Ada Mildred Clifton

Ada married W. E. Marshall 21 Jan 1902, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. W. died 1924. [Group Sheet]

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at Saint Mark's Church of England

1. Sheila Miriam Marshall was born 7 Jan 1903.
2. Jack Marshall was born 19 Oct 1904.

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Died at Tue Brook Villa

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He was a widower when he married Ellen Camilla Mary Anne CumberbatchThe Lloyds of Harley Street - SoG Volume 1 Page 79).

His will was proved August 1897 and showed: 'of Candlli on theBosphorus and Galata in Constantinople'. The value of hos estate was£2268.11.6d. His widow Ellen C.M.A. Clifton continued to reside atthe house known as the 'Yali' (i.e. the Big House) with her threedaughters until they all married when, following the death in 1909 ofher stepson, Charles Plummer Clifton, the house was sold. It wasburned down during WWI following the sinking of a small oil tanker inthe Bosphorus but in April 1971 the stone built house, upon which themain house had been erected, was still clearly visible with a morerecent building upon it (The Lloyds of Harley Street - SoG Volume 1Page 79).

George married Ellen Camilla Mary Ann Cumberbatch 14 Nov 1872, Istanbul, Turkey. Ellen (daughter of Robert William Cumberbatch and Ellen Lloyd) was born 25 Feb 1845, Chiddingley, Sussex, England; was christened 4 Apr 1845, Saint Mark's, Chiddingley, Sussex, England; died 1 Dec 1914, Plymouth, Devon, England; was buried , Noak Hill Churchyard, Essex, England. [Group Sheet]

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at British Consulate-General

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Married by Sir Phillip Francis H.B.M's Consul General and Judge.Witnessed by: Mr. Cookson & Mr. C.S. Hanson. The marriage wassolemnised at the Consulate Chapel at Smyrna according to the Churchof England on 14 December 1872 (The Lloyds of Harley Street - SoG Vol1 pp 79). The solemnisation was witnessed by Robert W. Cumberbatchfather of the bride (The Lloyds of Harley Street - SoG Vol 1 pp 79).

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father of twelve children

Letter from Robert William Cumberbatch dated 31 July 1848: We aresuffering greatly from the heat, the thermometer is generally 86degrees in the shade. The cholera still consumes in some localities.The deaths at Jassy during 40 days amounted to 12,000, the number isnow under 40 per day. My brother has taken a very nice house with agardnen in the adjoining Turkish Quarter which will serve for a summerresidence..... this privilege has lately been granted by the Sultan onaccount of the demand and scarcity of houses since the late fire (TheLloyds of Harley Street - SoG FH/LLO Vol1 pp 78-79).

26 October 1850 (Fanny Hart writes): Poor little Ellen ! ! I am assorry for the poor girl as you are but certainly will not be the firstto make advances to Robert's family especially as I have too many other claims upon me (The Lloyds of Harley Street - SoG FH/LLO Vol 1pp 79).

Consul at Smyrna (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a GenealogicalAccount of the Family of Comberbach).

Died in office aged 55 (L. Laurence Boyle, Cumberbatch Genealogy).

CUMBERBATCH Robert William Esq. 18 March [1885] The Will of RobertWilliam CUMBERBATCH late of Smyrna in Turkey Esquire Her Majesty’sConsul at Smyrna who died 29 March 1876 at Smyrna was proved at thePrincipal Registry by Henry James HANSON and George Henry CLIFTON bothof Constantinople in Turkey Esquires the Executors. Personal Estate£440 10s 8d in England.

RWC went to Constantinople on 1 June 1845 as secretary to his half-brother Abraham Carleton Cumberbatch, the Consul-General until 22 May 1855. He became Acting Second Consul 25 May 1855 to 30 June 1856, third Vice Consul to September 1857 and was appointed Consul at Berdiansk, Sea of Azoff 12 January 1858. He went to Smyrna 25 April 1864. Appointed Post Office Agent, Smyrna 25 September 1872.

Robert married Ellen Lloyd 3 Oct 1843, Winkfield, Berkshire, England. Ellen was born 1812; died 15 Mar 1845, Chiddingley, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; was buried , Saint Mark's Church, East Hoathley, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

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Died at Calverley Hotel (now Hotel du Vin)

Also of Tubney Lodge, Berkshire and then The Broad, Hellingly, Sussex (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach)

Died aged 56 (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach).

BARBADOS_SLAVES: In 1829 he was the owner of The Clelands Plantation, St. Andrew which then had 113 Male and 116 Female Slaves totalling 229 slaves in all - more details in Folio 313 Volume 4th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). In 1829, he also owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then had 22 Male and 28 Female Slaves totalling 50 slaves in all - more details in Folio 227 Volume 5th (T71/546 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1829). In 1832, he was still the owner of The Clelands Plantation, St. Andrew which then had 107 Male and 115 Female Slaves totalling 222 slaves in all - more details in Folio 315 Volume 4th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1832, he still owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then owned 21 Male and 27 Female Slaves totalling 48 slaves in all - more details in Folio 218 Volume 5th (T71/552 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1832). In 1834, he still owned The Farm Plantation, St. Peter which then had 20 Male and 27 Female Slaves totalling 47 slaves in all - more details in Folio 227 Volume 5th (T71/565 Colonial Slave Registry 17 Date 1834).

SLAVE COMPENSATION - Name of Estate or Domicile of Slaves The Farm BARBADOES RETURN of the Number of Slaves and Estimated Value thereof, in each Class, in possession of Abraham P. Cumberbatch deceased Estate on the 1st day of August, 1834. No. 4948:
TOTAL NUMBER of SLAVES Fourty Seven.
PRAEDIAL ATTACHED (field) - 5 Head People (male) £500; 21 Field Labourers (8 male) & (13 female) = 21 total £1,575; 11 Inferior Field Labourers (5 male) & (6 female) = 11 total £440.
Children under Six Years of Age on the 1st August, 1834 10 (2 male) & (8 female) £100.
Total 47 slaves £2,615.
We, the undersigned, being two of the Valuers appointed to Classify and Value the Slaves in the above named Colony, do on our Oaths declare, after due examination and enquiry, that the above Return is a just true, and accurate Classification and Valuation of the Slaves therein mentioned, on the 1st day of August, 1834, according to the best of our knowledge, information, and belief. Dated this 17th day of November 1834. Sworn this 1st day of January 1835 (T71/802/4948).

CREST - An eagle's head erased
ARMS - Argent, an eagle displayed between three trefoils Or, impaling Quarterly 1 and 4, Argent, a lion rampant ; 2 and 3, Argent, in chief three leaves, in base a bugle-horn.
MOTTO - Ne Tentes Aut Perfice

Monumental Inscription to Charlotte Cumberbatch nee Burnet Jones in St. Mary, Paddington (In the Church, on north wall of north gallery, on a sculptured white marble tablet; above is a broken pediment, with a kneeling figure, angel's head, and child below:-

Sacred to the Memory of CHARLOTTE CUMBERBATCH, daughter of the late Robert Burnet Jones, Esqre and of Elizabeth Susanna his wife. Born October 5th 1786; Married A.P. Cumberbatch ESQre October 31st 1805. Died January 15th 1818. Her afflicted Husband has caused this monument to be erected. She lies entombed with her father Rt Burnet Jones ESQre and her youngest brother Joseph Jones, ESQre in the North Ground of this church. Benjamin William Robert Cumberbatch, her second son died at Bifrons, near Canterbury, May 7th 1820, in the 8th year of his age.
Crest - An eagle's head erased
Arms - Argent, an eagle displyed between three trefoils, impaling Quarterly 1 and 4, Argent, a lion rampant; 2 and 3, Argent, in chief three leaves, in base a bugle-horn.
Motto - NE TENTES AUT PERFICE.

Her husband Abraham Parry Cumberbatch was of Barbadoes, later of Tubney Lodge, co. Berks, then of The Broad, Hellingly, co. Sussex, and died at Tunbridge Wells October 1840, aged 56. She was his first wife. The had issue an only surviving son, Abraham Carlton Cumberbatch, Consul at Constantinople, and a daughter Eliza*.

The arms should be : Gules, an eagle displayed between three trfoils Or. See G.W. Marshall's "Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach," p. 38. A pedigree of Jones is in Burke's "Landed Gentry".

*Eliza Cumberbatch married Revd Henry Chichely Michell, Vicar of Lymington, Co. Hants.

(source: Caribbeana Vol. I p.228)

Abraham married Caroline Chaloner 13 Apr 1819, Tonbridge, Kent, England. Caroline (daughter of William Chaloner and Emma Harvey) was born 2 Oct 1788, Guisborough, York, England; was christened 25 Nov 1788, Guisborough, York, England; died 15 Oct 1842, Brompton, Middlesex, England; was buried 21 Oct 1842, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

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She was the 13th child (L. Laurence Boyle, Cumberbatch Genealogy). OfGuisborough, York (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a GenealogicalAccount of the Family of Comberbach)

Died aged 54 (Marshall G.W. - Collections for a Genealogical Accountof the Family of Comberbach)

She was buried in the West Ground, Depth: 10, Number: 70; Letter: N

Died at Kensington or 15 Michael Place, Brompton

Morning Post, June 28, 1825 still born son