Married: Edward Wareing Ormerod on 31 May
1930 in Basingstoke
district, Hampshire, England. Edward was born on 18 May 1880 in
Marylebone, Middlesex, the son of Joseph Arderne Ormerod and Mary
Ellen Milner. He was educated at Rugby and graduated M.A. in 1904 from
Queen's College, Oxford. Edward was Rector of Newnham with Hook,
Hampshire, from 1924 to 1933, and Rector of East Woodhay, Hampshire
from 1933 to 1958. He died on 10 August 1959. 1881:
25 Upper Wimpole Street, London, Middlesex
Death:
19 September 1985
Buried: St
Martins, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England; section E.12.1
Married:
Philip Everard Graham Marsh on 18 April 1918, in St Peters, Bayswater,
London, England Visitation of England and Wales vol 20
p69 ed. Frederick Arthur Crisp (1919): Philip
Everard Graham Marsh, M.C., Captain Royal Arrny Service Corps (attached
Royal Air Force), of Wethersfield, co. Essex, married at St.
Peter's, Bayswater, London, 18 April 1918, Eileen Ruth, youngest
daughter of George Campbell Maconchy, of the Public Works Department,
Bengal, India.
Philip was born on 2 January 1895, in
Bangalore, India, the son of Henry Graham Marsh and Violet
Hughes-Hallett. He served in France in the Army Service Corps and was
awarded the M.C. Captain Marsh transferred to the Royal Air Force and
was an instructor at Feltwell aerodrome in Norfolk where he died in a
mid-air collision on 20 December 1918. Flight Global 16 January 1919 Capt. PHILIP EVERARD
GRAHAM MARSH, M.C., R.A.F., who, with his mechanic, was killed by a
collision in the air while flying at
the Feltwell aerodrome on December 20,
was the only son of Major H. G. Marsh, 19th Hussars (retired), and Mrs. Marsh, of Danes Vale, Wethersfield,
Essex. Capt. Marsh was educated at
Lancing, and got his commission from
Sandhurst in August, 1914. He served in France with the A.S.C., won the M.C., and was mentioned in
despatches. He was then for a short
time with the Border Regt., and
afterwards transferred to the R.A.F. He was instructor at the Feltwell aerodrome at the time of his
death. Capt. Marsh was only lately
married. The funeral took place on
Christmas Eve at Wethersfield Parish Church.
Married:Richard Mallock on 19 June 1880, in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, England. Richard's brother, John, would
later marry Elizabeth Emily's sister, Alice.
Elizabeth received
a dressing
case as a wedding gift. The item was auctioned at Greenslade Taylor
Hunt in 2000, and the
description gives some insight into Elizabeth's lifestyle: [Silver] A Victorian coromandel veneered Dressing
Case having inlaid gilt brass stringing and monogram, with lift up lid
and base drawer, the interior fitted with concealed mirror and letter
compartment and fitted tray. Containing a set of 10 variously sized and
shaped bottles and containers, all with monogrammed silver gilt covers,
London 1880, makers mark FP, also with silver button hook of small
dimensions, Birmingham 1900, an ivory handled manicure toll and 2
mother of pearl handled manicure tools and a matching button hook and
folding knife. With leather carrying case and photocopied part of a
family tree identifying original owner, Elizabeth Emily Maconchy who
was given the case on her marriage in 1880, 21cms high, 33.5cms wide
Notes:
Elizabeth was a member of an essay society for teenage girls and young
women started by the novelist Charlotte Mary Yonge and known as the Gosling
Society. Each girl adopted a pen-name and wrote two essays a month
for Charlotte, and the best essays were circulated among them
all. These girls were all being educated at home while their
brothers, if they had any, went to schools and universities. Many
were the daughters of rural clergymen or landowners and led isolated
and monotonous lives. It must have been enormously encouraging for them
to have a famous woman novelist criticising their work and taking their
intellectual aspirations seriously. Elizabeth's pen-name was Potatoe. POTATOE, (Elizabeth)
Emily Maconchy (1848/9-1927), Corrinagh, Torquay (new c.1866/7-
after 1869). Third daughter of George Maconchy (1818-1889) of Rathmore,
co. Longford, and Corrinagh, Torquay, and his wife Louisa
Richards (d.1864), she married (1880), as his 2nd wife, Richard Mallock
(d. 1900), MP for Torquay.
Elizabeth kept a journal of
her time at Cockington Court, before her husband's death. Some of the
journal is excerpted at the Cockington
Court website. 1881: This winter we
began to make the tennis ground ... above the old croquet ground ... to
do
so we had to cut away a great quantity of bushes ...and some trees
-
thus letting a quantity of light and air into the house ... the snowdrops were lovely down by the ponds.
We
began doing what we did ever after ? moving them from under bushes and
spreading them ... and bringing some up about the tennis ground and
plantation. ... There were very few daffodils then ... a large patch in
Yonder Lawn of Lent Lilies ... and just a few of those tender,
musk
scented, creamy "Cernuus" above the lower pond and by the top pond,
which I was told Dart had planted long ago.
1882 (March):
Tennis ground marked out and played on first
time. (29th April) Great gale
blowing all day ... We lost over 120 trees. Two big elms in the rookery
were blown down. ...; a walk with D... up to the summerhouse and nailed
up
creepers. They all died in the winter ,,, the East wind too cold for
them. Roger
planted an oak
tree in the front lawn. It was a young tree grown from an acorn which
Mrs Mallock brought from Algiers in 1875. It is the tree nearest to the
ditch which runs round the little plantation to the left looking
towards the sea from the house.
1883: More time spent at the ponds seeing after the
work there ... Path made to Higher garden and back road being re-made.
Path
across from Almshouses and Lodge also done at this time ... Laurels by
old
drawing room being cut down. Death:
1927, in Newton
Abbot district, Devon, England, aged 78
Married: Caroline Agnes Campbell on 2
November 1895, in St Pauls, Onslow Square, London. Caroline was the
daughter of Alexander
Henry Campbell and Agnes Douglas. She
died on 15 July 1953.
Occupation:
Army Officer. Ernest entered the army on 13 March 1880 when he was
made Second Lieutenant in the Royal South Downs, later known as the 5th
Royal Irish Rifles (London Gazette 12 March 1880 p2020). He
was made lieutenant on 28 January 1882 in the 5th Batallion (Royal
Irish Rifles) of the East Yorkshire regiment (London Gazette 27 January 1882 p318), and
transferred from the East Yorkshire Regiment to the Madras Staff Corps
on 11 September 1883 (London Gazette 28 September 1886 p4739).
Ernest saw action in the Hazara Ezpedition and was wounded in 1891,
when he was mentioned in dispatches by Major General W K Elles, CB: "I
now beg to bring to the notice of
His Excellency the good service of Lieutenant Maconchy, who arrived on
the scene at a critical moment and was himself wounded" (The London Gazette 20 October 1891 p5456
contains an account of the entire action at Ghazikot). Lieutenant
Maconchy was created a
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order on 19 November
1891 "in recognition of services during the late Hazara
Expedition" (London Gazette 24
November 1891 p6229). Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India
(Vol 1, Tribes north of the Kabul River) p176, compiled by the
Intelligence Branch of the Army Headquarters (1907) descibes the action
at Ghazikot: Early in the morning
of the 19th March the outpost at Ghazikot, a small straggling village
on the left bank of the Indus, about three-quarters of a mile north of
Kanar, was attacked. A narrow street ran up the middle of the village;
a small musjid was at its
south-east corner; while north and south of it, at a distance of
about 200 yards, were two narrow nalas
running at right angles into the river. The outpost consisted of the
Dogra company of the 4th Sikhs, under Subadar Dheru, and was composed
of two native officers and sixty seven men. The picquet was placed
behind some stone walls half-way between the northern nala and the village, while the
remainder of the company bivouacked in rear of the musjid. On the evening of
the 18th some shots were fired by the enemy at the picquet, and at
about 3 A.M. on the 19th, the havildar in charge of
this picquet reported to Subadar Dheru that the enemy were collecting
in force in the nala to his
front. When they arrived close enough to be seen, the picquet fired
four volleys at them, on which the swordsmen of the enemy, with shouts,
rushed past the right of the picquet straight for the musjid in the south-east corner of
the village. The enemy being in this way in rear of the picquet, the
latter retired and joined the main body of the company. A hot fire was
then commenced on both sides, the enemy firing from the roofs of the
houses, and charging with swords out of the musjid. At about 3-20 A.M., reinforcements, consisting of a company of the
4th Sikhs under Lieutenant Maconchy, followed by a second company of
the same regiment under Lieutenant Manning, arrived on the scene.
Closely following on these, under Colonel Sir B. Bromhead C.B.,
came two companies of the 32nd Pioneers. At that time a very
hot fire was going on, the enemy being in the musjid and on the roofs of the
houses. Half a company of the 4th Sikhs, under Lieutenant Maconchy,
rushed through the centre of the village and occupied the right front
of it, but in getting through the narrow street, Lieutenant Maconchy
and three sepoys were wounded. Colonel Bromhead with the Pioneers now
joined this party, having swept round the right flank of the village,
while a company of the 4th Sikhs at the same time went round the left
flank. Under orders of Colonel Bromhead, all firing was then stopped,
and orders given to rely on sword and bayonet only. By that time the
main body of the enemy had evidently retired, but ghazis kept creeping from various
places, firing and using their knives in the dark. When day broke the
Pioneers and 4th Sikhs cleared the village, and Captain DeBrath, with
one company of the former regiment, advanced about a mile along the
path on the left bank of the river in the track of the enemy's line of
retreat. when four men were seen crossing to the right bank on a raft,
and about eighty returning to Bakrai at the mouth of the Shal Nala. The
ravines and caves in the vicinity of Ghazikot were searched, but no
more of the enemy were discovered. Lieutenant Maconchy was
subsequently awarded the D.S.O. and Subadar Dheru, Havildar Waziru,
Naik Ganesha Singh, Lance-Naik Alam Khan and Hospital Assistant
Ahmadulla Khan received the 3rd Class of the Order of Merit for their
gallantry on this occasion.
Ernest served in the
Isizai Expedition in 1892 and on 28 January 1893, he was promoted to
Captain (London Gazette 2 May 1893 p2555). Ernest
was part of the Chitral Relief Force in 1895, and served on the
North-West Frontier of India in 1897-98, being breveted as Major on 20
May 1898 (London Gazette 20 May 1898 p3167). Ernest
was appointed as Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence
Branch, Quartermaster-General's Department, on 31 August 1899 (London Gazette 23 February 1900 p1266)
and promoted to Major on 19 July 1901 (London Gazette 4 October 1901 p6486). He
fought in Waziristan in 1901 and the following telegram
was received by the GOC: Telegram from Adjutant-General in India, No
5280A of 31 December 1901: "Ths C-in-C has heard with much satisfaction
of the gallant behaviour of Major Maconchy, DSO and ??, who, by their
promptness at a trying moment probably saved much loss of
life". Ernest was appointed Assistant Quarter Master General of
the Intelligence Branch on, 29 November 1901 (London Gazette 29 August 1902 p5610),
vacating the appointment on 14 March 1904 (London Gazette 8 July 1904 p4345). On 18
March 1904, Ernest was granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
whilst serving as regimental Commandant of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier
Force) (London Gazette 5 July 1904 p4260) and he
was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 1 June 1904 (London Gazette 23 September 1904 p6138).
On 19 March 1906, Ernest was appointed Secretary, Department of
Military Supply for the Government of
India with the temporary rank of Colonel and he held this appointment
until 1909 (London Gazette 4 May 1906 p3080).
His promotion to Colonel came on 11 June 1907 (London Gazette 7 January 1908 p144), and
he was created a Companion of the Indian Empire (C.I.E) on 1 January
1909 (London Gazette 29 December 1908 p2).
Ernest was appointed Deputy Secretary, Army Department, Government of
India on 1 April 1909 (London Gazette 4 June 1909 p4281) and
held this appointment until 1 April 1912 (London Gazette 3 May 1912 p3185). He was
created a C.B. in 1911. Ernest retired on 28 January 1914 (London Gazette 3 March 1914 p1735) but
not for long - with the start of the War, Ernest was brought out of
retirement on 12 October 1914, as Assistant Adjutant and
Quartermaster-General attached to Headquarters (London Gazette 20 November 1914 p9663),
which appointment he held until 24 June 1915 (London Gazette 29 June 1915 p6272). On 19
July 1915, Ernest was appointed as Brigade Commander (London Gazette 30 July 1915 p7478) to
command the 178th Brigade, 59th Division (the Sherwood Foresters).
Ernest led the Sherwood Foresters as part of reinforcements to suppress
the Easter Rising in Dublin 1916, and 230 men under his command died in
the action. On 6 June 1916, Ernest was given the temporary rank of
Brigadier-General while commanding the 178th Brigade (London Gazette 2 June 1916 p5615). He was
created a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
(C.M.G.) on 1 January 1917 (London Gazette 23 January 1917 p924). The
59th Division deployed to France in February 1917, at which
time Maconchy was nearly 57. It is surprising that a man of his age
should have
been sent on active service at this period of the war. He lasted only a
few
weeks before being "degummed" by his divisional commander, Arthur
Sandbach. He was granted the honarary rank of Brigadier-General on 19
May 1917 (London Gazette 18 May 1917 p4863).
Notes: Who's Who 1907 p1149 MACONCHY, Col.
Ernest William Stnart King, D.S.O. 1891; Secretary to the
Government of India, Department of Military Supply; b. 18 June 1860; s. of late George Maconchy of
Rathmore, Co. Longford; m.
1895, Caroline Agnes, d. of
Alexander H Campbell, J.P., D.L., of 8 Cornwall Gardens, S.W.; one s. one d. Entered army, 1882; Brevet
Major, 1898; Major, 1901; Lieut.-Col. 1904; Colonel (temp.), 1906;
served Hazara Expedition, 1888 (medal with clasp); Hazara, 1891
(wounded, despatches, clasp, D.S.O.); Izazai expedition, 1892; Chitral
Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp); North-West Frontier of India,
1897-98 (despatches, brevet of Major, three clasps); Waziristan, 1901
(clasp); A.Q.M.G. Intelligence, India, 1903; Commanding 51st Sikhs
Frontier Force, 1904. Address:
c/o Messrs. Grindlay and Co., 61 Parliament Street, S.W. Club: Naval and Military.
Occupation:
Magistrate. George was Justice of the Peace for county Longford and
county Wexford. George was High Sherriff of county Longford in 1846 Death: 30 October 1889
Arms: Arms:
Gironny of eight, gu, and ermine, on a fess, or, three thistles,
slipped. ppr. Crest: A demi
swan, wings expanded, ppr. Motto:
Humani nihil alienum ("Nothing concerning man is indifferent to me") Seat:
Rathmore, Aughadiffe, county Longford
Married: Lilian Constantia Metherall on 6
April 1887, in Bankipore, Bengal Presidency, India. Lilian was born in
1864/5, the daughter of J. L. Metherall, of Calcutta. She died in 1927,
in Cheltenham
district, Gloucestershire. The
Times of India, 12 April 1887 April 6th at Bankipore GC Maconchy Public Works
Dept son of G Maconchy
esq of County Longford Ireland and Torquay Devon to Lilian Constantia
daughter of JL Metherall of Calcutta
Death:
5 June 1907, in Filey, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, aged 48 Obituary: Indian Engineering, 22 June 1907 The Late Mr.
G.C. Maconchy. - By the death of Mr. George Campbell Maconchy
the Bengal P.W.D. loses the services of a very valuable officer and a
zealous servant. The late Mr. Maconchy joined the Indian Public Works
Department, after competitive examination, from the Royal Indian
Engineering College, Coopers Hill, in September 1880. He did not,
however, arrive in India until October 1881, having gone through a
year's practical training in England on the construction of girders,
screw piles, piers and general machine work at Messrs. Hawkes and
Crawshay's works at Gateshead, and on the construction of a new
reservoir for the Bradford water-works. His first posting was to the
Balasore Division. He was in charge of the Calcutta Second Division for
a short period, from March 1891 to January 1892, when he was made
Under-Secretary to the Local Government, an appointment which he held,
with great credit, for more than two years. He proceeded on furlough
early in 1896 and in 1897, on his return to duty, he was employed on
Famine relief works and held charge of the Saran Famine Relief
Division. In 1901 again, he was placed on special duty in connection
with protective irrigation works in Bengal; and in 1902 he held the
appointment of Sanitary Engineer to the Government of Bengal for six
months, in addition to being Executive Engineer in charge of the
Northern Drainage Embankment Division. He was promoted to the
Superintending Engineer class in March 1903, and when in charge of the
South-Western Circle he was appointed to act as a member of the Boiler
Commission, 1903. In May last year he proceeded on 19 months' leave,
never to return, having died at Filey in Yorkshire on the 5th June 1907
at the comparatively early age of 48. He was one of the best men of the
Bengal P.W.D. and his death is a distinct loss to the Province.
Occupation:
Army Officer. George was admitted to the Indian Army from the
unattached list as a second lieutenant on 26 January 1915, and joined
the 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (London Gazette 23 July 1915 p7205). He
was made acting lieutenant whil adjutant of a batallion on 13 July 1916
until he was made acting captain while commanding a company on 24
August 1916, relinquished on 21 August 1916, when he became acting
lieutenant again until 31 October 1916. On 1 December 1916 he was again
made acting captain and relinquished this appointment on 24 December
1916 (London Gazette 1 January 1918 p175). He
was promoted to lieutenant on 11 February 1917 (London Gazette 13 April 1917 p3511), with
the promotion ante-dated to 11 November 1915 (London Gazette 17 August 1917 p8460), and
made acting captain while commanding a company on 28 June 1917 (London Gazette 21 June 1918 p7332), and
again as acting captain while holding the appointment of adjutant on 16
November 1917 (London Gazette 23 August 1918 p9838), an
appointment he relinquished on 24 February 1918 (London Gazette 15 November 1918 p13506),
was given again on 31 March 1918 (London Gazette 4 February 1919 p1814),
and George was finally promoted to captain on 11 November 1918 (London Gazette 17 June 1919 p7711).
George was made acting Lt-Col while commanding the batallion for a few
days from 23 December 1919 to 26 December 1919, then acting Major while
second in command of the batallion for a few days more until 28
December 1919 (London Gazette 20 April 1920 p4581).
George died in action on 14 January 1920.
Delhi Memorial (India Gate) where George's name
is inscribed
Death:
14 January 1920, in action in Waziristan, India, aged 23. George
Maconchy is memorialised at the Delhi Memorial (India Gate), Face 31,
and on the front panel of the War Memorial in Hook, Hampshire. The
altar at St Nicholas in Newnham, Hampshire, was given "in memory of
Capt. G.A.Maconchy, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, k.i.a. Waziristan, 1920"
Death: Ireland Death Index (1Q1900 Dublin North
vol 2 p481); exact date from thepeerage.com
citing Burke's Irish Family Records
(Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, 1876) p263
Helen Mary (Maconchy) Ward
Birth: 1845/6, in Dublin, county
Dublin, Ireland Father:George
Maconchy
Death: England Death Index (1Q1930 vol
5b p240); exact date from thepeerage.com
citing Burke's Peerage and Baronetage,
106th edition vol 1 p181 by Charles Mosley (1999)
John
Maconchy
Birth: 30 May 1793
Father: John
Maconchy
Mother: Helen
(Cleghorn)
Maconchy
Married: Deborah King in March 1816. Deborah
was the daughter of Stewart King, of Donaghmeda, county Dublin, Master
in Chancery. Deborah's sister, Anna Letitia married John's brother,
William Maconchy.
Notes: In 1825,
John bought the house "Violet Hill" on Springdale Road in Raheny,
county Dublin, and renamed it "Edenmore" after his family estates in
county Longford. The house and lands were sold to a railway company in
1847, and today Edenmore houses St Joseph's Hospital.
Education:Royal
Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, receiving his
diploma in December 1875, followed by successful examinations at the
Highland and Agricultual Society of Scotland, and the Royal
Agricultural Society. (The Agricultural Students' Gazette, April 1876, p85) THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.-The examinations of this Society for certificates
and diplomas in Agriculture took place at the Society's Chambers, in Edinburgh, on March 21st and 22nd.
Four students of the College entered as Candidates. Maconchy obtained
the diploma and life-membership of the Society ; Baker, Cathcart, and
Russell obtained first-class certificates, which entitle them to
compete for the diploma when of age. (The Agricultural Students' Gazette, June 1876, p104) EXAMINATIONS,-In the examination
held by the Royal Agricultural Society, at London, in April, J.A.
Maconchy and D.L. Janasz obtained the life membership of the Society,
with first-class certificates, the former receiving a prize of £25
the
latter one of £15.
John was captain of the College
Football XV, won the One Mile Race, and was Senior Vice-President of
the Debating and Literary Society (debating such topics as "That the
importation of Foreign Live Stock into this country ought to be
prohibited" (The
Agricultural Students' Gazette, April 1865, p12) JA Maconchy (Captain for 1875) - A good
forward in the scrimmage, though rather light: too slow outside.
(The Agricultural Students' Gazette, October 1875, p52) ONE MILE RACE. - J.A.
Maconchy 1, H.K. Norris 2, T.M. Jameson 3,
K.F. Brown-Constable 0, -After going two
laps at a slow pace, Maconchy drew out from the rest, and soon led by
ten yards, Norris taking second place. No further change in position
took place, Maconchy coming right away in the last lap, and winning
easily by 40 yards. Time, 5 min. 26 secs.
Married: Gertrude
Annie Tottenham on 16 August 1887, in Dublin South district,
county Dublin, Ireland. Gertrude was born on 14 November 1856, the
daughter of Robert Tottenham, of Annamult, county Kilkenny, and Mary
Bids (Synge) Tottenham. Gertrude died in July 1947, in Dublin North
district, county Dublin, aged 90.
Occupation:
John worked as an trustee in bankruptcy proceedings. Whitaker's Almanack (Whitaker, Joseph, 1907)
lists John as an "Official Assignee" of the High Court of Justice of
Ireland.
Notes: John was, for
many
years, a Secretary
of the Church of Ireland Representative Body.
Birth: 1888, in Dublin South district,
county Dublin, Ireland Father:John Arthur
Maconchy
Mother: Gertrude
Annie (Tottenham) Maconchy
Married: Henry Peel
on 12 April 1913, in Dublin,
county Dublin, Ireland. Henry was born in November 1882, in Clitheroe
district, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Sources:
Birth:
Ireland Birth Index (3Q1888 Dublin South vol 2 p545)
Marriage:
Ireland Marriage Index
(2Q1913 Dublin North vol 2 p439, and 2Q1913 Dublin South vol 2 p621);
exact date from Peerage News; Henry birth from England
Birth Index (4Q1882 Clitheroe vol 8e p308) with month
from Peerage News
Marriage: England Marriage Index
(4Q1891 vol 5b p219); month from History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland p289
by Sir Bernard Burke (1899); exact date from thepeerage.com
citing Burke's Irish Family Records
(Montgomery-Massingberd,
Hugh, 1876) p263
Death:thepeerage.com
citing Burke's Irish Family Records
(Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, 1876) p263
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