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W. & A.H. Fry

  • GB-2014-WSA-01705
  • Corporate body

Vyvyan, Courtenay Bourchier, 1858-1941

  • GB-2014-WSA-17425
  • Person
  • 1858-1941

VYVYAN, SIR COURTENAY BOURCHIER, BART., eldest son of Rev. Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan, Bart., Trelowarren, Mawgan, Cornwall, and Louisa Mary Frederica, third dau. of Richard Bourchier, Brook Lodge, Dorset; b. 5 Jun 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); QS 1873; left Dec 1876; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 1 May 1878; Lieut., 6 Jan 1880; Capt., 14 Jan 1886; Maj., 8 May 1897; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Nov 1900; Lieut. -Col., 4 Aug 1902; Brevet Col., 11 Sep 1904; ret. with rank of Col., 4 Aug 1906; re-employed as Assistant Adjutant-Gen., 5 Aug 1914; served in Zulu War 1879 and in operations in South Africa 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 9 Mar 1897; served South African War 1899-1902, second-in-command at Mafeking, mentioned in despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902; served in First World War 1914-9, mentioned in despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 11 Dec 1917; CB 29 Jun 1906; CMG 23 Jun 1915; Order of St. Stanislas with swords; succ. father as 10th baronet 27 May 1917; DL JP Cornwall; Vice-Chairman, Cornwall Territorial Force Association 1908; m. 1st, 17 Feb 1887 Eva Catherine Forestier, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. George Edmond Lushington Walker, Royal Engineers, Charlton, Kent; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1929 Clara Coltman, second dau. of Edward Powys Rogers, Toorilla, Queensland; d. 15 Nov 1941.

Vulliamy, George John, 1817-1886

  • GB-2014-WSA-17424
  • Person
  • 1817-1886

VULLIAMY, GEORGE JOHN, brother of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (qv); b. 19 May 1817; adm. 13 Feb 1826 (Singleton's); Min. Can. 1832; articled to Joseph Bramah & Sons, engineers 1833; in architectural office of Sir Charles Barry 1836-41; travelled abroad; employed until 1861 in the office of his uncle Lewis Vulliamy, architect; ARIBA 1838; FRIBA 1856; Superintending Architect, Metropolitan Board of Works 15 Mar 1861 - May 1886; designed the pedestal and sphinxes for Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment; m. 2 Apr 1851 Eliza, widow of Matthew King, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, and second dau. of Cdr. Samuel Charles Umfreville, Royal Navy; d. 12 Nov 1886. DNB.

Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1815-1895

  • GB-2014-WSA-17423
  • Person
  • 1815-1895

VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN LEWIS, eldest son of Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, watch and clockmaker, Pall Mall, London; b. 12 Oct 1815; adm. 26 Apr 1825 (Singleton's); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1836; watch and clock-maker, Pall Mall; d. 23 May 1895 [but not in 1881 Census].

Voysey, Richard Alan Ellison, 1889-1968

  • GB-2014-WSA-17422
  • Person
  • 1889-1968

Voysey, Richard Alan Ellison, elder son of Richard Annesley Ellison Voysey, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, by Ada Lucretia, daughter of Perry St. Quintin, of Richmond, Surrey; b. May 29, 1889; adm. as K.S. Jan. 15, 1903; left Easter 1907; served in Great War I; Capt. R.F.A. (S.R.) Oct. 30, 1914; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1922; in practice at Eye, Suffolk; clerk to the Justices, Eye and Hoxne P.S.D. and late Registrar of the Diss and Eye County Court; Lielit.-Col. R.A. (T.A.) Great War II; m. Nov. 28, 1917, Nancy, daughter of Samuel Blakey Rowbotham, of Felixstowe, Suffolk; d. 9 Oct. 1968.

Vowe, Thomas, ca. 1703-1738

  • GB-2014-WSA-17421
  • Person
  • ca. 1703-1738

VOWE, THOMAS, son of Leonard Vowe, Hallaton, Leics., and his second wife Martha, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes, Northants; b.; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1717; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1721, but went to Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1721; BCL 1728; m. Martha, dau. of J. Fenwicke; d. 1738.

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