The Hogg Family

Alice Massingberd Maxwell (Hogg) Palmes

Birth: 1860, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

Father: John Roughton Hogg

Mother: Anna Maria Maxwell (Lyte) Hogg

Married: Arthur Lindsay Palmes on 22 June 1881, in Totnes district (which includes Brixham), Devon, England

Children: Death: 13 July 1909, at Saltwood Rectory, Hythe, Kent, England, aged 49
The Times Wednesday, Jul 14, 1909; pg. 1; Issue 39011; col A
Death Notice
PALMES On the 13inst., at Saltwod Rectory, Hythe. Alice Massingberd Maxwell PALMES, beloved wife of Rev Prebendary AL PALMES. Funeral Friday 2,30, Saltwood

Census:
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon (RG9/1412 F15, p24); Alice M. Hogg, aged 11 months
1871: "Sorrento", Lower Warberry Rd., Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; Alice M. M. Hogg, aged 10

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Anna Maria Maxwell Hogg

Birth: 1851/2, in Brixham, Devon, England

Father: John Roughton Hogg

Mother: Anna Maria Maxwell (Lyte) Hogg

Death: 22 December 1893, at Berry Head, Brixham, Devon, England, aged 82
The Times, Saturday, Dec 23, 1933; pg. 1; Issue 46635; col A
Death Notice
HOGG. On Dec. 22 at Berry Head, Brixham, Anne Maria Maxwell HOGG, aged 82

Census:
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon (RG9/1412 F15, p24); Anna M. Hogg, aged 9
1881: Ham Court, Upton On Severn, Worcestershire

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Henrietta Frances Maxwell Hogg

Birth: 1849/50, in Brixham, Devon, England

Father: John Roughton Hogg

Mother: Anna Maria Maxwell (Lyte) Hogg

Death: 22 August 1893, at Berry Head, Brixham, Devon, England, aged 44
The Times, Thursday, Aug 24, 1893; pg. 1; Issue 34038; col A
Death Notice
On the 22nd Aug at Berry Head, Brixham, aged, 44, Henrietta Frances Maxwell, eldest survivng daughter of the late Rev. JR HOGG, of Berry Head

Census:
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon (RG9/1412 F15, p24); Henrietta M. Hogg, aged 11
1871: "Sorrento", Lower Warberry Rd., Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; Henrietta F. M. Hogg, aged 21
1881: Derl Cottage, Brixham, Devon

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John Roughton Hogg

Title: Reverend

Birth: 10 March 1811, in Kettering, Northanptonshire, England

Father: Rev. James Hogg, of Geddington, Northamptonshire

Mother: Mary (Roughton) Hogg

Education: Christ's College, Cambridge. B.A. 1835, M.A. 1840

Married: Anna Maria Maxwell Lyte, on 24 June 1846 in Lower Brixham, Devon, England

Children:
Occupation: Clergyman. John was curate in Brixham, the post previously held by his illustrious father-in-law, and then vicar of St Marks, Torwood, Devon from 1857 until 1867. Kelly's Post Office Directory of 1856 lists Rev. J.R. Hogg as a magistrate in Torbay.
White's Devonshire Directory of 1850:
BRIXHAM: Churches:
The District Church at Lower Brixham was built by subscription, as a chapel of ease, about 1820. It is a plain cemented building, with galleries, an organ, and a turret, containing a bell and a clock. It has lately been constituted a perpetual curacy, valued at £107, in the patronage of the Vicar, and incumbency of the Rev. J.R. Hogg, B.A.

Reredos at Collaton St Mary
The reredos in the Collaton St Mary Church was erected by his friends in memory of John Roughton Hogg
image from Collaton St Mary website
Death: 1 December 1867, in Collaton, Devon, England, aged 56.

Buried: 6 December 1867 in Collaton St Mary churchyard, Devon, England. The East end of the church is a memorial to John. His widow gave the East window with its three lights portraying Christ carrying the cross, Christ on the cross and St John with the Blessed Virgin Mary. The reredos was erected in his memory by his many friends. It is carved in Caen stone and the design is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper.

Will: proved 29 February 1868 (Prin Reg., 109, 68), by Anna Maria Maxwell Hogg of Torquay, the relict, the Rev. Lewis Maydwell Hogg of Nice in France, the brother, and the Rev. Edmund Field of Lancing College, Sussex, the Executors.

Notes:
In addition to his clerical duties, John was an astute businessman, and built up a substantial land holding. His wife inherited the magnificent Berry Head House from her father, and John then acquired most of the surrounding land. (The house remained in the family until 1949, when it was sold and converted into the Berry Head Hotel. At this time the surrounding land was given to the people of Torbay as a wildlife park. It is now owned by the National Trust.) John also owned the Blagdon Barton estate, described as one of the most interesting of the smaller medieval "mansions" of Devon, retaining as it does its 14th century hall, screen, etc. The house was remodelled in 1567 and again early in the 18th century. The adjoining farm has tremendous cathedral-like barns and other buildings around a courtyard, as befitted a former estate of more than 1,000 acres.

When John's daughter died in her teens, John and his wife financed the entire cost of building a church at Collaton St Mary and also gave the land for and built the Vicarage and the school, all erected in her memory.

John's diary, spanning the years 1859 to 1862, is held in the Devon Record Office: Torquay Library Collection (ref. 4826 Z/Z 17)

Census & Addresses:
1856: Westholme, Middle Warberry Road, Torquay (Kelly's Post Office Directory for Devonshire, 1856)
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; Incumbant of Torwood, Torquay (RG9/1412 F15, p24). John is living with his wife, five children and 13 staff and servants.

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Margaret Louisa Maxwell Hogg

Birth: 1854/5

Father: John Roughton Hogg

Mother: Anna Maria Maxwell (Lyte) Hogg

Occupation: A Sister of Mercy

Census:
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon (RG9/1412 F15, p24); Margaret M. Hogg, aged 6
1881: Derl Cottage, Brixham, Devon

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Mary Maxwell Hogg

Birth: 1846/7

Father: John Roughton Hogg

Mother: Anna Maria Maxwell (Lyte) Hogg

Death: 26 January 1864, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

Collaton St Mary Church
The Collaton St Mary Church built in memory of Mary Maxwell Hogg
image from Collaton St Mary website
Buried: Collaton St Mary churchyard, Devon, England

Notes:
The church at Collaton St Mary was built by Mary's parents in her memory. Mary had always said that she wanted to build a church when she grew up, so when she died in her teens, her parents built the church in her memory. Though Mary died only at the beginning of 1864, the church was completed and consecrated on Lady Day (March 25th) 1866 by Bishop Spencer of Jamaica and Newfoundland. Mary is buried in the churchyard adjacent to the South wall of the church.

Census:
1861: Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; Mary M. Hogg, aged 14 (RG9/1412 F15, p24)

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