Catisfield
Famous People
Filename
CatisfieldFamousPeoplev3.docx
Last update 11/2/2017 work-in-progress - dg
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A proper trawl through Census records for 1841 – 1901 is needed
People who
seem to have lived in the Big/Old Houses of Catisfield
Cat Cottage Commander Lenox Napier
Cat Cottage Admiral William Rawdon Napier
Cat Cottage Admiral Kapler
Cat House Henry Cort???
Cat House Lieut-Col E Byam (later Maj-Gen)
Cat House / Lt-Col Francis Edward Brace
And Cat Cottage / Cat Lodge ??
Cat House Capt RN James
Richard Broadley
Cat House Gerald
Edward Maltby
Cat House Sir Henry Machu Imbert-Terry
Cat House Lt-Col Sir Henry
Bouhier Imbert-Terry
Cat Lodge Admiral Sir Edward
Brace
Cat Lodge Vice-admiral James Richard Hanut
Cat Lodge Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres
Elm House Capt RN George
A Callaghan
Elm House LtCol RA Charles
Henry Atchinson
Elmshurst / JP Frederick Annesley Stapleton-Bretherton
And Heathfield House / ?Cat Lodge
Elmshurst Admiral
Sir John & Mary Louisa Eleanor Durnford
Heathfield House Maj-Gen? William Hoare /Hore
Heathfield House Rt Hon Sir Thomas
Askew (?Aiskew) ??
Littlecroft Capt RN George Izat
Littlecroft Capt RN Dunham Belcome
Stiles House Rear-Admiral Edward O'Bryen
(also O'Brien)
The Mount Cmnder Reginald
Victor Bates
Where???
Maj-Gen Henry John Thornton
Cat Cottage Commander Lenox Napier
Born Sep 1846 At Died 21 Jan 1886 At Aden??
Family Wife Ellin Buddicom Children
· Barbara Napier2 b. 5 May 1874, d. 7 Jul 1878
· Major Henry Lenox Napier2 b. 18 Jun 1876, d. 17 Nov 1915 Married Dorothy Alyn Louise Mathias is the daughter of James Mathias 1 Feb 1911
· Admiral William Rawdon Napier+2 b. 13 Jun 1877, d. 8 Apr 1951 took over Cat Cottage? (he died there)
- Patrick Ronald Napier+2 b. 3 Apr 1879, d. 30 May 1911
- Ellin Winifred Napier2 b. 12 Mar 1881, d. 24 Nov 1968
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
· 1873 June 18 fam history
· 1898 Kelly's Directory
· Ports News: Weddings Notices for Patrick 23/5/1903 and Henry 2/2/1911 refer to the late Commander of Cat Cottage
·
Feb
1911 Harry Lennox Napier, son of late
Capt Lennox Napier .. R.N.,
and of Mrs. Napier, of Catisfield Cottage, to Dorothy Alyne Louisa, youngest daughter of the late James Mathias,
and of Mrs. Mathias, of Catisfield Lodge.
·
Decorations
Career
· 22/11/1882 to Commander
· 1886 command of Her Majesty's ship Midge
Cat Cottage Admiral William Rawdon Napier
-
b. 13 Jun 1877, At Died d. 8 Apr 1951 At Cat Cottage
Family
·
Wife Florence Marie Nugent, source http://www.thepeerage.com/p53908.htm#i539073
Children
- Lt.-Cdr. Mark Napier+ b. 10
May 1911, d. 8 Feb 1962
- Ellin Ruth
Veronica Napier b. 22 Jun 1916
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
· Kelly’s 1903
· Report that he died there 8/4/1951 (The Times, http://www.thepeerage.com/p53908.htm
Decorations etc Companion of
the Order of the Bath
Companion
of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished
Service Order
Mentioned in
Despatches
Career He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1917. He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1919. He held the office of Naval Aide-de-Camp to HM King George V in 1923. He was First Naval member of the Commonwealth Naval Board between 1926 and 1929.1 He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1927.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Napier_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Cat Cottage Admiral Kapler
1931 Jul 24 advert in the Ports News saying Ad Kapler of Cat Cott wanting to rent accomodation no other trace of an Ad Kapler….
Cat House Henry
Cort???
In August 1789 the father of Henry Cort’s partner Adam Jellicoe died. As a result inventories were taken of two properties ascribed to Henry Cort, at Fontley Iron Mill and at Catisfield. Cort had moved from Gosport to Catisfield
The name of the Catisfield House is not given, but is thought by historians to be Catisfield House.
The inventory covers a largish house (eg with 6 bedrooms and a nursery) - it needed to be since there were 11 children alive at the time, plus servants.
(According to an affidavit in the
National Archives file covering the financial implications of Adam Jellicoe’s
death, the goods seized from Cort “were sold by the
Sheriff of Hants about Jan 1790”.)
Cat House Lieut-Col E Byam
Born 24/12/1794 At Antigua Died 1878 At
Family Wife Florence Elizabeth Temple daughter of Sir Grenville Temple, Baronet. Married in Tuscany Sep 4 1829 Children - 7 (eventually 12)
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
· 1835 Annual Register, Volume 76 ed E Burke said the lady of Lt-Col E Byam had a daughter born at Cat House– Jan 4th
· He (also?) lived at Warblington Lodge/House, Havant
Decorations etc War Medal with three Clasps
Career later Lt-General of the 18th Hussars
Lieutenant-General Byam served the campaigns of 1812, '13, '14, and '15, including the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, and Waterloo, besides minor affairs. Severely wounded by a grape-shot while carrying the regimental colour of the 38th at Salamanca, and slightly wounded at Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with three Clasps. Major-General Byam's first commission was an ensigncy in the 38th, with which regiment he served two campaigns: all his other commissions were in the 15th Hussars.
Cat House / Lt-Col Francis
Edward Brace
Cat Cottage
Cat Lodge
Born 1796 At Died At
Family Wife Elizabeth Children see below
Catisfield Residency 1841 census -- Francis, Elizabeth + 4 children resident in Catisfield
1847 Sep 28 – Sale notice for the ‘Equipment’ of Cat Cottage, property of Capt Brace RN
1861 census -- Elizabeth (‘Gentlewoman’) - shown as head of house + 6 children + father + 2 servants. Col Brace an officer in the Essex Regiment – presumably he there. (assume she is at Cat Cottage in 1861?? )
1866 Hants Advertiser reports birth of a son at Catisfield Lodge 18 Jan.
1871 census -- Elizabeth + 2 children
1881 census -- Francis, Elizabeth + 2 children reside at Cat Lodge
1887 P News Col Brace held tea for village and drinks for Cricket Club on his cricket ground ‘near his house’. ? Which house? ?where ground?
1890 Apl 21 P News, Col Brace, owner of Cat House, committed suicide Apl 20 at Cat House. Body found by a daughter. His wife was elsewhere – ‘had not lived at the house for several years’
1890 Apl 22 P News, Hants Teleg inquest reports widely reported . Say he owned Cat House.
Cat House Capt RN James Richard Broadley
Born At Died 31/8/1918 At Southsea
Family Wife ? Bury Children
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source) -- obit says “resided latterly at Cat House”
Decorations etc Royal Humane Society Medal for saving lives in China
Career Obit 8 Sep 1918 FolkestoneHerald
Cat House Gerald
Edward Maltby
Born At Died 10/10/1932 At Hamble
Family Wife Children
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
From the deeds
8/3/1924 Purchaser
paid trustee £3,500 for House, 14.49 acres and 2 cottages - assumed to be G E Maltby
3/6/1930 Gerald Edward Maltby made will
10/11/33 Gerald Edward Maltby died. (? Some date conflict)
12/7/1938 His
widow, Mabel Maltby, and Edward Frank Maltby (of 95A Elgin Avenue, London W9 - assumed to be the
son) sold to Alfred Mark Streten
He lived at the Thatched House,Hamble (so although he owned Cat House it is not clear if he lived there)
Career director Barclays Bank
Cat House Sir Henry Machu Imbert-Terry
Born 28/6/1854 At Died 1/1/1938 At Cat House
Family Wife Lydia Moore Stringfield Roberts
Children
- Captain Frederic Bouhier Imbert-Terry2 d. 20 Jan 1963
- Sir Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, 2nd Bt.+2 b. 10 Feb 1885, d. 9 Oct 1962
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source) - Obit Feb 23 1938. Died at Cat House “the residence of his son Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bouhier
Imbert-Terry Bt DSO MC who
survived him.”
Decorations etc
Career Author. JP. Singer. Actor. Chairman Nat Union of Conservative Assoiations
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbert-Terry_baronet)
He was created 1st Baronet Imbert-Terry, of Strete Ralegh, Whimple, Devon [U.K.] on 2 July 1917.
Cat House Lt-Col Sir Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry
Born 10/2/1885 At Died 9/10/1962 At
Family Wife Children
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
·
1935 Kelly's
Directory
·
Obit
of his father Feb 23 1938.
“Died at Cat House “the residence of his son Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry Bt DSO MC who survived him.”
Decorations etc DSC, MC, Knight of St John
Career Lt-Col RA, High Sheriff of Devon 1948
Cat
Lodge Admiral
Sir Edward Brace
Born June 1770 At Died 1843 At Cat Lodge
Family Wife Children
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source
1841 Census –
1843 his will says he lived there– (FP&P Aut67)
Decorations etc K.C.B.
knighted in the Order of the Bath in 1834
Career
1803 there is mention Captain Edward Brace, who, by 1840,
had become Admiral Sir Edward Brace,
In 1838 he became a vice-admiral
and in 1841 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brace
1881 Census
–Francis Edward Brace
& Elizabeth (his wife)
& 2 children
1890 Sep Catisfield Lodge
Farm put up for auction by FCO Brace
(son)
1892 Lieut Francis Charles Osborne Brace, . Eldest son
of Lt.-Col. Francis E. Brace, lives at Catisfield
Lodge. unemployed.
Cat Lodge vice-admiral James
Richard Hanut
1853 Dec The Times died there
… however – is this really a (bad) misprint for Dacres ??
Cat Lodge Vice Ad James Richard Dacres
Born: Aug 1788 At Lowestoft Died 4 Dec 1853
age 64 At Cat Lodge buried in the
family vault at Tetbury
Family Wife Arabella-Boyd Dalrymple
Children two sons and five daughters
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source) Died t Cat Lodge (Annual Register
) Decorations etc
Career Vice-Ad of the Red Squadron. He became a rear-admiral on 28 June 1838, and commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station
on 9 August 1845, which was his last active employment. He was promoted to vice-admiral on 20 March 1848.[]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Richard_Dacres_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1788)
https://thethingsthatcatchmyeye.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/regency-personalities-series-vice-admiral-james-richard-dacres/
Elm House Capt RN George A
Callaghan
1895 Hampshire Directory ?
?? This may have been Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Astley Callaghan GCB, GCVO (Promoted to captain on 1 January 1894
Elm House LtCol RA Charles Henry Atchinson
In Kelly's Directory of 1903, Lieut. Col. Charles Atchinson,R.A.. is living in Elm House (FP&P)
Colonel Charles Henry Atchison was born in 1847 at Corsham, Wiltshire, England.3 He married Mary Isabel Ada Bristow, daughter of Whiston Timothy Bristow and Ann Isabella Henderson.2 He died on 29 May 1912.3
1912 May The Times died, left £22,739
Buried in Fareham Cemetery
Elmshurst / JP Frederick Annesley Stapleton-Bretherton
Heathfield House /
?Cat Lodge
Born 1841 Apl At Yardley Died Apl 1919 At Heathfield House
Family Wife Hon. Mrs. Isabella Stapleton-Bretherton, a daughter of the twelfth and a sister of the present Lord Petre. Children: many
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
1881 census he + Isabella + 8 children + 7 servants– at Elmshurst
1891 census he a ‘Magistrate Living On Own Means’ + Isabella + 13children + 7 servants
1902 2nd Lieut. Robert Charles Lucius Stapleton-Bretherton, second son of F.
A. Stapleton-Bretherton, Esq., of The Hall, Rainhill, Lancashire, and Heathfield
House, Fareham, was killed in action at Ronderan, S
Africa.
1903 Kelly's Directory he and the Hon Mrs listed at Heathfield House
?? were they at Cat Lodge before moving to Heathfield House?? Alice James
His will left use of the property at Fareham to his brother-in-law Lord Petre. On the death of the Hon. Mrs. Sapleton-Bretherton, the Fareham property goes to his second son, Edmund Joseph. He left £113,213
Decorations etc
Career
1878: funded much of the building of the Sacred Heart Church and its schoolroom (1894) http://www.sacred-heart.org.uk/history
1884 London Gazette:
proclamation that he can discontinue
to use the surname of Bretherton, and henceforth take and use the surname of Stapleton-Bretherton. This due to stipulation in the will of his
mother, the only daughter and heiress of Bartholomew Bretherton of Rainhill.
From
Alice James ‘Beloved Fareham’: “They were
a much loved family who had lived in Catisfield before moving to Heathfield and were generous to the surrounding poorer
families and who ‘kept their servants’ — always a good sign.
The family
was Roman Catholic and on Sundays, Fareham waited for their ‘turn-out’ to
arrive. With their three daughters and all the servants they were driven in a
long, fine, shiny, black brake drawn by two horses.
Elmshurst Admiral Sir John & Mary Louisa Eleanor Durnford
John
Born 06 Feb 1849 At Eton Died 13 Jun 1914 At Elmshurst, Buried Longparish,
Family Wife Kirwan, Mary Louisa Eleanor daughter of the Reverend John Henry Kirwan, Rector of St John's, Cornwall,, b. Abt 1857, d. 29 Dec 1942
Children Frederick, Hyacinth, Gladys, Margaret
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source) died at Elmshurst June 1914 of fever caught in Burma in his 66th yr
Decorations etc K.C.B., D.S.O., Commander of the Bath 1897, Knight Cmdr of the Bath 1906; Grand Cross 1913;
Career He was promoted to Captain in 1888; was created a CB in 1897; became Junior Naval Lord in 1901; Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope, 1904-7; was created a KCB in 1906, and was Admiral President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, from 1908 to 1911. In 1913 he was created a GCB.
Obit The 'Times' of Monday, 15 June 1914
The 'Times' of 17 June 1914, says: "The funeral of Admiral John Durnford took place at Longparish yesterday, with naval honours. The pall-bearers were Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Kerr, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Gerard Noel, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Fanshawe, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Admiral Sir Arthur Moore, Admiral Barlow, Admiral Robinson, Surgeon General Sir James Porter, Rear Admiral De Chair and Rear Admiral Napier, and Mr C H Stansfield, CB, Director of Greenwich Hospital. The King was represented by Admiral the Honourable Sir Hedworth Meux, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, and Admiral Archibald Moore represented the Admiralty".
Heathfield House Maj-Gen? Thomas/William Hoare /Hore
1861 Census FreeCen transcript clearly shows a Thomas Hore age 66 born 1795 Ireland Major General
(R.E.Retired) and wife Cecilia age 57 born 1804 Ireland + 5 servants (no children)
But another transcript 1861 shows William Hoar b 1824 = age c
37 + wife Charlotte + 3 children
Need to confirm he in this house (number of servants shown indicates biggish house??)
needs checking - can’t find him in military
'Our Beloved Fareham', Alice James 1991 pg 5+ clearly states a Major-General Hoare lived here
Heathfield House Rt Hon Sir Thomas Askew (?Aiskew) he
he was there before Stapleton-Bretherton??
Needs researching
Littlecroft Capt
RN George Izat
1891 Census wife Mabel + 3 children + 3 servants
1899 Kelly's Directory
1901 Census Commander retd + wife Mabel + 1 children + 2 servants
Littlecroft Capt
RN Dunham Belcome
House divided
Stiles House Rear-Admiral Edward O'Bryen (also
O'Brien)
Born 1753 At Died Dec 1808 At
Family On retirement 1803 O’Bryen lived with
his wife Mary Alsop and their daughter, also named Mary, at Catisfield in
Hampshire until his wife’s death in 1807, shortly after which he was married to
Martha Charlotte Bradbury. He died in December 1808, acknowledging an
illegitimate son named James Cavendish in his will.
Catisfield Residency (with dates and source)
Decorations etc
Career
A British Royal Navy officer prominent in the late nineteenth
century, who is best known for his participation at the Nore
Mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown, both in 1797
during the French Revolutionary Wars. At the Nore, O’Bryen had recently been given command of the ship of the
line HMS Nassau when the mutiny broke out.
Although he was not the cause and the crew expressed their affection for him, O’Bryen had to be prevented from throwing himself overboard
when his men refused to obey his orders. Just five months later, now in command of Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow’s flagship HMS Monarch, O’Bryen
led the southern division of the British attack at the Battle of Camperdown, in which a Dutch fleet was destroyed and
British supremacy in the North Sea confirmed. Although he was praised for his
exertions in the battle, O’Bryen’s health was
deteriorating and he retired from the Navy in 1803, dying at the rank of rear-admiral
five years later.
https://thethingsthatcatchmyeye.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/regency-personalities-series-edward-obryen/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O'Bryen
The Mount Cmnder Reginald
Victor Bates
1968 ?
And…….
Where??? Maj-Gen Henry
John Thornton
retired 1890? And resided at Cat. Deid Oct 1910 (obit The Times)