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Lucy Stark
William Stark married Elizabeth Freeman in 1878. He was the son of Edward Starke, coal dealer, who appears in the 1861 census for Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, at 151, North Street, aged 39, with his wife Emma, 36, and children Charles, 12, Sarah, 8, William, 5, and Henry, 3. Edward Stark had married Emma Brown at Barrow upon Soar in 1845. Edward was also living in North Street in the 1841 census, in the household of John (agricultural labourer) and Ann Stark, both aged 45, with his age given as 15, but ages were being rounded down to the nearest five years, except for children.

Lucy Stark was born on 19 July 1880 at Barrow upon Soar. In the 1881 census, William Stark, 25, Plaster Grinder, and his wife Elizabeth, 23, born Quornden, are at 36 Bridge Street, Barrow, with two daughters, Emma, aged two, and Lucy, aged eight months.

On 4 June 1882 three children of William Stark, "Plaster's Labourer", and Elizabeth Stark were baptized: Emma Elizabeth, "said to be three years", Lucy, "said to be one year", and Albert. Lucy's older sister Emma Elizabeth had been born at Barrow upon Soar on 23 December 1878, and her brother Albert was born there on 27 August 1881. Another brother, William, was born in 1883, a younger sister, Sarah Ann, on 16 January 1886, and then another brother, Charles Henry, on 13 April 1887.

William Stark, aged 35, was buried at Barrow upon Soar on 30 April 1890.

In the 1891 census, Lucy Stark, 10, Scholar, born Barrow-upon-Soar, is living in South Street, Barrow-upon-Soar, with her uncles Edward Stark, 27, gardener, Henry Stark, 34, general labourer, and Henry's wife Julia, 34. Her mother Elizabeth Stark, 32, widow, seamstress, born at Quorn, Leicestershire, is living at 14, North Street, Barrow-upon-Soar, with her children Emma E, 12, Albert, 10, Sarah A, 5, and Charles Henry, 4, all at school and all born in Barrow.

In 1898, the widowed Elizabeth Stark married William Sharpe at Barrow.

In the 1901 census, Lucy's mother is now Elizabeth Sharp, aged 42, born at Quorn, the wife of William Sharp, 32, Frame Worker, both living at 162 Warner Street, Barrow, and living with them are Albert Stark, 19, Shoe Hand, Sarah Stark, 15, Hosiery Hand, and Charles Stark, 14, Elastic Polisher. In the same census, Lucy Stark, single, 20, housemaid, born Barrow on Soar, is with two other servants in the household of Harry A. Hamshaw, Coach Builder, Employer, and his wife Norah, at Humberstone Lodge, Belgrave Lane, Leicester.

In the 1911 census, Lucy Stark, 30, single, parlour maid, born Barrow on Soar, is in the household of Norah Hamshaw, widow, 50, coach builder, employer, born Tipperary, at The Priory, Brentwood, Essex.

Tolstoy, Hamshaw
Harry Arthur Hamshaw married Sarah Jane Banks in the Church of Ireland at St Luke’s, Cork, on 5 December 1882. Her father is named as Isaac Banks, Gentleman, and his as William Hamshaw, Carriage Builder. The witnesses were Isaac Banks and Edwin Ewen.

Michael Pavlovich Tolstoy was born in Kazan on 5 March 1883 or 1884, the son of Paul Tolstoy, gained a law degree from the University of Moscow, and became a government secretary. In 1910 his father's name was changed to Tolstoy-Miloslavsky by a ukase of the Tsar.

Eileen May Hamshaw was born at 38 Highfield Street, Leicester, on 1 March 1885, the daughter of Harry Arthur Hamshaw, Coach Builder.

In the 1891 census the Hamshaw family is at Holly Lodge, Main Street, Queniborough, Barrow-upon-Soar: Harry A. Hamshaw, Coach Builder, employer, 35; Flora, 31, wife, born Ireland; Frances M., 7, daughter; Eileen M., 6, daughter; Pauline A. Banks, 18, unmarried, sister-in-law, born Ireland; and Emily Tyler, 18, single, servant.

In the 1901 census, Harry A. Hamshaw, Coach Builder, Employer, and his wife Norah, are at Humberstone Lodge, Belgrave Lane, Leicester, with three servants, including Lucy Stark, single, 20, housemaid, born Barrow on Soar.

Harry Arthur Hamshaw, of Rearsby, Leicestershire, carriage-builder, died at Rearsby on 10 September 1906, leaving an estate valued at £41,432.

In 1912, Paul Tolstoy-Miloslavsky married secondly a rich widow with property outside Russia.

In the 1911 census, Norah Hamshaw, widow, 50, coach builder, employer, born Tipperary, is at The Priory, Brentwood, Essex, living with her sister Mary Banks, 45, single, born Waterford, and her daughters Muriel Hamshaw, 27, single, private means, born Leicester, and Eileen Hamshaw, 25, single, private means, born Leicester; there are three servants, Frances Hackney, 27, cook, Lucy Stark, 30, single, parlour maid, born Barrow on Soar, Ruth Sheppard, 17, single, housemaid, and a visitor, Florence Foister (?), 24, sewing-maid.

London and Russia
Michael Tolstoy's sister Maroussia, born in 1881, settled in England just before the Russo-Japanese War, which began in February 1904. She made friends with Eileen May Hamshaw, having met her when both were at a school together in Germany. Eileen spent a summer with the Tolstoys near Livadia, in the Crimea. The engagement of Michael Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, as he now was, and Eileen May Hamshaw was announced on 8 December 1911, and they were married at the Russian Embassy Chapel in London on 25 January 1912, perhaps an Old Style date, and also at St Mary Abbots, the Kensington parish church, on 7 February 1912, with Paul Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, Norah Hamshaw, and W. H. Hamshaw as witnesses. W. H. Hamshaw, an uncle of the bride, had been the first Mayor of Wimbledon in 1906. They settled in Moscow, where their son Dmitri was born on 26 October 1912 (Old Style).

In 1913, Frances Muriel Hamshaw married Hugh F. Warden in Westminster. Their daughter Jane was born at Guildford in 1918. In 1920, Mrs Warden was living at 8, Stanhope Gardens, Kensington. Jane married Allan S. Wilkinson at Christchurch in 1942.

""Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Fawcett WARDEN DSO Haileybury Trevelyan 1885.2 - 1888.3 He was born 10 March 1871. Son of T. F. Warden. RMC 1889. the Queen's Royal Regiment 1890. Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 Relief of Ladysmith Mentioned in Despatches Queen's medal 5 clasps, King's medal 2 clasps. Lieutenant Colonel 6th Battalion 1914-1917. Lieutenant Colonel 1st Battalion 1918-1920 DSO [London Gazette, 1/1/1917], Mentioned in Despatches. Retired 1920 Died 19th February 1951.""

When war broke out in 1914, Paul Tolstoy and his wife were in Yalta and immediately left for Paris. In late 1914, Michael served with the Red Cross on the North-West front. He returned to civilian life in 1915, as administrator of an imperial estate at Kazan. His wife died on 4 January, 1916, when Dmitri was three, and he was brought up by Lucy Stark, who became his nanny. The February Revolution of 1917 brought about the abdication of the Tsar on 15 March 1917, and then came the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War. In 1918, the Tolstoy family fled to Samara, but Dmitri, who was ill, remained in Kazan. Michael made his way south and joined the White Army.

Meanwhile, in England in 1916 Norah Hamshaw had married secondly William H. Story in Kensington.

Nikolai Tolstoy writes ""It was then that Aunt Lily turned to her brother Michael, and declared firmly that she would stay and look after little Dima. It was a terrible moment, but what else could be done? After brief and agonizing farewells, Uncle Sergei, his sons, my grandfather, and the other men of the Tolstoy family saddled their horses and rode or drove for Samara and safety. Uncle Sergei, who was sixty-nine, ultimately made his way across Siberia to Japan, ending his days in Italy. My grandfather, Michael Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, and his cousin Leva travelled south to join General Denikin's White Army which was achieving a series of striking victories over the Red Army in Southern Russia. A family photograph shows them with British officers on board a Royal Navy cruiser sailing down the Volga to join... She had one other companion, the English nanny Lucy Stark, who did not for a moment contemplate leaving her charge. Her courage never failed, though she had no idea at all of what was going on.""

During 1919, with the Russian Civil War continuing, there was some British intervention on behalf of the Whites, but little after the end of the year. In effect, there was a state of undeclared war between Britain and the Bolsheviks, but by November 1919 Lloyd George began to come to terms with the new Russia, and negotiations began in Copenhagen between the British and the Soviets. One of the issues was an exchange of prisoners and other nationals wishing to return home. Nikolai Tolstoy continues:

""Eventually, on 12 February 1920, the Agreement was signed but not without strong British apprehensions that the Soviets would seek excuses not to comply in full. News of the Agreement filtered through to the fugitives in Kazan. It was said to apply to British subjects only, but as Lucy Stark was wholly and little Dmitri half British, Aunt Lily hoped this might prove an avenue of escape for her nephew.""

Lucy was able to persuade the British consul in Moscow to treat Dmitri as her illegitimate son, then took him by train to Finland, which was by then an independent republic. They boarded the S.S. Dongola at Helsinki (then Helsingfors) and sailed to Southampton, where the ship docked on Friday, 21 May, 1920, or Saturday 22 May.

England from 1920
Not long after his arrival in England, Dimitri went to live at Bude Castle in north Cornwall with Admiral Sir Douglas and Lady Nicholson, where his aunt Maroussia was already living. His grandmother, now Norah Story, died at Reading on 30 September 1920, aged 61, leaving an estate valued at £18,534. Probate was granted to William Henry Story and Frances Muriel Warden, wife of Hugh Fawcett Warden. Norah Story left an annuity of £100 each for life to three unmarried sisters, Ann Charlotte Banks, Mary Martha Banks, and Pauline Alice Banks.

On 14 June 1923, Marie Pavlovna de Tolstoi-Miloslavsky was naturalized as a British subject, giving her address as 130, High Street, Portsmouth.

Meanwhile, Aunt Lily moved to Petrograd, from where she eventually escaped to Estonia, after exchanging passports with a former maid. From there she travelled to Copenhagen, visiting the Danish-born Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, then on to London, where she saw Aunt Maroussia and Dimitry, and finally joined the Russians in Paris.

Dmitri attended Cyril Lemprière's prep school at Moor Monkton, Yorkshire, then from 1926 Wellington, and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1934, at Appledore church, he married (Frieda) Mary Wicksteed, daughter of Howard and Frieda Wicksteed of Staddon House, Appledore, born 4 November 1915. They had two children, Nikolai (born 1935) and Natasha. In 1935, Dmitri was president of the Cambridge Union. He joined Gray's Inn and was called to the bar in 1937. In 1939, he was registered as a barrister-at-law at The Hill, Torrington, Devon.

In 1930, Grand Duke Kirill conferred or confirmed the title of Count upon Paul Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, who lived until 1940.

On 10 October 1939, Lucy Stark was registered for the National Registration Act 1939 as the "Cook Housekeeper" of Algernon Peter Warren, architect, at Breach House, Cholsey, and his wife Mabel Doris, daughter of Sir William Norton Hicking. She was still at that address when she made her will in December 1947 and is also at Breach House on the electoral register for Cholsey in 1950.

Dimitry and Mary Tolstoy lived apart for several years, and Mary lived with the writer Patrick O'Brian during the Second World War. There was a divorce, and in July 1945 she married O'Brian in Chelsea, under his first name of Richard Patrick Russ.

In 1943, Dimitry Tolstoy married secondly Natalie Deytrikh. They had two children, Tatiana (or Tania) and Andrei. In 1946, Dimitry Tolstoy was living at Old Ferry House, Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire. Tolstoy on Divorce was published in 1946 and became a standard text, running into several editions, and from 1952 till 1968 Tolstoy was lecturer in divorce to the Inns of Court.

Michael Pavlovich Tolstoy-Miloslavsky had survived the Civil War, settled in France, near his father, and died on 28 December 1947 in Devon, where he was buried at Totnes.

Nikolai Tolstoy recalls visits from Lucy Stark at Wraysbury in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and she told him about her time in Russia and her journey to England in 1920.

Lucy Stark, spinster, of 42 Grove Lane, Barrow on Soar, died on 20 July 1956, leaving an estate valued at £640. The Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Ltd was the executor. There is a registered death for Lucy Stark, 76, in the Loughborough district.

Dimitry Tolstoy became a Queen's Counsel in 1959. In May 1966, his daughter Natasha was aged 27 and he was “of Cadogan Square, Chelsea” In the 1970s, he retired to Spain and died in 1997. His first wife, now Mary Russ or O’Brian, died in 1998.

Stark family

 * Lucy's sister Emma Elizabeth Stark was born at Barrow on 23 December 1878. In 1891 she was aged twelve and was still at school, living with her mother, Elizabeth Stark, 32, widow, seamstress, at 14, North Street, Barrow-upon-Soar, and Albert, 10, Sarah A, 5, and Charles Henry, 4. In 1901, she was a domestic servant aged 22 in the household at Barrow of William McBride, 41, commercial traveller, and Fanny McBride, 53. William Edward Harold McBride (1860–1928) lost his wife Fanny, who died on 10 January 1907 in Leicester Asylum. In the first quarter of 1907, Emma Elizabeth Stark married William Edward H McBride at Peterborough. William Edward Harold McBride died on 20 October 1928 in Leicester. At the time of his death he was of 22 Dashwood Road, Leicester, and Probate was granted to Emma Elizabeth McBride, widow, and Charley Hammond, engine driver. The estate was valued at £565, later resworn at £319. In the last quarter of 1928, Emma E McBride married Charley Hammond at Peterborough. In 1939, they were registered at Rosedene, South Street, Peterborough, as Charley Hammond, born 8 August 1885, LNER Engine Driver, and Emma Hammond, born 23 December 1878. She died at Peterborough on 16 March 1954, still the wife of Charley Hammond, retired engine driver, leaving effects valued at £159.
 * [no children traced]


 * Lucy Stark was born on 19 July 1880
 * [died unmarried, believed no children]


 * Lucy's brother Albert Stark was born on 27 August 1881, married Harriett Worrall in the last quarter of 1902, and had two daughters, Dorothy, born 1903, and Lucy, born 1905. In the 1901 census he was at 162 Warner Street, Barrow, aged 19, and was a Shoe Hand. In the 1911 census he is 29, has been married for eight years, has had four children, of whom three are still living, and is a "Rubber down shoe Factory", living with his wife Harriet, 29, "Griswold Hand Hosiery Factory", daughters Lucy, 6, and Lizzie, 1, in Freestone Square, Barrow upon Soar. In 1939 he was registered in Barrow as a Charge Hand (Progress) Engineering, with Mary Stark, born 31 March 1875. Albert died in 1968 in Loughborough, aged 86.
 * Dorothy May Stark, born 1903
 * Lucy Stark, born 1905
 * Lizzie Stark, born c. 1910
 * [?] fourth child may be Albert Stark, born and died 1908


 * Sarah Ann Stark, Lucy's sister, was born on 16 January 1886. In the 1901 census, she was at 162, Warner Street, Barrow, with her mother and step-father William Sharp, and her brothers Albert and Charles, and was listed as "Sarah Stark, 15, Hosiery Hand". In 1922, she married John H. Kay at Barrow. A John Harold Kay was born at Keighley in 1892. In 1939, the Kays were registered at 21, Bridge Street, Barrow, as John H. Kay, born 8 July 1892, motor driver and haulage work, and Sarah A. Kay, born 16 January 1886, unpaid domestic work. A John Harold Kay died in the Loughborough area in April 1981, with his date of birth stated as 08/07/1892. A Sarah A. Kay died in Leicestershire Central in the last quarter of 1950, aged 64.
 * [no children traced]


 * Lucy's brother Charles Henry Stark was born on 13 April 1887. In 1901 he was living at 162 Warner Street, Barrow, with his mother and step-father and Albert and Sarah and was "Charles Stark, 14, Elastic Polisher". He was a labourer when he married Ruth Grudgings in January 1910 and was a hosier when he enlisted in the army in December 1915. They had two sons, Charles Reginald (July 1910 – April 1969) and William Arthur (May 1914 – 1991). In 1939, Charles H. Stark was registered at 61, Toothill Road, Loughborough, as a hosiery operative, with his wife Ruth, born 1886, a newsagent and general store keeper on her own account, William A. Stark, born 1914, newsagent, Theodora Stark, born 1916, unpaid domestic duties, and Derek W. Stark, born 1938, baby. Charles Henry Stark, born 13 April 1887, died in Central Leicestershire in the first quarter of 1972.
 * Charles Reginald Stark was born on 21 July 1910. Charles R. Stark married Olive Sleater at Barrow upon Soar in the last quarter of 1934. In 1939 the Starks were registered as Charles R. Stark, born 21 July 1910, Carpenter, Olive Stark, born 9 Oct 1911, unpaid domestic duties, and Keith Stark, born 28 Feb 1936, under school age. Charles Reginald Stark died in April 1969.
 * Keith Stark, born 28 February 1936 A Keith Stark married Lorraine A Fowler, Loughborough, in 1964.
 * Martin Julian Stark, born in the first quarter of 1966.


 * William Arthur Stark (May 1914 – 1991): On 21 August 1937, William Arthur Stark, 23, bachelor, newsagent, of 61 Toot Hill Row, Loughborough, son of Charles Henry Stark, Hosiery Knitter, married Theodora Lord, 21, spinster, daughter of John Edward Mackley Lord, House Agent, at Barrow upon Soar. They had two sons, Derek W. Stark, born 14 July 1938, and Alan, born 1948. Charles Henry Stark died in the first quarter of 1972, in central Leicestershire.
 * Derek W. Stark, born 14 July 1938: A Derek W. Stark married Marlene M. Orridge at Loughborough in 1961. In 2019 Derek William Stark was an elector in Derby D74 with Marlene M. Stark and Mathew J. Stark. Derek William Stark, born July 1938, hotel proprietor, was a director of Yew Lodge Ltd from 1991 to 1998. The address 12 Langley Drive, Kegworth, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2DN is included in his listing. Kegworth is in fact in Leicestershire and is six miles north of Loughborough.
 * Louise A. Stark, born Nottingham 1964
 * Philip Simon Stark, born Loughborough 1966
 * Mathew James Stark, born Loughborough 1970
 * Belinda Stark, born Loughborough 1972. A Belinda Stark married Mark S Davies in September 1996 at Loughborough.
 * Alan Stark, born 1948: an Alan Stark married Patricia M. Hyde at Loughborough in 1971. An Alan Stark is listed on 192.com at Loughborough LE11 for 2004-2005.
 * Warren Stark, born Leicester C, 1974
 * Andrew Stark, born Nottingham 1976

Warden

 * from Haileybury Register, 1862–1887, p. 220 “Warden, Hugh Fawcett, b. March 10, 1871, son of Thomas Fawcett Warden, Esq., Lowfields, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. Trevelyan, 1886.2, M.R.— “

BRITISH HUNTS and HUNTSMEN IN FOUR VOLUMES: Vol. 2 THE SOUTH-EAST, EAST, AND EASTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND (London, Biographical Press, 1909) p. 187
 * from

“Of the many notable lady members of the Quorn Hunt, the two Misses Hamshaw, daughters of the late Mr. Harry Arthur Hamshaw, of Rearsby House, are well to the fore. Photo by Elliott and Fry.

MISS M. HAMSHAW, MISS E. HAMSHAW.

They both commenced to hunt when ten years old, and have hunted regularly with the Quorn ever since. Miss Muriel Hamshaw, the elder sister, had a fine hunter, an Irish mare named The Nun, who carried her owner for four seasons, whilst Miss Eileen Hamshaw’s favourite mount is Lhilammon. They have both also hunted with Mr. Fernie’s, while Mr. J. Otho Paget’s Beagles have afforded them some sport.”

A copy is for sale here for £188:

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“CAPTAIN HUGH FAWCETT WARDEN, of the 2nd Royal West Surrey, wounded on January 21st, while with Hildyard's Brigade, joined the “Queen's” in 1890, obtaining his company éight years later. He has served abroad, chiefly in India and Malta. (See p. 165)” “Captain Hugh Fawcett Warden, the Queen's Regiment, son of Mr. T. Fawcett Warden, of Greta Bridge House, Kirkby Lonsdale, was married to Miss Muriel Hamshaw, daughter of the late Mr. H. A. Hamshaw.”
 * from Black & White, Vol. 19 (H. S. Wood, 1900), p. 163:
 * from London Standard, Jan 16, 1913, p. 11:

"Warden Jane F / Hamshaw Guildford 2a 171“
 * Births 1918:


 * from Passport Control Office certificate, Helsingfors, dated April 18th, 1920: Mrs Warden was then of 8, Stanhope Gardens, Kensington.


 * from Squadron Leader Brian Relf, Wounded in War they Would Work in Peace, pp. 6 and 84: in 1929 a rich widow called Mrs A. J. Macdonnell moved from 102, Queens Gate, into 8, Stanhope Gardens, and it became the address of a charity called the Crusaders of St George (doing good works for disabled old soldiers) of which she was Hon. Secretary.


 * In Surrey Record Office, QRWS/30 THE QUEEN'S ROYAL REGIMENT (WEST SURREY), FORMERLY THE 2ND FOOT: PERSONAL PAPERS OF MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT, 1794–2006:

WARDEN, HUGH FAWCETT Served with 1st Battalion in Malta and India and with 2nd Battalion in South African War. 1. Photograph album compiled by Hugh Fawcett Warden, 1892–1934: family photographs; HMS Victoria; views of Malta, Durban, Kashmir, South Africa and Italy; groups of officers and soldiers; mess silverware; photographs of South African War, including Queen's landing in South Africa, Ladysmith, Gloucestershire Regiment escorting Boer Prisoners through Jamestown; camp views; sports teams; HS Nubia; social occasions; officers of 6th Battalion, Aldershot, 1916; cartoon depictions of officers. Donated by H F Warden.

“ Merry Gdns, Burley [Schedule No.] 108 1. WARDEN Hugh F. [Sex] M. [born] 10 Mar 71 [marital status] M., Army Officer, Retired 2. Ditto Frances M., M. 1 Oct 83 M., Wife of Hugh F. Warden, Reserve A.R.P. Driver 3. Ballard, Margaret, F., 18 Oct 14, S., Domestic Duties
 * National Registration Act Register, Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire, October 1939:

Name Allan S Wilkinson Spouse Jane F Warden Marriage 07/1942 Christchurch Hampshire United Kingdom Christchurch vol. 2b p. 2012
 * England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005

DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES Name Allan Scott Wilkinson Birth 02/10/1899 Death 07/1975 Salisbury Wiltshire England
 * England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007


 * Births Jun 1943: Wilkinson Sarah / Warden Bournemouth 2b 1002
 * Births Jun 1948: Wilkinson Mary J / Warden	 Islington 5c 1776
 * from Probate Index for England and Wales, 1951, p. 174: “WARDEN Hugh Fawcett of Merry-gardens Burley Ringwood Hampshire died 19th February 1951 Probate Carlisle 26 May to Frances Muriel Warden widow David Bernard Wardle assistant keeper of public records and William Fishwick solicitor. Effects £12924 19s 8d.”


 * from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Part 3 (Burke’s Peerage, 1963), p. 2398: Merry Gardens, Burley, was then occupied by Sir Thomas Raikes Lovett Thompson, 4th Bt.


 * England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: June 1974: “WARDEN	 Frances Muriel	1 Oc 1883 Bath 22 219“


 * from Probate Index for England and Wales, 1974, p. 9369: “WARDEN Frances Muriel of Bailbrook Nursing Home London Rd Bath died 9 May 1974 Probate London 3 July £77316 740121689E”


 * from Probate Index for England and Wales, 1975, p. 9736: “WILKINSON Alan Scott of Bonham House Stourton Warminster Wilts died 11 August 1975 Probate London 13 October £3545 750128254C”


 * England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: Jane Fawcett Wilkinson Birth 16/09/1918 Death 05/12/1996 North Dorset England

Frilsham Manor

 * from Edward Walford, The county families of the United Kingdom, 1919: “Nicholson, Rear-Adm. Sir Douglas Romilly Lothian KCMG... Frilsham Manor, Hermitage, Berkshire; Wellington Club, S. W.”

An Italian, Gaetano Bacco (30), a former domestic servant at Sir Ivo Thomson's home at Frilsham Manor. Hermitage. Berkshire. was committed for trial at Newbury yesterday on a charge of improperly assaulting Sir Ivo's wife ...“
 * [NB, Lady Nicholson was Sybil Mary Romilly and was born in Kensington in 1880.
 * from Aldbourne Parish Register, Thomas Strange BROWN of Frilsham Manor, Berks, aged 50, buried 19 January 1903
 * from Kelly’s Directory, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, 1939, p. 93: “FRILSHAM... private residents... PRICE Martin, Frilsham Manor”
 * from Birmingham Daily Post, Wednesday 01 August 1956, p. 7

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Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright, Volume 15 (1905), p. 15:

Mr. H. A. Hamshaw said : “ We hear much about Englishmen going to sleep. I don't think they are going to sleep. We never hear of any business man missing orders which he would like to gain. There were, for instance , the cheap American carriages sent to the colonies. We don't want to get orders for such carriages. " The papers read were “ British ...

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