See also

Family of Arthur William Mordaunt RICHARDS and Elizabeth Margaret KIRK

  • Husband:

  • Arthur William Mordaunt RICHARDS (1860-1931)

  • Wife:

  • Elizabeth Margaret KIRK (1858-1940)

  • Marriage:

  • 8 Sep 1886

  • St James Piccadilly1

Husband: Arthur William Mordaunt RICHARDS

  • Name:

  • Arthur William Mordaunt RICHARDS1,2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Solomon Augustus RICHARDS (1828-1874)

  • Mother:

  • Sophia Mordaunt WARD (1828-1899)

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1860

  • Ireland2,3

  • Residence:

  • 1871 (age 10-11)

  • Tonbridge, Kent, England2

  •  

  • Relationship: Son

  • Residence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 51)

  • Ardamine, Wexford, Ireland3

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Head

  • Title:

  •  

  • 150

  • Death:

  • 9 Jun 1931 (age 71)

  • Nalder Hall, Newbury, Berks4

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Stockcross Churchyard, nr Newbury, Berks

Wife: Elizabeth Margaret KIRK

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Margaret KIRK1,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Miller KIRK (c. 1830- )

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1858

  • Co Armagh3

  • Residence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 52-53)

  • Ardamine, Wexford, Ireland3

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Wife

  • Death:

  • 19 Feb 1940 (age 81-82)

  • Newbury, Berks, England4,5

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Stockcross Churchyard, nr Newbury, Berks

Note on Husband: Arthur William Mordaunt RICHARDS - shared note

Educated at Harrow (Mr Steel's). Left Easter 1878, 2nd Lt Royal Scots Greys 1879, Lt 1880, Captain 1886

High Sheriff 1906. JP & DL

Major late 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys)

Ardamine was burned down 9th July 1921

The Enniscorthy Guardian later reported that at Gorey Quarter Sessions he received £30,000 for the house, £7,500 for the furniture etc and £150 for expenses

But Freeman's Journal of Nov 10 1921 quotes the compensation as £30,000 for the house and £7,500 for furniture destroyed.

Place of death & burial recorded by F.A.Richards in family prayerbook.

Conveyance dated 14 July 1899 from Dublin Registry of deeds no 518 cites marriage settlement with Elizabeth Kirk Sept 7 1886

Note on Wife: Elizabeth Margaret KIRK - shared note

The Calendar of Administrations AND Probate says that she was of Hilary Hotel, Newbury but she died at Newbury House Nursing Home. Probate to Francis Augustus Richards and Col Frnk Augustin Kinder White ret Col Indian Army. Effects £6201 16s 11d

Sources

1.

FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

2.

Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Class: RG10; Piece: 928; Folio: 125; Page: 9; GSU roll: 838706. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

3.

Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Class: RG14. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

4.

Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

5.

FreeBMD, (Name: Name: Name: Published on the Internet;;;). Deaths Mar 1940.