Henry Michael Barker

Henry married Shelagh Ann Moore. [Group Sheet]

1. Romilly Sybil Barker

Henry married Ida Sybil Cumberbatch 1921, London, , England. Ida (daughter of Henry Alfred Cumberbatch and Helene Gertrude Rees) was born 10 Apr 1895, Angora, Ankara, Turkey; died 7 Nov 1947, London, , England. [Group Sheet]

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Born in (Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire)

Died at 5 Brunswick Terrace

Henry Alfred Cumberbatch (British consul in Smyrna 1896-1908) ismentioned in the memoirs of the famous English traveller and writerGertrude Bell, whose relevant section mentioning her being hosted by him and his wife in 1907 on her expedition to a Hittite monument in the hinterland of Anatolia. On April 5-7 she travelled to Nif.Gertrude's letters and diaries are online at:http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk- search for Cumberbatch; "Friday Ap 5. [5April 1907] Off at 8.15 with the Cumberbatches and drove to Nif[Kemalpasa]... The road very bad. It was being repaired and we had frequently to drive into the surrounding country when we as frequently stuck in the mud."

CUMBERBATCH, Henry Alfred, C.M.G., 1896; H.M. Consul-General for theVilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon 1908-1914; was alsoBritish Post Office Agent; has been employed at the Foreign Officesince Nov. 1914; b. Berdiansk (Russia), 27 June 1858; s. of late R.W.Cumberbatch of H.M.'s Consular Service; m. Helene Gertrude, d. of lateT.B. Rees of Smyrna, 1891; three s. two d. Educ.: Christ College,Finchley. Student Dragoman, Constantinople, 1876; employed atBelgrade, 1876-78; appointed H.M.'s Vice-Con. Bucharest, 1879; H.M.'sVice-Con. Soulina (Roumania (sic)), 1881; Con. Adrianople, 1888;Acting Consul-General, Philippopolis (Bulgaria), 1888 and 1890; ActingConsul-General, Salonica, 1891; Acting Con-Gen., Smyrna 1892;transferred to Angora, 1893; was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during themassacres of Armenians at that place, 1895; Consul for Kurdistan,1895-1896. Consul at Smyrna, 1896-1900; was also British Post OfficeAgent; Consul-General, 1900-8. Decorated for services rendered in AsiaMinor, etc. Recreation: golf. Address: Foreign Office, S.W. Club: St.James's. (Died 3 Dec. 1918)

Source: Who Was Who 1916-1928 p.252; R920/042 Guildhall Library

Awards Order of St Michael & St George

Henry married Helene Gertrude Rees 16 Jan 1891, Boudjah, Izmir, Turkey. Helene (daughter of Thomas Bowen Rees and Ida Josephine Langdon) was born 14 May 1869, , , England, United Kingdom; died 15 Aug 1928, Hatch End, London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

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Smyrna on now Izmir

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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 Louisa Grace Hanson 14 Apr 1853, Constantinople, Turkey. Louisa (daughter of Charles Simpson Hanson) was born 23 Mar 1831, Constantinople, Turkey; was christened 2 Jul 1831, Chapel of British Embassy, Therapia, Constantinople, Turkey; died 10 Jan 1910, Constantinople, Turkey. [Group Sheet]

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She was the eldest daughter (The Lloyds of Harley Street - SoGFH/LLO).

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Smyrna is now Izmir

Thomas married Ida Josephine Langdon 1 May 1856, Smyrna, Turkey. Ida was born 25 Apr 1837, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New York, United States; died 22 Jun 1856, Smyrna, Turkey. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Smyrna is now Izmir

Notes:

Smyrna is now Izmir