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HUGHES-HALLETT formerly OF HIGHAM LT.-COL.
NORTON MONTRÉSOR HUGHES-HALLETT, late KSLI,
served in WW I 1914-18, in France and Belgium (wounded), and in WW II, O.C.
Brit. Forces, Curaçao 1941-42, Garrison Cdr Barbados
1945-46 (ret 1947); born 18 April, 1895; educated Haileybury; married 1st, 3 Oct 1945 (divorce
1951), Laura Lindell Ross, only daughter of late Rev
Stanley Ross Fisher, of Massachusetts, USA He married 2nd, 16 Sept 1953,
•Georgina Mary Stella, only daughter of late Maj
Robert Nathaniel Thompson, MC, of Kirke's Orchard,
East Markham, Notts. Lineage–JOHN HALLETT, of Crookhorn, now Crewkerne,
Somerset, living at the close of the 16th century; married the daughter
and heir of – Hodges, of Crookhorn, and had issue, 1a James, of St Clement Danes, 2a STEPHEN, of whom
presently. The
2nd son, STEPHEN
HALLETT, of Crookhorn, and later of 1a George; born 1657; married and
had issue, one daughter 2a JAMES, of whom
presently. 3a William, ancestor of William Hallett, of Canons
Edgware, Middx., the noted cabinet maker, who married 2nd, 1756, Lettice (died 1810), daughter of James Hallett, of
Little Dunmow (see below), and had with other
issue, William, painted by
Gainsborough in "The Morning Walk," 1786. 1a The
2nd son, SIR
JAMES HALLETT, Kt, of Little Dunmow, Essex, Lord of
the Manor 1703 (from which year he and his descendants were donors of the Dunmow Flitch for almost two centuries), purchased the
Manor of Marks, Essex, in 1698, Freeman of the Goldsmiths' Co, knighted at
Windsor 16 Sept 1707; born 1 Jan 1659; married 1682, Mary,
daughter of Thomas Duncombe, of Broughton, Bucks, and
died 1723, having had, with other issue, who died young, and a dau, Sara; born 1689; married James Herbert,
a son and heir, JAMES
HALLETT, of Little Dunmow; born 12 June, 1684;
married 1708, Mary, daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley, Sheriff of London,
MP for 1a James; born 1710; married Mary
Pierce, and died without issue 2a 3a Ambrose; born 1712; died unm 4a JOHN, of whom presently. 1a Mary; married 1727, Thomas Hall, of Goldings, Herts, and had issue,
eight children. 2a 3a Lettice; born 1714;
married 1756, as his 2nd wife, William Hallett, of Canons, the eminent
cabinet-maker (see above), and died 1810. 4a Sara; died unm The
4th son, JOHN
HALLETT, of Little Dunmow, Capt HEICS; born 1716;
married 1743, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt Richard Pinnell,
HEICS, by his wife Mary Hambly (see 1952 edn, HAMBLY of Treharrock
Manor), and had issue, 1a John, Navy Agent, and Banker; born 1744;
married Hannah Cox, of Little Scotland Yard, and had, with other issue,
a son who was a Midshipman on The Bounty under the command of Capt Bligh. 2a JAMES, of whom
presently. 1a MARY; born 1750; married 28 Nov
1772, William Hughes (who married 2nd, Harriett, eldest daughter of
Josiah Hardy, Consul at 1b William; died an Infant 2b Thomas; died an Infant 3b CHARLES, succeeded his uncle James (see
below). 4b Henry, of Bradbourn,
Sevenoaks; died 28 Dec 1865. 1b Mary; married William Wells, of 2a Anne; born 1751; married Rev
Thomas Hambley, of Widford,
Herts, elder s of William Hambley,
of Hambly House, Streatham (see 1952 edn, HAMBLY of Treharrock
Manor), and died without issue 3a The
younger son, JAMES
HALLETT, of Little Dunmow, and of Higham,
which he purchased and rebuilt in 1781; born 1749; died unm 1823, and was succeeded by his nephew, THE
REV. CHARLES HUGHES-HALLETT, of Higham and Little Dunmow, Vicar of Patrixbourne,
Kent for 35 years, assumed by Roy Licence 1823, the additional name and the
arms of HALLETT; born 5 April, 1778; educated Winchester, and Oriel College Oxford (MA); married 15 May, 1806,
Frances Anne (died 14 March, 1843), eldest daughter of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt, by his 1st wife Mary, daughter of
William Western Hugessen, of Provender, Kent (see
BURKE'S Peerage, BRABOURNE, B), and died 10 May, 1846, having had
issue, 1a JAMES (Rev), of whom
presently. 2a Edward Knatchbull,
Cdr RN, served in Kaffir War, and in the Crimea; born 1808; married Mary
Wells Wooley, and died 1861, leaving issue, 1b Harry Francis, R-Adml;
born 1844; died unm 1913. 2b Charles Frederick; born 1846; died 1861. 3b Henry Thomas, 1b Mary Frances; born 1842; died unm 1927. 3a Charles, Madras C.S.; born 6 Aug 1809; married
Emma Mary Roberts, and died 3 Nov 1843, leaving issue, 1b Francis Charles, Lt 1st Roy Surrey Militia,
formerly RA; born 1838; married 1st, 1871, Catherine Rosalie (died
6 July, 1875), widow of Rev Harry Dupuis, Vicar of Richmond, and Sir
Charles Jasper Selwyn, Lord Justice of Appeal, and eldest daughter of Col
Godfrey Thomas Greene, RE, of Kirby Cane Hall, Norfolk, and had issue, 1c Frank Victor, late Capt Middlesex Regt,
served in World, War I; born 9 Jan 1872; educated Haileybury; married 1st (divorce 1908), Hilda
Marion Cook. He married 2nd, Nov 1908, Kathleen Gameson
(died 26 July, 1954), only daughter of E Swinnerton,
of Old Rectory, Cadeleigh, Tiverton, •Humphrey Raymond, served in WW II (prisoner of
Japanese), formerly in Malayan C.S.; born 9 March, 1909; educated •Rosemary Selwyn; married 4 April, 1939,
George Donald Olds, Forest 2c Egerton; born 3
July, 1873; died unm 14 Aug 1890. 1c Sybil Rosalie; born 5 July, 1875; married
•Rev Graham Brown, and died 1958, having had issue, twin sons (both k
in WW II). He married 2nd, E
Page von Schaumburg. 2b Henry Honywood,
Madras C.S.; born 1840; married 1861, Georgina, daughter of Rev
Count E MacLeod, of 1c Clarence Charles,
formerly Inspr. Gen of Police, CP, India; born 10
Aug 1864; married 3rd, 28 Feb 1922, •Isobel Mary, widow of Henry Jephson Hilary, of Calcutta, and daughter of late John Haygrant, of The Elms, Tonbridge, Kent, and died 1
Aug 1939. 2c Richard Lionel, Lt-Col Roy Irish Rifles, late
18th Inf IA, served in WW I in Mesopotamia; born 19
Dec 1875; married 1902, Beatrix Ritter, of Mauritius, and died 1
Feb 1950, leaving issue, three daughters. 1c Edith; born 21 Sept 1862; died 20
July, 1887. 2c Ethel Lillian; born 26 Dec 1872; married
28 Jan 1896, Arthur Leslie Saunders, ICS, and died without issue 8
Feb 1930. 3c Alice Violet; born 3 July, 1874; married
10 Oct 1893, Harry Graham Marsh, 3rd son of Rev William Marsh, of Witherfield, Essex, and died 1956, having had issue,
one s (k in a flying accident) and one daughter (see
CHISENHALE-MARSH of Gaynes Park). He died 25
Oct 1934. 3b Wyndham, Col Indian Staff Corps, formerly RHA,
Judge Advocate Gen for India; born 12 Jan 1843; married 1st,
1877, a daughter of Gen E T. Fasken, and had issue, 1c Harold Hereward,
formerly Maj, North Staffs Regt; born 18 Jan
1878; educated 2c Bertram, Capt RIN; born 11 Sept 1883; educated
Bradfield; married 1 July, 1922, •Hon Frederica Susan Katharine
Somerset (4, Phillimore Terrace, W. 8),
2nd daughter of 3rd Baron Raglan (see BURKE'S Peerage), and died
21 Feb 1942, having had issue, 1a. •Richard; born 1926. 2a. •John Wyndham; born Sept 1929. 1a. Katharine; born 1924; died
Feb 1942. 1c Wyndham Emma; born 23 Nov 1884; married
Col Mervyn Webber, formerly Skinner's Horse, IA, and died 1956,
leaving issue, one son and one daughter He married 2nd, 1896, Clementina
Mary (died 8 Dec 1948), daughter of John Charles Loch (see
BURKE'S Peerage, 3c •Cecil Charles (Sir), KCB (1954), CBE (1942),
Vice-Adml (ret), served in World Wars I and II, cmded HMS Curacao 1940-42, cmded
aircraft carrier Implacable 1944-46, Ch of Staff, Home Fleet 1950-51,
Head of British Naval Mission, Washington 1952-54, Dir Charterhouse Securities
John Tyzack and Partners Ltd, and Isle of Man General
and Investment Trust Ltd, Offr U.S. Legion of Merit
(1945) (Loadhams, Waverley Lane, Farnham,
Surrey; Army and Navy Club); born 6 April, 1898; educated Bedford
Sch, RN Colls. Osborne and 1a. Peter Richardson Michael, Lt RN
(ret), served in WW II, and with U.N. Forces in Korea; born 23 Feb 1923;
educated Wellington, and RN College Dartmouth; married 1st, 15
April, 1944 (divorce 1952), Anne Pamela Marshall, and had issue, 1b. •David. born
19 June 1947. He married 2nd, 1952, •Margaret Jocelyn
(49, 2b. •Peter Charles; born 1956. 1b. •Joanna; born 1953. 1a. •Anne; born
6 Jan 1925; married 1st, 24 April, 1948 (divorce 1953), James
Stanley Hipwell, younger son of Frank Count Hipwell, of The Raft, Lilliput,
Poole, 2a. •Diana Elizabeth; born 24 Dec
1930; married 19 Dec 1953, •Douglas Philip Terry, s of P. Terry, of Widley, 3a. Naomi Griel
HUGHES-HALLETT (maiden surname resumed by Deed Poll); born 13 Jan 1933; married
19 May, 1956 (divorce), Philip Michael Scott, BSc, only son of W.
Scott, of Mytholmroyd, Halifax, and has issue, one
son and one daughter He married 2nd, 18 Feb 1944, •Joyce Plumer daughter of late Rev Rowland Francis Cobbold, MA, and by her has issue, 2a. •Andrew
Jonathan; born 1 Nov 1947; educated Radley. 4a. •Deborah Jane; born 21 Dec
1944. 4c •John, C.B (1945), DSO (1942), psc, Vice-Adml (ret),
served in WW I, and in WW II, naval cmdr. Dieppe Raid
1942, Cdre cmdg Channel
Assault Force 1942-43, Head of Anglo-American Naval Planning Staff for Normandy
Landings 1943, Flag Offr cmdg
Heavy Squadron 1952-53, MP for Croydon East 1954-55
and for Croydon N.E 1954-64, Parl(y) Sec to Min of
Transport 1961-64 (The New House, Slindon, nr
Arundel, Sussex; Travellers' Club); born 1 Dec 1901; educated Bedford
Sch, RN Colls. Osborne and 5c •Clive Loch, formerly Broadcasting Commn., ret 1946, served in WW II with Australian Military
Forces 1939-45 (c/o Messrs. Blake and Riggall,
William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia); born 23 May, 1904; educated
Wellington, RMA Woolwich, and Melbourne U 4a William, settled in 5a Henry; born 1814; married 1847,
Bridget Anne Hallett, and had issue, with three daughters.,
who died unm, 1b Ernest; born 2 Oct 1849; married Winifred
Bellhouse, daughter of W. B Midwood,
of 1c Wilfred Ernest, MC, formerly Maj RA; born 28 April, 1889; educated Cheltenham,
and RMA; married 1921, •Josephine Maude Milne, daughter of Arthur Healy
Beard, of •David Wilfred Henry Milne, MC (1944), served
in WW II in RE (despatches), Memb of Lloyd's 1950 (Browns,
Effingham, Surrey); born 5 Nov 1922; educated Cheltenham; married
1st, 22 Nov 1946 (divorce 1960) Anna Maria, daughter of Dr Hornung, of 1b. •Peter
Charles; born 28 June, 1948; educated 1b. •Patricia Marian; born 16 Dec
1951. 2b. •Carol Joan; born 4 Sept 1953. He married 2nd, 4 June 1960, •Mary
Rankin, daughter of David Robertson, of 2b. •David Iain; born 27 Sept 1961. 3b. •Andrew William; born 12 March,
1963. 2c •Henry Philip, MB.E, DSC, Capt RIN (ret); born
22 May, 1890. 2b Percy; born 7 Jan 1857; died 25
May, 1892. 3b Louis; born 19
Jan 1854; married 1897, Grace Fielder. 4b Reginald; born 31 Oct 1856; died 6
Dec 1861. 6a John Henry (Rev),
Rector of 7a George Wyndham; born 1819; married Angelina
Elyard, of 8a Abraham Vernon (Rev), MA, English Chaplain at
Bruges; born 1821; married 1848, Mary, 2nd daughter of Rev Edward
Hodgson, sometime Vicar of Rickmansworth, Herts (see
1925 edn, HODGSON of Clopton
House), and died 1893, leaving issue, with three daughters., 1b Edward; born 4 March, 1852; died unm at Hongkong, 28 Nov 1886. 2b William; born 17 June, 1853; married
22 May, 1889, •Mary Emily Maude, and died in Buenos Ayres, 5 March,
1932, leaving issue, 1c •Cyril Vernon; born 17 April, 1890; educated
Lancing; married 27 June, 1917, •Count J., daughter of G. W. Gay, of
Buenos Ayres, and has issue, 1a. •Robert Vernon, served in WW II in
RA; born 25 April, 1918; married 21 Sept 1946, •Kathleen Renée Bruckshaw, of •Michael Vernon; born 12 Dec 1948. 1a. • 2a. •Rose Mary; born 6 April,
1931. 2c •Arthur, late Capt RE; born 11 Sept
1891; educated Lancing; married 5 Jan 1925, •Elsie Farmer
Kendrick, and has issue, 1a. •Marjorie E; born 5 Jan 1926. 2a. •Mary; born 22 May, 1927. 9a Charles Frederick, AMICE; born 17 June,
1853; educated Caius College Cambridge (MA); married 12 July,
1883, Josephine Laura (died 24 July, 1930), 3rd daughter of Rev James
Hamilton, of Ballymacoll, Co Meath (see
BURKE'S L.G. of Ireland), and died 22 June, 1900, leaving issue, 1c •Leslie Charles, CMG (1947), OBE (1941),
Civil Engineer, ent'died Consular
Service 1919, Vice-Consul, Chicago 1919-22, Aarhus, Denmark 1922, Galatz 1922,
Munich 1924, actg.-Consul-Gen Munich 1924-26, Consul,
Santiago de Cuba 1926, i.c. Legation, Havana 1926-29,
Detroit 1931-39, Consul and Commercial Sec Copenhagen 1939-40, 1st Sec
Guatemala 1940, Min Res. and Consul-Gen Quito 1941, Env.
Ex. and Min Plen Quito 1943-46, Env. Ex. and Min Plen 1a. •David Hamilton Corbett, served in
WW II in Canadian Essex Scottish Highrs; born 20
June, 1920; educated Trin College Sch, 1a. •Kathleen Mary Ramsey; born 5
April, 1918; educated Bedford High Sch; married 1st (divorce),
Capt Stanley Victor Meinhardt, Gurkha
Rifles, and has issue, one daughter She married 2nd, •W. A. Sprague
(442, King Street East, Ottawa, Canada). 2c •Frank, Electrical
Engineer, Central Argentine Rlys. (ret)
(Suma-Huasi, Las Rabonas,
Sierras Grandes de Cordoba, Argentina); born 27
May, 1890; educated Ashford Gram. Sch; married 20 July, 1913,
•Olive Lush, and has issue, 1a. •Gordon Hamilton, served in WW II in
RA (c/o Caños Filtros
Johnson, Jorge, Newbury 3537, Buenos Aires); born 15 June,
1917; educated King's Sch, Canterbury, and Caius College Cambridge; married
(divorce) Kathleen Dulcie Walker. 1a. •Ellen Marjorie (15, Earls
Avenue, Ashford, Kent); born 17 Oct 1914; educated Princess
Helena College, Ealing; married Basil R. Langsford, late RASC, and has issue, one daughter He died
26 April, 1958. 1c Emily Jane; born 17 Aug 1855; married 15
Aug 1878, Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, s of Rev George Bennett, of Kelvedon, Essex, and died 27 April, 1942, having had
issue, two sons and one daughter He died 2 June, 1913. He married 2nd, Emma Beet (died 1900),
of Ashford, and died April, 1921. 1a 2a Mary; born 1815; married 1st, 17
April, 1834, Sir John Edward Honywood, 6th Bt, of 3a Anna Maria; born 1823; married 1846,
Rev Richard Atkinson-Grimshaw (who assumed by Roy
Licence, 1877, the additional name of Grimshaw under
the will of his uncle, Edmund Grimshaw, of Pierremont Park, Kent), DL, JP, of Cockerham,
Lancs, Patron and Vicar of Cockerham,
and died 1904, having had issue, five children. The
eldest son, THE
REV. JAMES HUGHES-HALLETT, of Higham, and Little Dunmow, Lord of the Manor of Dunmow,
Vicar of Petham and Waltham, Kent, the last member of
the family to be a donor of the Dunmow Flitch (a
ceremony which ordinarily he refused to countenance, being a strong upholder of
the sanctity of the oath), at a private presentation to Lord Northwick; born
16 March, 1807; educated Winchester, and Oriel
College Oxford (BA 1829, MA 1833); married 10 Aug 1837, Mary Frances (died
8 May, 1890), 2nd daughter of Gen Sir Thomas Gage Montrésor,
K.CH, KC, Col 2nd Dragoon Gds, of Ospringe House,
Kent, and died 2 Nov 1901, leaving issue, 1a Charles Montrésor, Lt
RA; born 22 May, 1842; married 1873, Esther Humphreys, of 2a Henry HAMBLIN; born 6 Dec 1844; married
23 Oct 1878, Bertha Elizabeth (died 31 Jan 1916), only daughter of
John Kirkpatrick, JP, of Monk's Horton Park, Hythe, Kent, and died in
Argentina, 8 Nov 1930, having had issue, three sons and eight daughters. 3a JAMES WYNDHAM, C.B (1900), DSO (1895), CVO
(1905), of Higham and Little Dunmow
(which he sold in 1903), Col Seaforth Highrs, served
in Afghan War 1878-79, in Egyptian War 1882, with Citral
Relief Force 1895, and in S. African War 1899-1902 (temp. in command of
Highland Bde); born 15 Sept 1852; educated Haileybury,
and RMC; married 26 Oct 1897, Alice (died 1934), daughter of Capt
Henry William Landers, and died without issue 2 June, 1927. 4a NORTON JOSEPH, of whom
presently. 1a Mary Frances; born 1839; married 4
July, 1865, Henry Charles Palmerson of Rev Charles
Palmer, MA, Rector of Lighthorne, Warwick, shire, by
his wife Lady Charlotte Finch, eldest daughter of 4th Earl of Aylesford (see
BURKE'S Peerage), and died July, 1933, leaving issue. He died 11
Nov 1904. 2a Mary Anne; born 13 March, 1843; married
8 Dec 1860, Maj John Gibsone,
17th Lancers, of Pentland, Edinburgh, and died 12 Feb 1912, leaving
issue.(see that family, 1952 edn). He died
12 May, 1913. 3a Annette Elizabeth; born 1846; died unm 1892. 4a Emma; born 1848; died unm 1861. 5a Alice Julia; born 1850; died an
Infant The
youngest son, NORTON
JOSEPH HUGHES-HALLETT, OBE (1920), DL Derbyshire, Clerk of the Peace and CC
1894-1930, admitted a solicitor 1876; born 8 Aug 1854; educated Haileybury; married 13 Sept 1887, Alice Louisa (died
26 April, 1927), daughter of Rev Canon John Denton, Vicar of Ashbyde-la-Zouche, and Rural Dean, by his wife Mary Anne
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev Marmaduke Vavasour, Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouche,
Hon canon of Peterborough Cathedral, and his wife Mary Anne, 4th daughter of
Rev John Francis Seymour St John, Rector of Sevenstoke
and Preb of Worcester (see BURKE'S Peerage,
ST. JOHN OF BLETSO, B), and died 4 June, 1938, leaving issue, 1a •NORTON MONTRESOR, of
whom we treat. 2a •James Vavasour,
Lt-Col (ret) Seaforth Highrs (The Bury, Little Hadham, Herts; Army and Navy Club);
born 2 March, 1899; educated Haileybury,
and RMC; married 3 Nov 1922, •Marjorie, daughter of Maj
Alfred Stephen Collard, CBE, and has issue, 1b •Michael Wyndham Norton, Lt Scots Gds 1945-48
(Rangers Lodge, Charlbury, Oxon); born 10
Nov 1926; educated Eton; married 19 Oct 1948, •Penelope Anne,
elder daughter of late Capt Sydney George Fairbairn,
MC, of Patience Close, Steventon, Hants, and has
issue, 1c •James Wyndham John; born 10 Sept 1949. 2c •a s; born 28
Aug 1954. 1b •Anne Elizabeth; born 14 March, 1924; married
7 Sept 1946, •F/Lt Arthur Hobhouse Hebblethwaite, D.F.C., RAFVR (Little Eden, Hatfield
Heath, Herts), s of P. W. Hebblethwaite,
of Rookery Farm, Wyboston, Beds, and has issue, one
son and two daughters. 2.
•Gillian Pamela; born 16 July, 1930; married 17 July, 1951, •Iain
Buchanan (Bardoun, 1c •Robin William Turnbull; born 2 April,
1952. 2c •Alastair Michael; born 7 Feb 1959. 1c •Emma Louise; born 8 March, 1955. 1a •Mabel Frances, Sec Ldr.
W.V.S. 1939-45 (Shurdington Court, nr
Cheltenham, Glos); married 7 Oct 1913,
Frederick Charles Palmer, only son of Sir Alfred Molyneux
Palmer, 3rd Bt, of Grinkle Park, and has issue (see
BURKE'S Peerage). He died in the lifetime of the father 29 March,
1931. 2a •Mary Cecil; married 5 Jan 1915, •Brig Hanbury Pawle, CBE, OBE, DL
(ret), former Comdg. Hertfordshire Regt (TA) (Home
Field House, Widford, Ware), s of late George Strachan Pawle, DL, JP, of Widford, Ware, Herts, and has
issue, one son and two daughters. 3a •Joan Barbara (Walnut Tree House, Warmington, Peterborough); married 22 July,
1938, Maj-Gen Arthur Kenneth Hay, DSO, OBE, RHA and
RA, s of Maj-Gen Edward Owen Hay, CB, and has issue,
one s. He died 19 April, 1949. Residence–The Little Landed
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