henry Simpson, Head, Married, 52, Decorator St Martin's Lane, Employer, born London Oxford Street Kate Simpson, Wife, Married, 41, Exeter St Leonards Frederick C Simpson, Son, Single, 20, Clerk, West Brompton Edward G Simpson, Son, Single, 22, Clerk, West Brompton Margaret Lilian Simpson, Daug, 19, Art Student, West Brompton Cecil Butler Simpson, Son, 18, Medical Student, West Brompton Ellen Kate Lill, Servant, Single, 21, Cook, Surrey Godalming Kate Freeman, Servant, Single, 20, Housemaid, Staines Middlesex
• Marriage: Apr-Jun 1907, Scarborough, Yorkshire
• Census: 1911, Highfield, Budleigh Salterton, Devon; Edward Henry Simpson, Head, 72, Married, Private Means, London Cecil Butler Simpson, Son, 38, Married, Surgeon, Own Account, London Mary Robinson, Visitor, 39, Spinster, Richmond Surrey Laura Berey, 34, Spinster, Cook, Inwardleigh Devon Elsie Hurd, 24, Spinster, Housemaid, Dinton Wiltshire
• .: 1927, The Medical Register for 1927; Simpson, Cecil Butler, Grove House, Filey, Yorks, Registered 27 Nov 1895, MRCS Eng. 1895; LRCP Lond. 1895. http://tinyurl.com/ahvec8n
• .: 23 Dec 1927, Natal - London; Cecil Butler Simpson MRCS LRCP of Grove House, Filey, Yorkshire, age 54, returns first class to London from Natal on the 'Llanstephan Castle'. With him is Kathleen Mary Butler Simpson, age 19, of same address. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1518&iid=30807_A000850-00298&fn=Cecil+Butler&ln=Simpson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=13631560
• Probate: 16 Apr 1955, Nottingham; SIMPSON Cecil Butler of Bedford Hotel Sidmouth Devonshire died 2 February 1955 at The Victoria Cottage Hospital Sidmouth Probate Nottingham 16 April to Kathleen Mary Butler Manne (wife of Morris Manne). Effects £38372 9s.10d.

Notes:

Christened:
Parents Edward Henry and Kate Simpson, 87 Harcourt Terace, West Brompton. Occupation: Gentleman

Cecil married Kathleen Martin 1907, Scarborough, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Tea Planter
• Census: 1881, Lime Kiln Lane, Exe View Villa, St Leonard Exeter; Edward H Roberts, Head, Married, 65, Solicitor, Devon Upton ? Emilie Roberts, Wife, Married, 58, Exeter Miles G Simpson, Grandson, 6, Middlesex Brompton George Thornton Simpson, Grandson, 5, Middlesex Ashford
• Census: 1891, North Street, Oundle; Miles Godwin Simpson, Boarder, 16, London Kensington
• .: 10 Jan 1926, London; The Simpson family arrive first class from Calcutta in London on board the City Line's TSS 'City of Simla': Simpson. Miles G. The Steps, Withington, Glos, England; Tea Planter; 51; Country of last permament residence India; Country of intended future permanent residence England Simpson. Jesse, 41 Simpson. Kate I.S, 11 Simpson. Margaret L. 10
• Address: 1927, Withington, Cheltenham; 'Simpson Miles Godwin, The Steps, Withington, Cheltenham. T N (telephone number) Withington 8'. From 1927 Kelly's Directory, Gloucestershire
• Probate: 3 May 1957, London; Simpson, Miles Godwin of Hilton Cottage, Lasswade Midlothian, died 17 Feb 1957 at Edinburgh, Confirmation of Jessie Simpson the reverend George Walter Fenwich and Joseph Arbuthnot Murray solicitor. Sealed London 3 May.

Miles married Jessie Sutherland 13 Nov 1913, St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta, Bengal, India. Jessie (daughter of William Summers Sutherland) was born 1884; died After 1957. [Group Sheet]

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• .: 'Biographical Details George Thornton Simpson (1875-1958), known as Thornton, was the step-son of Mary Simpson (née Robinson), who was the niece of Eugénie Sladden. George was born on 19th December 1875 at Ashford, Middlesex, the youngest of six children of Edward Henry Simpson and his wife, Kate. Thornton trained as a solicitor and moved to Nottingham where he had a practice. It was whilst living in Nottingham that he met his future wife, Maud Turney. They married on 12th June 1913 at All Hallows, Gedling. They had two children: Christine Thornton (1914-1989) and Miles Turney Thornton (1916-2001). Thornton is referred to in a letter of 8th June 1914 written by Mary Anna (Polly) Robinson on the occasion of his wife having given birth to their first child. Reference is also made to him and his wife and daughter on the occasion of their visit to Devon in August 1915. Thornton died on 21st July 1958 at The Lodge, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, aged 82.' From http://www.badseysociety.uk/sladden-archive/people/137
• Census: 1881, Lime Kiln Lane, Exe View Villa, St Leonard Exeter; Edward H Roberts, Head, Married, 65, Solicitor, Devon Upton ? Emilie Roberts, Wife, Married, 58, Exeter Miles G Simpson, Grandson, 6, Middlesex Brompton George Thornton Simpson, Grandson, 5, Middlesex Ashford
• Census: 1901, 116 Goldsmith Street, Nottingham; George T Simpson, Lodger, S, 25, Solicitor, Middlesex Laleham
• Census: 1911, 11 Regent Street, Nottingham; George T Simpson, Boarder, 35, single, Solicitor, employer, Middlesex Laleham
• Career: 1912, Russell Chambers, 2 King Street, Nottingham; From Kelly's Directory, Nottinghamshire: 'Simpson, George Thornton B.A. solicitor (Acton & Marriott), Russell chambers, 2 King street, Nottingham' Also at 18 Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
• .: 4 Mar 1939, Trinidad - Plymouth; George Thornton Simpson, age 63, travels solo first class on the 'MS Caribia' of the Hamburg Amerika Line from Trinidad to Plymouth, arriving on 4 March 1939. Address: Papplewick, Nottinghamshire. Profession: Solicitor
• Address: 1941, The Lodge, Papplewick, Nottingham; From Kelly's Directory, Private Residents, Nottinghamshire: 'Simpson, Geo. Thornton, The Lodge, Papplewick, Nottingham. TN Hucknall 142'
• .: 1947, Nottingham; George Thornton Simpson is an Executor in the Will of his half-brother Edward Graham Simpson: http://www.queenslandfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=I12196&tree=5
• Probate: 26 Nov 1958, Nottingham; Simpson, George Thornton of 2 King Street Nottingham and of The Lodge Papplewick Nottinghamshire died 21 July 1958 at The Lodge Papplewick Probate Nottingham 26 November to Miles Turney Thornton Simpson company director Henry Norman Hanson solicitor and John Beckit Burnie charted accountant. Effects 34169 18s. 6d.

George married Maud Turney 12th June 1913, All Hallows, Gedling, Basford District, Nottinghamshire. Maud (daughter of John Turney and Juliette Emma Turney) was born Jul-Sep 1885, Nottingham; died 4 May 1975. [Group Sheet]

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• .: 31 Aug 1946, Southampton; Leaves Southampton for Bombay on the P&O 'Strathnaver': Geoffrey Elliott Simpson, first class, age 42, High House, Acomb, Nr. Hexham, Northumberland, Engineer

Geoffrey married Harriet Annie Haselfoot Jul - Sep 1935, Cockermouth, Cumberland. Harriet was born Apr - Jun 1910, Headington, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Aged 100

Other Events:

• Awards: 20 Sep 1921; Granted Freedom of City of London, by patrimony in the Company of Haberdashers
• Career: 1925; Became Director of family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons, and took full control in 1929 with Lionel Eric Coleridge Simpson. Retired in 1946. http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/

Notes:

Birth:
From Freedom of City of London document

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• .: 14 Mar 1938, From Jakarta, Indonesia to Southampton; Mrs Graham Beryl Simpson age 29 sails first class on the 'Christiaan Huygens' from Jakarta, Indonesia to Southampton, arriving on 14 Mar 1938. Address Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, no occupation
• Probate: 21 Dec 1949, Nottingham; MARTHEWS Beryl Graham of Mapletree Farm Chartridge Buckinghamshire widow died 21 October at The Cottage Hospital Chesham Buckinghamshire Probate Nottingham 21 December to Alan Gilbert underwriter and George Thornton Simpson solicitor. Effects £19336 13s.9d.

Notes:

Died:
This date and also husband's surname deduced from Probate record showing George Thornton Simpson as Executor.

Beryl married F/O Roy Herbert Marthews, LDS RAF Oct-Dec 1945, Westminster district. Roy was born Oct-Dec 1906, Acton, Middlesex; died 27 Mar 1948, Princess Mary's Hospital, Halton, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1911, Falconbury School, Peaks Hill Purley, Surrey; Pupil, age 11

Other Events:

• Career: 1925; Became Director of family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons, and took full control in 1929 with Graham Colin Simpson. Retired in 1971. http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/

Notes:

Christened:
Parents Frederick Coleridge & Emmeline Sophie Simpson, 77 Kirkstall Road, Decorative Artist

Lionel married Margaret Bettine Darby Jul - Sep 1931, Croydon, Surrey. Margaret was born Mar 1911, New Malden, Surrey. [Group Sheet]

Kathleen — Morris Manne. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• .: 10 Jan 1926, London; The Simpson family arrive first class from Calcutta in London on board the City Line's TSS 'City of Simla': Simpson. Miles G. The Steps, Withington, Glos, England; Tea Planter; 51; Country of last permament residence India; Country of intended future permanent residence England Simpson. Jesse, 41 Simpson. Kate I.S, 11 Simpson. Margaret L. 10

Other Events:

• .: 10 Jan 1926, London; The Simpson family arrive first class from Calcutta in London on board the City Line's TSS 'City of Simla': Simpson. Miles G. The Steps, Withington, Glos, England; Tea Planter; 51; Country of last permament residence India; Country of intended future permanent residence England Simpson. Jesse, 41 Simpson. Kate I.S, 11 Simpson. Margaret L. 10

Notes:

Died:
http://www.badseysociety.uk/sladden-archive/people/141

Christine married Eric Seaforth Pirie 11 Sep 1937, Papplewick Parish Church, Nottingham. Eric died 1991, Monmouthshire. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Marriage: See below
• WW2: 1939-45; 5 Nov 1939 - Apr 1942: Commanding Officer, HMS Feulan (an HM Yacht)*. Also commanded the HM Yachts Cordelia II and Melora*. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1941*. 1 May 1942 - Jun 1942: HMS Alecto 18 Jul 1942 - Aug 1942: HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties) Oct 1942 - Apr 1943: HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) May 1943 - Aug 1943: HMS Quebec (Combined Training Centre, Inverary): Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 5 [Naval Party 730] (Sicily, Italy, Salerno reconnaissances) 1 Sep 1943 - Oct 1944: HMS Hannibal (RN base, Algiers/Taranto) Jan 1945 - Oct 1945: First Lieutenant on HMS Klo (anti-submarine warfare whaler) Information from http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNVR_officersS.html#Simpson_MTT and also (*) kindly provided by Patrick Simpson.
• Career: 18 Oct 1938, London; Miles Turney Thornton Simpson enrols in the Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached London Division RNVR) 5 Nov 1939: to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant 20 May 1941: to Temporary Lieutenant
• Address: 1953-1983, Staithe House, Stalham, Norfolk; From British Phone Books 1880-1984

Miles married Joan Beryl Maber Dec 1943, Algiers, Algeria; divorced Nov 1957. Joan (daughter of Alfred Ernest Maber and Ann Hopper) was born 2 Sep 1914; died 27 Jan 1976. [Group Sheet]

Miles married Marcelle Marie G Delievre Apr-Jun 1961, North Walsingham, Norfolk. Marcelle was born 23 Dec 1920; died Jul-Aug 2005, Westminster district, London. [Group Sheet]