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Peerage Record – 72340

Langley Smithers1

Male, Registry Number #723391, b. 1884, d. 1955

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Langley Smithers was born in 1884.1 He married Mabel Lily Bishop.1 He died in 1955.1

Child of Langley Smithers and Mabel Lily Bishop

Citations:
  1. [S266] World War II Unit Histories – Officers, online http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx. Hereinafter cited as World War II Unit Histories – Officers.

Mabel Lily Bishop1

Female, Registry Number #723392, b. 1879, d. 1968

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Mabel Lily Bishop was born in 1879.1 She married Langley Smithers.1 She died in 1968.1
     Her married name became Smithers.1

Child of Mabel Lily Bishop and Langley Smithers

Citations:
  1. [S266] World War II Unit Histories – Officers, online http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx. Hereinafter cited as World War II Unit Histories – Officers.

Henry Dancy1

Male, Registry Number #723393, d. 1951

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Henry Dancy married Henrietta Theabold.1 He died in 1951.1

Child of Henry Dancy and Henrietta Theabold

Citations:
  1. [S266] World War II Unit Histories – Officers, online http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx. Hereinafter cited as World War II Unit Histories – Officers.

Henrietta Theabold1

Female, Registry Number #723394, d. 1951

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Henrietta Theabold married Henry Dancy.1 She died in 1951.1
     Her married name became Dancy.1

Child of Henrietta Theabold and Henry Dancy

Citations:
  1. [S266] World War II Unit Histories – Officers, online http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx. Hereinafter cited as World War II Unit Histories – Officers.

Henry Bayard Rich1

Male, Registry Number #723395, d. 17 November 1884

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Henry Bayard Rich was the son of Colonel F. H. Rich.1 He married Ada Melvill Simons, daughter of Henry Minchin Simons and Caroline Melvill, in May 1881 at Camberwell, London, England.1 He died on 17 November 1884 at Rawalpindi, Bengal, Pakistan, by a violent collission with another officer, where he was flung to the ground.1
     He was commissioned in 1867, in the service of the Royal Marines Artillery.1 He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London, England.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1870.1 He fought in the Perak Expedition between 1875 and 1876, where he was mentioned in dispatches.1 He fought in the Zulu War in 1879.1 He fought in the Egypt Campaign in 1882.1 He gained the rank of Captain in 1882.1
Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”

Colonel F. H. Rich1

Male, Registry Number #723396

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020

Child of Colonel F. H. Rich

Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”

Marion Sarah Simons1

Female, Registry Number #723397, b. 21 May 1861, d. 12 June 1927

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Marion Sarah Simons was born on 21 May 1861 at Paddington, London, England.1 She was the daughter of Henry Minchin Simons and Caroline Melvill.1 She died on 12 June 1927 at age 66 at Chelsea, London, England.1
Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”

Henry Melvill Simons1

Male, Registry Number #723398, b. 1 September 1863, d. 16 September 1926

Last Edited=3 Jan 2020
     Henry Melvill Simons was born on 1 September 1863 at Singapore.1 He was the son of Henry Minchin Simons and Caroline Melvill.1 He died on 16 September 1926 at age 63 at Harpsden, Oxfordshire, England.1
Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”

Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Bt.1

Male, Registry Number #723399, b. 17 December 1853, d. 1928

Last Edited=24 Feb 2021

Sir Edward Ward, 1st Bt.
by Walter Stoneman, 1921 2

     Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Bt. was born on 17 December 1853 at Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland.3 He was the son of Captain John Ward and Mary Hope Bowie.3 He married Florence Caroline Simons, daughter of Henry Minchin Simons and Caroline Melvill, on 15 February 1880 at Camberwell, Surrey, England.1 He died in 1928.3
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) He was created 1st Baronet Ward [U.K.] on 24 January 1914.

Children of Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Bt. and Florence Caroline Simons

Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”
  2. [S140] National Portrait Gallery, London, online http://www.npg.org.uk. Hereinafter cited as National Portrait Gallery.
  3. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

Commander Sir Melvill Willis Ward, 3rd Bt.1

Male, Registry Number #723400, b. 25 May 1885, d. 1973

Last Edited=31 Jan 2021
     Commander Sir Melvill Willis Ward, 3rd Bt. was born on 25 May 1885 at Woolwich, Surrey, England.1 He was the son of Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Bt. and Florence Caroline Simons.1 He died in 1973 at Southport, Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.1
     He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.1 He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)1 He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Ward [U.K., 1914] on 21 July 1930.
Citations:
  1. [S8894] Graham Simons, “re: Simons Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 3 Jan 2020. Hereinafter cited as “re: Simons Family.”

 

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