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FREEMAN-ATTWOOD
formerly OF SION HILL MAJOR HAROLD WARREN
FREEMAN-ATTWOOD,
of West Flexford, Wanborough, Surrey, commn'died Gren Gds 1942, served in
WW II in N. Africa, 1a •JULIAN; born
2 Oct 1953; educated 1a •Rosamond Margaret;
born 20 Sept 1951. 2a •Jonathan; born
4 Nov 1961. Lineage (of ATTWOOD)–This
family claims descent from the ancient Worcestershire house of Attwood of Park
Attwood, Wolverley and Perdiswell. GEORGE ATTWOOD, of
Austcliff in Wolverley, Worcs, paid a heriot on the death of his f, Richard
Attwood, of Austcliff, and surrendered the property to the Lord of the Manor
(the Prior or Bp Worcester) in 1530-31, this messuage and land having belonged
to his forefather Thomas Attwood, of Austcliff, in 1434-35. George Attwood
appears to have subsequently settled at 1a George, of 2a Richard, of
3a GEORGE, of whom
presently. The 3rd
son, GEORGE ATTWOOD, of
The 2nd
son, EDWARD ATTWOOD, of the
Furnace, Halesowen; married 9 Nov 1630, Anne Mason (buried 10 Sept
1686), and was buried 19 Feb 1679-80, leaving, with other
issue, GEORGE ATTWOOD, of
Halesowen and of Haden Cross, Staffs; baptised at Halesowen 22 Dec 1639;
married 1 May, 1678, Mary Melly otherwise Foley, of Halesowen, and left,
with other issue, an elder surviving son, GEORGE ATTWOOD, of
Haden Cross; baptised 5 April, 1686; married Sarah Bowater, of
Rowley Regis, and had, with other issue, an eldest son, GEORGE ATTWOOD, of
Haden Cross, who again became resident in Halesowen by his purchase of the
estate of Hawne House in that parish; married Rachel Maria, daughter of
Samuel Gaunt, of Foxoak, Green House, Rowley Revis, and died 19 April,
1807, aged 85, having had issue, 1a Matthias Gaunt;
died in Infant, 1745. 2a James, of Corngreaves
House (or Hall), nr Halesowen; born 1744; married Phoebe Cox, and
had issue, 1b John, of Corngreaves
Hall, of 25, Park Lane, London, and of Hylands Park, nr Chelmsford, Essex, DL,
MP for Harwich 1841; died unm at Boulogne, 1865. 2b James Alexander, of
Erdington, Warwicks; married Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Robert
Edden, of Lower Wick, Worcs, and had issue, 1c Alexander Mortimer;
died in Infant, 1823. 2c James Harrington,
matric. Ch Ch Oxford 1843, last male heir of this elder branch; died unm
1892. 1c Mary; died
unm 1883. 2c Maria Louisa;
died unm 1870. 1b Maria; died
unm at a great age, 1871. 2b Catherine;
married Thomas Troward, Capt 51st Regt, who served at 3b 3a MATTHIAS, of whom
presently. 4a Isaac; married
twice, but his issue has long been extinct. 5a Aaron, of Prescott
House (or Hall), in Oldswinford, Worcs; married Harriot Winwood, and had
issue, an only surviving son, Joseph, of Prescott
Hall, subsequently of 1c George; died
without issue 1904, a widower, aged 92. 2c Melville, F.G.S.;
married Jane Alice, daughter of David Forbes, of the I. of M, and sister
of the celebrated Prof Edward Forbes, and died at Berkeley, nr San
Francisco, USA, 1898, having had, with other issue, and elder surviving son, George, F.G.S.,
M.I.C.E, of Steyning Manor, Stogursey, Somerset; born 1845; married
1st, Maria Louisa (died without issue ), daughter of John Tansley, of
Bedford; and 2nd, Charlotte Caroline (who married 2nd, Rev Robert Pearson
Strange), daughter of William Burchell, of 45, Gloucester Gardens, W., Under
Sheriff of the City of London, and died 9 Feb 1912, having by her had
issue, George Wolverley, who died an Infant 1a Mary; died unm
1780. 2a The 2nd surviving
son, MATTHIAS ATTWOOD, of
Hawne House, DL and JP for Worcs, Salop, and Staffs, purchased the celebrated
estate of The Leasowes, nr Halesowen, and various other large properties,
original partner in the well-known banking-house of Spooner & Attwoods;
married Ann (died 8 Oct 1834), daughter of Thomas Adams
(previously and more correctly spelt Addams), of Cakemore House, nr Halesowen,
and sis, and in her issue eventually sole heiress of her last surviving brother
Charles Adams, of Cakemore House, and had issue, 1a George, of Edgbaston
Priory, nr Birmingham, also of Hawne House and The Leasowes, High Bailiff of
Birmingham 1827; educated U College Oxford (MA); married Mary,
daughter of Thomas Kinnersley, DL, of Clough Hall, Staffs, and had issue,
Georgiana Mary, who died unm in Dresden, Germany, 1885. 2a Matthias, of
Gracechurch Street, in City of London and of Dulwich Hill House, Surrey, MP for
Whitehaven, Master of Merchant Taylors' Co 1833; married Susannah,
daughter of William Twells, of Birmingham, and aunt to Philip Twells,
subsequently last MP for the City of London, and had issue, an only son,
Matthias Wolverley, of Gracechurch Street and Dulwich Hill aforesaid, DL and JP
Middlesex, FRGS, and MP for Greenwich, who died unm 1865. 3a THOMAS, of whom
presently. 4a James Henry, of Moss
Hill, nr Farlam, Cumberland, sometime of Odessa, Russia; married at
Vienna, 1820, Margaret Williams, and had issue. His grand-dau Mary Alice
(Attwood); married Maj Sidney James Waudby, and had issue. 5a Edward, of Bishop
Wearmouth, Co Caroline Anne, of
Oakwood, 6a Charles, of Holyrood
House, nr Walsingham, Co Durham, founder of the Town of Tow Law, etc.;
married Sarah Lee Downs, and died without issue 1875. 7a Benjamin, of Dulwich
Hill, Surrey (which he inherited from his nephew, Matthias Wolverley Attwood,
MP), and of Pengelly House, 1a Mary Anne, of Hawne
House aforesaid, being the last of the Attwoods there resident; died unm
1872, aged 90. 2a Susannah; died
unm 1819. 3a Rachel Maria;
married William Mathews, DL, JP, of Kingswinford, Staffs, and afterwards
of Parkfield, Malvern, Worcs, and died his widow, 1871, leaving issue. Matthias Attwood, of
Hawne House; died 24 Nov 1836, aged 90, when the bulk of his property
passed to his eldest son, but his 3rd son, THOMAS ATTWOOD;
born at Hawne House, 6 Oct 1783, inherited a partnership in the banking
house of Attwood & Spooner, and became the promoter of the Reform Bill of
1832, and founder of Political Unions, High Bailiff of Birmingham 1811, the
first rep. in Parl(y) for that borough 1832, and was elected in that year an Hon
Freeman of City of London in recognition of his efforts on behalf of Parl(y)
reform; married 1st, Elizabeth (died 26 April, 1840), daughter of
William Carless, of Birmingham, and of Harborne, Staffs, Master Extraordinary in
Chancery, and sister and elder of the two eventual co-heiresses of Rev Edward
Carless, MA, of Wolstanton, Staffs, and had issue. 1a George de Bosco;
married Mary, daughter of William Medley, of 1b George Reginald, of
Glaslyn Court, Llanelly, Brecon, who succeeded his distant cousin, James
Harrington Attwood, as heir male of the Attwoods of Hawne 1892; married
Constance Marion (who married 2nd, 1907, Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch,
KCB, CMG, who died 25 May, 1920), daughter of Rev William Harper
Brandreth, MA, Rector of Standish, Lancs, and Hon Canon of Manchester
(see WATSON-GANDY-BRANDRETH formerly of Heaves), and died 1
Feb 1901, having by her had issue, •Rosamund Carless, of
1b Agnes Mansfield;
married 11 Aug 1870, Alfred Homfray, of Broadwaters House, Kidderminster,
Worcs, and died 2 Nov 1877, leaving issue (see Volume II, HOMFRAY
formerly of Otterbourne Court). He died 10 March, 1920. 2b Rowena Fanny Maria;
married Charles Augustus Barnes, of Solesbridge, Herts, and died
13 March, 1878, leaving issue, an only child (Alice Rowena Attwood, who
married her cousin-german, Charles Edward Shackle, C.E, and had
issue). 3b Rosamond; married
Charles William Shackle, of Harlington, Middlesex, and died his
widow, 12 Dec 1928, leaving surviving issue, two sons. 2a THOMAS AURELIUS, of
whom presently. 3a Edward Marcus,
Barrister-at-law; died unm 1868. 4a Algernon; married
Emma, daughter of John Foulkes, of Elwy House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, and
died 1861, leaving issue. 1b Llewellyn Carless
Foulkes, of Pandy, Mon., and of Gresford, Denbighshire, JP; born 1854;
married 1879, Rachel Edith (died 22 June, 1917), daughter of
Arthur Alexander Corsellis, of Wandsworth, Surrey, and died 11 March,
1935, having has issue. Algernon Foulkes, Capt
Roy Fus, served in WW I; born 1880; educated Ch Ch Oxford,
k in the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept 1914. Edith Carless; died
unm 31 May, 1935. 1b Alice Edith;
married 28 Dec 1878, Marshall Robinson Stapylton, elder s of Robinson
Fowler, JP, Stipendiary Magistrate at Manchester (see 1952 edn,
BURTON formerly of Cherry Burton), and died 1881, leaving issue.
He died 21 April, 1894. 2b Gertrude Dorothea;
died unm 3b Florence Emma (twin
with Gertrude Dorothea); married the Marchese Alli-Maccarani, Consul of
Spain at Florence, and had issue, an only child, Gertrude, Contessa da
Barberino, whose only son Conte Urbano; died unm 4b Mary; married
at British Embassy, Paris, 28 Dec 1878, William Barber, youngest son of Rev
William Barber. 1a Angela; married
(as his 2nd wife) Daniel Bell Wakefield, Judge of Supreme Court, Wellington,
NZ (bro of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the celebrated colonizer of that Island),
and died his widow, 1874, leaving with other issue, a dau, Alice Mary; married
1874, Harold Freeman, of Thorn Bank, Malvern Wells, Worcs (see below,
Lineage of FREEMAN), and had issue. 2a Rosabel; married
(as his 1st wife) Henry Wilson Demain Saunders, of City of London and of
Fanshaws, Herts, High Sheriff, Herts, 1887, and died without issue
1867. Thomas Attwood, MP;
married 2nd, Elizabeth (died without issue 1888), daughter of
Joseph Grice, of Handsworth Hall, Staffs, and died 6 March, 1856. His 2nd
son, THOMAS AURELIUS
ATTWOOD, of Birmingham, JP Warwicks, Barrister-at-law, of Lincoln's Inn, and
banker, resided many years at the old family seat of Hawne House and
subsequently at Wood End House (Pipe Manor), in Erdington, Warwicks, Maj
Warwicks Rifle Vols.; born 4 March, 1810; married Mary (died
23 Nov 1917, aged 97), eldest daughter of Joseph Smallwood, of Castle
Bromwich, Warwicks, and died 8 April, 1864, leaving issue, an only
child, THOMAS ARTHUR CARLESS
ATTWOOD, MA, FSA (1907), FZS, of Sion Hill House, Wolverley, Worcs, and late of
the Inner Temple; born 27 May, 1863; educated Uppingham, and
Pembroke College Oxford (MA 1889), succeeded his cousin George Reginald
Attwood, of Glaslyn, as heir male and representative of his family 1901;
married 5 Oct 1892 (married annulled 1902), Hon Hilda Evelyn
Pomeroy (died 28 Oct 1948), daughter of 6th Viscount Harberton, JP
(see BURKE'S Peerage), and died without issue 21 April,
1937. Lineage (of FREEMAN)–JOSEPH
FREEMAN, of Pedmore Hall, Worcs; married 16 June, 1785, Emmete (died
16 Jan 1848), only child of Rev Thomas Pettener, Rector of Duntisborne Rous,
Glos, and died 7 July, 1822, having had issue, 1a JOHN, of whom
presently. 2a Keelinge (Rev), BA
Oxford; baptised 26 Dec 1788; married 22 April, 1811, Louisa
Domville (died 25 Sept 1862), and died 29 March, 1818, leaving
issue. 3a Joseph (Rev), BA
Oxford; baptised 18 Aug 1793; married 16 Dec 1817, Sophia (died
8 Sept 1857), daughter of Rev James Merest, Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts, and
died 15 March, 1853, leaving issue. The eldest
son, JOHN FREEMAN, of
Pedmore Hall, and of Harborne, Staffs, MA Oxford; born 26 Aug 1786;
married 22 March, 1809, Mary Anne (died 25 Nov 1824), daughter and
co-heir of William Carless, of Harborne, a Master Extraordinary in Chancery, and
died 21 Nov 1824, having had, with other issue (died
young), EDWARD AUGUSTUS, of whom
presently. Sarah Eliza; born
1 March, 1811; married 4 May, 1842, Rev Francis Theophilus
Blackburne, Vicar of Cannock, Staffs, and died without issue 4 April,
1875. The only surviving
son, EDWARD AUGUSTUS
FREEMAN, MA, DCL, JP, of Somerleaze, Somerset, sometime of Dursley, Glos, Fell
Trin College Oxford and afterwards of Oriel College Oxford, and Regius Prof of
Modern Hist. Oxford, Hon Doctor of Laws at Univs. of Cambridge and Edin; born
2 Aug 1823; married 13 April, 1847, Eleanor (died 26 Nov
1903), daughter of Rev Robert Gutch, Rector of Seagrave, Leics, and died
16 March, 1892, having had issue, 1a HAROLD, of whom
presently. 2a Edgar, of Somerleaze,
Virginia, USA; born 6 Aug 1851; married 22 June, 1880, Bessie
(died 10 May, 1915), daughter of George Anderson Cuylch, of Savannah,
Georgia, and died 15 Nov 1930, leaving issue. 1a Margaret; born
17 Oct 1848; married 17 Sept 1878, Arthur John Evans, of Abbots Hill,
Herts, and Youlbury, Berks, FRS, Litt.D, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at
Oxford, and died without issue 11 March, 1893. 2a Helen; born 28
Sept 1852; died unm 3a Katherine; born
4 March, 1854; married 1 July, 1880, Rev Thomas Scott Holmes, Vicar
of Wookey, Somerset, Canon and Chancellor of Wells Cathedral, and died 21
Nov 1948, leaving issue. 4a Florence; born
13 March, 1855; died unm 14 April, 1925. The elder
son, HAROLD FREEMAN, of
Thorn Bank, Malvern Wells, Worcs, MA Oxford; married 19 Dec 1874, Alice
Mary (died 19 Nov 1931), daughter of Daniel Bell Wakefield, of
Wellington, New Zealand, by his 2nd wife Angela Attwood (see above, Lineage
of ATTWOOD), and died 15 July, 1916, having had
issue, 1a EDWARD, of whom
presently. 1a Mary; born 6
April, 1877; died unm 26 Sept 1966. 2a Eleanor; born
12 Sept 1878; died 6 Aug 1884. 3a Edith; born 10
July, 1882; married 29 July, 1908, as his 2nd wife, Lt-Col Swynfen John
Jervis, eldest son of Col William Swynfen Jervis, of Woodside, Southsea, Hants
(see that family), and died 1 Oct 1957. He died 19 Nov
1945. The only
son, EDWARD FREEMAN, of
Bryn Celyn, Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, Maj (2nd i/c) 10th Bn Roy Welch Fus;
born 20 Nov 1875; married 12 May, 1897, Katherine Margaret (who
married 2nd, 1 July, 1918, Robert Thomas Ffoulkes, of Pwllheli, and
died 19 March, 1955), daughter of Maj-Gen William Augustus Gillespie,
Bombay SC, of Brynderwyn, Usk, Mon., and was killed in action at Ypres,
Belgium, 6 March, 1916, leaving issue. 1a HAROLD AUGUSTUS, of
whom presently. 2a Edward Rollo, Capt
Roy Welch Fus, served in Waziristan Campaign, N.W. Frontier of India 1923 (medal
and clasp); born 19 Aug 1899; married 22 July, 1947, •Ethel Le
Marchant (Little Court, Fern Bank Road, Ross-on-Wye), daughter of late
Williamson G. Bankes, JP, of Birch House, Much Birch, Hereford, and died
without issue 15 Oct 1969. 3a Arthur Reginald,
Lt-Cdr RN, served in WW I 1914-19; born 15 Jan 1901; married 12
April, 1928, •Ruth (P.O. Box 6076, Likoni, Kenya), daughter of
Lt-Col (T/Brig-Gen) Wilfred Ellershaw, RA, and died 13 Nov 1955, leaving
issue, 1b •Peter Ellershaw
(P.O. Box 143, Kericho, Kenya); born 18 Feb 1931;
educated Canford. 2b •Michael Rollo
(R.A.N., Canberra); born 15 Nov 1933; educated R.N.C.
Dartmouth. The eldest
son, MAJOR.-GEN. HAROLD
AUGUSTUS FREEMAN-ATTWOOD, DSO (1943), OBE (1932), MC (1917), formerly of Sion
Hill House, Wolverley, Worcs, psc, served in WW I 1914-19, 2nd Lt, Roy
Welch Fus 1915, Waziristan 1921-23 (medal and clasp), Greek Rebellion in Cyprus
1931, and WW II, Maj-Gen 1942, had Legion of Merit (USA), Legion of Honour and
Croix de Guerre (France); born 30 Dec 1897; educated Marlborough,
and RMC Sandhurst; married 1st, 10 Sept 1921 (divorce 1945),
Jessie (died 23 Nov 1958), daughter of Hon William Carson Job, of
Newfoundland, and Liverpool, and had issue, 1a •HAROLD WARREN, of
whom we treat. 2a •Edward Augustus
Carson (c/o Clarkson Gordon & Co, Wellington Street West, Toronto,
Canada); born 20 Aug 1930; educated Marlborough; married
12 Dec 1957, •Marietta, daughter of Baron Wilhelm Cavallar, of Vienna. 1a •Alice Avalon
(Neeta); born 9 May, 1932; married 9 July, 1953, •Keith Montagu
Hamilton (Churchill Farm, Malborough, Kingsbridge, Devon), elder s of
late Leslie Montagu (Jack) Hamilton, of London, and Lady (Richard) Burbidge, and
has issue. 2a •David Montagu;
born 30 April, 1954. 2b •Mark Montagu;
born 17 Jan 1956. 3b •Ian Montagu;
born 21 June, 1957. He married 2nd,
3 July, 1951, •Marion Louise (Fairham House, Ruddington, Notts), only
daughter of late George Harry Attewell, of Fairham House, Ruddington, Notts, and
died 22 Sept 1963. Maj-Gen
Freeman-Attwood succeeded to Sion Hill House, Wolverley under the will of
his great-grandmother's nephew, Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood, conditionally
upon his assuming the name and arms of Attwood; he assumed by Roy License, 20
Oct 1937, the name of Attwood in addition to and after his
patronymic. Residence–West Flexford,
Wanborough, nr Guildford, Surrey. Clubs–Gds'; Gresham.
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