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Major Reginald Wynne Roberts

Major Reginald Wynne Roberts

Male 1855 - 1913  (58 years)

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  • Name Reginald Wynne Roberts  [1
    Title Major 
    Born 1855  Epsom Registration District, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Education Eton College, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Alt. Birth Abt 1857  [3
    Military Major, 2nd Company, London Imperial Yeomanry  [3
    • He served in the South African War in the Imperial Yeomanry from 1899-1901 and was mentioned in despatches. He was awarded the DSO in 1900.
    Name Reginald W Wynne DSO  [3
    Name Reginald Wynne-Roberts  [4
    Died 23 Sep 1913  Hôtel Meurice, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: Heart failure 
    Buried 27 Sep 1913  Cuxton, Rochester, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I11041  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Evan Wynne Roberts,   b. Abt 1815,   d. 1878, Marylebone Registration District, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Mary Philpott 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1850  Worthing Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice Emily H Verner,   b. Abt 1852,   d. 1908, Steyning Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 1879  Westminster Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Ade Violet M E Roberts,   b. 1880, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1965, Surrey South West Registration District, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     2. Rose Roberts,   b. 2 Jul 1882, The Lodge, Morden, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Reginald Roberts,   b. 27 Jul 1886  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F3424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hilda Brown 
    Married 1902  St George Hanover Square Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Children 
     1. Gerald Alastair W W Wynne,   b. 1903, St George Hanover Square Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F3428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Heart failure - 23 Sep 1913 - Hôtel Meurice, Paris, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Reginald Wynne Roberts & Alice Emily N Bagot share reference Westminster 1a 883, December quarter 1879 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S111] Civil Registration Birth Indexes, General Register Office, (1837-;), birth registration of Reginald Wynne Roberts, Epsom 2a 14, June quarter 1855 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S404] The Times, (London;), Thursday, Sep 25, 1913; pg. 9; Issue 40326; col E (Reliability: 3).
      Obituaries.
      Major R.W. Wynne.
      The death took place suddenly on Tuesday at the Hôtel Meurice, Paris, from heart failure, of Major Reginald W. Wynne, D.S.O.
      Major Wynne, who was 56 years old, was the son of the late Captain Evan Wynne-Roberts, of Curzon Street, Mayfair, and was an old Etonian. In the South African War he served with the Imperial Yeomanry between 1899 and 1901, and was major of the second company of the London Imperial Yeomanry, which he raised in 1901. He was mentioned in despatches and received the D.S.O. in 1900. In 1902 Major Wynne married Hilda, daughter of the late Mr. J. Clifton Brown, of Rothwell Park, Yorkshire.
      The interment will take place on Saturday at Cuxton, Rochester.


    4. [S404] The Times, (London;), Monday, Jul 10, 1882; pg. 1; Issue 30555; col A (Reliability: 3).
      BIRTHS.
      On the 2d July, at The Lodge, Morden, Surrey, the wife of REGINALD WYNNE-ROBERTS, of a daughter.


    5. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Evan Roberts and Margaret Mary Philpott share reference Worthing 7 911, December quarter 1850 (Reliability: 1).

    6. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Reginald Wynne & Hilda Brown share reference St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 1149, September quarter 1902 (Reliability: 3).