SIR
HENRY JOHN SEBASTIAN RUMBOLD, 11TH BT , of Woodhall, Watton,
Hertford [Sir Henry Rumbold Bt, 19 Hollywood Rd, London SW10 9HT; Hatch House,
Tisbury, Wilts SP3 6PA]; born 24 Dec 1947; succeeded f 1983; educated
Eton and William and Mary College Va.; slr, ptnr Dawson Cornwell & Co
1991–; married 6 Oct 1978 •Frances Ann (Holly), formerly wife of Julian
Berry and daughter of Dr A Whitfield Hawkes and Mrs Alistair Cooke, of New York
Lineage:
ROBERT
RUMBOULD, of Burbage, Leics; born 1560; married Margery – (died
1627) and died Oct 1621, leaving, with other issue: THOMAS
RUMBOULD, of Burbage; royalist Civil War, captured Battle of Naseby 1645; married
Catherine Riplinghame (died 1636) and had, with four daughters: 1a William, of Parson's Green, Fulham; born 1613;
royalist Civil War, with office of the Great Wardrobe, took from London the
Royal Standard set up at Nottingham 1642, fought Naseby, went to Cadiz,
returned after 1649, Sec secret Cncl kept up in England by CHARLES II during
his exile, Comptroller Gt Wardrobe and Surveyor-Gen Customs 1660; married Mary,
daughter of William Barclay, Esq of the Body to CHARLES I, and died 27
May 1667, leaving: 1b Edward; baptised 5 June 1665; Surveyor-Gen
Customs; married Anne, daughter of 4th Viscount Grandison of Limerick (see
1b Mary; baptised 26 Oct 1656; married 25
Aug 1680 James Sloane, MP Thetford, eldest brother of Sir Hans Sloane, 1st and
last Bt 2b Jane; baptised 14 Nov 1663; married Richard
Hosier, of 2a HENRY 3a Thomas; baptised 28 Jan 1628; Consul
Cadiz; married Rafaela de los Cameros, widow of Richard Crocker, and was
buried 19 Jan 1706 The
2nd son, HENRY
RUMBOLD; baptised 19 Jan 1618; merchant Puerto Sta Maria, Spain;
active Royalist agent, Consul-Gen Andalucia 1660, Gentleman Privy Chamber
Extraordinary; married 1st Isabel de Avila (died 1662) and had: 1a Henry; volunteer at Tangier; died Dec
1688, leaving issue HENRY
RUMBOLD married 2nd 25 Jan 1663 Francisca Maria, daughter of Brian
I'Anson, Grandee of Spain, 2nd son of Sir Brian I'Anson, Bt, by Beatriz Rico,
and died March 1690, having by her had: 2a William; HEICS; married Elizabeth Mason
and was buried 15 Sept 1728, leaving, with other issue: 1b WILLIAM 2b Henry; Sec Cncl Bengal; married 17 Aug
1731 Sarah Basnet and died 1 Sept 1743, leaving issue The
elder son, WILLIAM
RUMBOLD; HEIC's Naval Serv; married 8 Dec 1726 Dorothy, widow of
John Mann and daughter of Richard Cheney, of Hackney, and died 1745,
being then 2nd in Council at Tellicherry, leaving, with another s (died young): 1a William; born 1730; Lt Madras Army,
present operations round Madura and Siege Trichinopoly; died unmarried 1
Aug 1757 2a THOMAS (Sir), 1st Bt 1a Dorothy; married 1st Capt Northall, RA,
and had issue; married 2nd 24 June 1762 John Taylor, of Townhead, Lancs,
and had further issue The
2nd surviving son, Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Bt (GB), so created 27 March 1779, of Woodhall
Watton, Herts; born 15 June 1736; joined HEICS 1752, present recapture
Calcutta, ADC to Clive of India (see POWIS, E) Battle of Plassey 1757
(severely wounded), Govr Madras, MP New Shoreham, Sussex, Melcombe Regis,
Shaftesbury and Yarmouth, IoW, tea planter; married 1st 22 June 1756
Frances (buried 22 Aug 1764), only daughter of James Berriman by Frances
Aspinwall, and had: 1a William Richard; born 1 March 1760; Capt
1st Foot Gds, ADC to Sir Hector Munro Siege Pondicherry Oct 1778, delivered
despatches and colours of the fortress to GEORGE III, MP Melcombe Regis; died
unmarried 14 June 1786 2a GEORGE BERRIMAN (Sir), 2nd Bt 1a Sir
Thomas married 2nd 2 May 1772 Joanna (died 4 Jan 1823), daughter of Rt Rev
Edmund Law, DD, Bp Carlisle (see ELLENBOROUGH, B), and died 11
Nov 1791, leaving all his property to his children by her, for whose benefit he
directed that his estate of Woodhall Watton, Herts, should be sold, having by
her had, with other issue: 3a Charles Edmund, of Preston Candover, Hants; born
11 Aug 1788; MP Gt Yarmouth; married Harriet (died 6 Oct
1877), daughter of John Gardner, of 1b Charles James Augustus; born 6 Feb
1834; MA Cantab, FRGS; married 30 July 1863 Agatha Ellen (died 21
Sept 1897), daughter of George Woodroffe Franklyn, MP, of Lovel Hill, Berks,
and died 2 June 1900, leaving: 1c Charles Edmund Arden Law; born 24 Aug
1872; Capt 2nd Dragoon Gds Queen's Bays Boer War 1901–02, WW I as Capt RE, Chev
Ordre du Mérite Maritime 1936; married 1st 14 Feb 1906 Anne Christian (died
3 April 1928), 2nd daughter of Hon Richard Anthony Nugent (see WESTMEATH,
E), and had: 1d Thomas Christian Nugent; born 1 Aug, died
20 Aug 1911 2d Richard William John Nugent; born 24
June 1913; author and jnlst, P/O RAF WW II; died unmarried 10 March 1961 1d Rosemary Christian Nugent; born 29
Oct 1916; married 18 Feb 1936 (divorce 1951, resumed maiden name)
Don Jose Maria Puigcerver and died 9 Nov 1957, leaving: 1e •Anita Puigcerver [Miss Anita Rumbold, 4
Rathclarh, Killarney Rd, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland]; born 19– 1c (cont) Charles Rumbold married 2nd 17
May 1938 Yvonne Catherine Aurore Beatrice Garnon (died Dec 1956),
daughter of Alphonse Billot, and died 9 April 1943 2c Christian Franklyn Hales; born 5 Sept
1873; Maj 4th Bn E Surrey Regt, attd 2nd Bn Norfolk Regt, Capt Roy Scots Fus,
Boer War 1899–1902, Persian Gulf with IEF WW I; killed in action Ctesiphon
22 Nov 1915 1c Agatha Mary Harriet; married 28 Jan
1897 Rev Harry Bathurst Norman and died 9 Nov 1906, leaving issue 2b Thomas Henry; born 26 March 1835; married
7 Nov 1872 Katherine Lucy (died 21 Aug 1932), daughter of John Bott,
of Coton Hall, Staffs, and died 1882, leaving: 1c Anwer Thomas Law; born 27 Oct 1873; educated
Winchester and Trin College Cambridge (BA, LLB 1895); married 7 May
1904 Ellen Mary, youngest daughter of Thomas Holt, of Crewkerne, Somerset, and died
1 Oct 1916 2c William Richard, MC (1918); born 30
April 1877, educated Haileybury; T/Capt RE and Pioneer Sectn Nigeria
Regt, RWAFF, WW I; died unmarried 29 Feb 1960 3c Thomas Arthur; born 28 Feb 1882; Lt RE
TF WW I (despatches); married 1st 21 Oct 1911 Evelyn Mary (died 25
May 1954), only daughter of Walter Comyn Jackson, JP, of Swanley, Kent, and had: 1d Thomas Michael; born 21 July 1914; Lt
RNVR WW II (despatches posthumously); married 4 Nov 1939 •Rosemary Hazel
(married 2nd 9 Oct 1944 Cdr Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN, and has issue),
eldest daughter of J P Hampshire, of Wimbledon, and died on active service at
sea 21 Dec 1940 1d •Elizabeth Anne, MBE (1975); born 25
Sept 1919; married 28 March 1940 •3rd Baron Hayter (qv) and has
issue 3c (cont) Thomas Rumbold married 2nd 2
June 1959 Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (died 23 Nov 1973), widow of Capt Warren
Skeffington Wynne, of St Andrews, and daughter of Rev Thomas MacDougal Brisbane
Paterson, of Laighstone Hall, Hamilton, and died 4 May 1972 1c Harriet Lucy Elizabeth; married 19
Sept 1908 Sydney Theodore Hudson, elder son of Sydney Hudson, JP, of Meads
Court, Eastbourne, and Manchester, and died 28 July 1959, leaving issue.
He died 15 Feb 1949 2c Katherine Cecilia; died unmarried 6 Aug
1972 3b Henry Edmund William; born 27 June
1837; Lt Roy Fus and Capt 3rd Bn Essex Regt; married 23 April 1871 Ellen
Schaefer (died 10 March 1916), only child of Cumberland Dugan Hollins,
of Baltimore, and died 26 Aug 1911, leaving: 1c Cumberland Henry Collins; born 1 June
1872; Capt US Engrs; married 1st 25 June 1902 Emma (died 9 April
1934), daughter of William Bowly Wilson, of Baltimore; married 2nd 22
Oct 1935 Gladys Rose (died 25 March 1967), daughter of George Gorling,
of Goring, Berks, and died without issue 2c Edmund Law Hollins; born 21 April
1876; Lt QM Dept USA WW I; died unm 1c Ethel Law Hollins; died 1932 2c Annie Law Hollins; married 1st 26 Nov
1907 Ernest Krewson Richardson (died 16 Aug 1910), of Germantown, Pa.,
and had issue; married 2nd 1916 S Brown Thompson, of Bath, Va. 2a Maria Augusta Dorothea; married 1st Col
Frederick Manners, 96th Foot; married 2nd 9 June 1812 Sir Grenville
Temple, 9th Bt (died 18 Feb 1829; see 1850 edn), and died 14
Feb 1852 The
1st Bt's eldest surviving son, Sir George Berriman Rumbold, 2nd Bt; born 17 Aug
1764; Min Resident Hamburg to 1804; married Nov 1783 Caroline (married
2nd 1809 V-Adml Sir William Sidney Smith, GCB, and died 16 May
1826), only child of James Hearn, of Shanakill, Co Waterford, and had, with
other issue: 1a WILLIAM (Sir), 3rd Bt 1a Caroline; born 20 Feb 1786; married Col
Adolphe de St Clair, of the Garde Royale, and died Feb 1848, leaving
issue 2a Maria; born 10 May 178–; married R-Adml
Arabin and died 31 Dec 1875. He died 1855 3a Emily; born 1790; married Ferdinand,
Baron de Delmar, and died 15 Jan 1861 The
2nd Bt died 15 Dec 1807; his elder son, Sir William Rumbold, 3rd Bt; born 22 May 1787; married 13
July 1809 Hon Harriet Elizabeth Parkyns (born 1 July 1789, died 8
Sept 1830), 2nd daughter and coheir of 1st Baron Rancliffe (see 1850
edn), and died 24 Aug 1833, having had, with other issue: 1a Sir Cavendish Stuart Rumbold, 4th Bt; born 26 Aug 1815;
married 1836 Mary Harcourt (died without issue 1850), eldest
daughter of R-Adml Manby, of Northwold, Norfolk, and died 27 March 1853 2a Sir Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold, 5th Bt; born 25 Sept
1820; Maj 70th Regt Crimean War, Order Medjidie 4th Cl, Col Imperial Ottoman
Army, Pres and sr memb Exec Cncl Nevis 1857–63 and Virgin Is 1865–69; married
1st Jan 1846 Antoinette (died 27 Nov 1867), only child of Cmdt
Antoine de Kerven; married 2nd 18 Aug 1868 Helen Eliza, Assist Gen Soc
Sacred Heart (died 20 Sept 1921), eldest daughter of Edward Hopewell, of
The Grove, Walthamstow, and died 12 June 1869, leaving: 1b Sir Arthur Victor Raoul Anduze Rumbold, 6th Bt; born posthumously
24 July 1869; died without issue 16 June 1877 3a Sir Charles Hale Rumbold, 7th Bt; born 12 Oct 1822;
married and died without issue 28 Aug 1877 4a HORACE (Sir), 8th Bt 5a William; born 3 Sept 1830; Lt Gren Gds; married
25 Nov 1853 Nadine, Princesse Lobanov, of Rostov (died 1889), and died
26 Dec 1893 1a Emily Victorine Elizabeth; born 13 Oct
1824; married 1st 16 Oct 1848 (divorce 1866) Capt George Henry
Cavendish, 1st Life Gds (see DEVONSHIRE, D); married 2nd 20 Aug
1870 Count Gaston de la Rochefoucauld and died 11 Sept 1904 The
7th Bt's brother, Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC; born 2
July 1829; Dipl Serv: joined 1849, Min Chile 1872–78 and Berne 1878–79, Envoy
Extrdy and Min Plen Argentina 1879–80, Sweden 1880–84, Greece 1884–88 and The
Netherlands 1888–96, Amb Extrdy and Plen Austria-Hungary 1896–1900; married 1st
15 July 1867 Caroline Barney (died 26 Dec 1872), daughter of George
Harrington, of Washington, US Min Berne, and had: 1a HORACE GEORGE MONTAGU (Sir), 9th Bt 2a William Edwin, CMG (1919); born 22 Oct
1870; Col RA, Belgian and French Croixs de Guerre; married 21 Feb 1903
Elizabeth Gordon (died 21 Feb 1948), daughter of Rev Robert James
Cameron, of Burntisland, Fife, and died 25 Jan 1947, leaving: 1b (Horace) Algernon Fraser (Sir), KCMG (1960,
CMG 1953), CIE (1947); born 27 Feb 1906; educated Wellington and
Ch Ch Oxford (BA 1927); India Office: Assist Pncpl 1929, Priv Sec to Parly
U-Sec 1930–33, U-Sec 1933–34, Pncpl 1934, Assist Sec 1943, tfd to CRO 1947, Dep
UK HC S Africa 1949–53, Assist U-Sec 1954, Dep U-Sec 1958–66; married 19
Jan 1946 Margaret Adel (died Jan 2001), only daughter of Arthur Joseph
Hughes, OBE, of Pages, Chigwell Row, Essex, and died 1993, having had: 1c •Sara Josephine [Lady Owen, Shortwoods, West
Clandon, Surrey GU4 7UB]; born 7 Jan 1948; married 9 Aug 1969
•Sir Robert Michael Owen (qv), s of Gwynne Llewellyn Owen, and has issue 2c •Caroline Elizabeth [Mrs Richard Keevil,
Cliffansty Farm, Clevancy, Calne, Wilts SN11 8ST]; born 15 March 1950; married
1981 •Richard James Keevil, and has: 1d •Katharine Elizabeth Adele; born 1982 2d •Cordelia Jane; born 1988 2b William Robert; born 4 Feb 1912; educated
Wellington and Ch Ch Oxford (MA 1944); F/O RAF WW II; married 1st
1942 (divorce 1952) Pamela Mary Dewe, and had: 1c •Cheryl Anne [Sga Cheryl Dotti, 5 Avenue
Calas, 1206 Geneva, Switzerland]; born 22 June 1944; married 4
May 1968 (divorce 1979) Luca C Dotti, s of Dr Dominico Dotti and Paola
Roberti (née Bandini), of Rome 2b (cont.) William Rumbold married 2nd 8
Aug 1957 •Sylvia Violet, only daughter of Lawrence John Smith, of Lusaka,
Zambia, and by her had: 1c +CHARLES ANTON [Charles Rumbold Esq, 18 Blake
Gdns, London SW6 4QB]; born 7 Feb 1959; heir presumptive; married 1987
•Susan, elder daughter of J M Tucker, of Melbourne, Australia, and has: 1d •Eleanor; born 1995 2c +Alexander Robert; born 1971; married
1998 •Ashley Cockrill, and has: 1d +Chester Mitchell; born 2002 3b Alastair Gordon, OBE (1953), MC (1936); born
28 Oct 1914; educated Wellington; Lt-Col Cameron Highrs, Palestine
1936–39, WW II; married 1st 30 July 1941 (divorce 1952) Tania,
daughter of Michael Borzakovsky, and had: 1c +Michael Alastair; born 6 July 1943; educated
Wellington and Haute Ecole de Commerce Paris; married 1976 •Katharine
Mary, daughter of Donal John Cagney, of Broadstairs, Kent, and has: 1d +Angus Michael; born 1982 1d •Victoria Catherine; born 31 Dec 1977 2d •Lucinda; born 1979 3b (cont.) Col Alastair Rumbold married 2nd
12 Sept 1958 •Auriol Cressida [Mrs Alastair Rumbold, Flat 20, Manor Ct, Ave Rd,
Leamington Spa, Warwicks CV31 3NL], daughter of Col William Rixon Bucknall, of The
Hatton, Redgorton, Perthshire, and Mrs J A Hopwood, and died 1992,
having by her had: 1c •Belinda Cressida; born 2 Oct 1962; married
•Ren Stevens, and has: 1d •Ambee; born 1998 1d •Sarah; born 2001 1b •Violet Elizabeth [Mrs Andrew Atha, The Coach
House Nursing Home, Sharrow Cross, Ripon, N Yorks HG4 5BN]; married 7
Nov 1934 Andrew Atha (died 23 Aug 1967), s of Charles Gurney Atha, and
has: 1c •Charles Antony; born 2 Aug 1937; educated
Harrow and Worcester College Oxford 1c •Elizabeth Ann Amanda [Mrs Michael Abrahams,
Newfield, Mickley, Ripon, N Yorks]; born 8 Feb 1940; married 1
June 1967 •Michael Abrahams, CBE, DL, s of Alexander Abrahams, of Esher, Surrey 3a George; born 19 Oct 1871; Lt AOD, Hon
Attaché The Hague 1892, in RN; died unmarried 1951 Sir
Horace married 2nd 28 July 1881 Louisa Anne (died 8 Jan 1940), widow of
Capt St George Francis Robert Caulfeild (see CHARLEMONT, V) and only
daughter of Thomas Russell Crampton, CE, and died 3 Nov 1913, having by
her had: 4a Hugh Cecil Levinge; born 7 Feb 1884; Lt
Rifle Bde Boer War 1902, Capt Gren Gds WW I (wounded, Chev Order Crown of
Belgium); married 12 March 1932 Zoe (died 29 Oct 1958), daughter
of Thomas Jaspard Akins, of St Louis, Mo., by Sarah Elizabeth Green, and died
18 Nov 1932 Sir
HORACE's eldest son, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, 9th Bt, GCB
(1934), GCMG (1923, KCMG 1917), MVO (1907), PC (1920); born 5 Feb 1869;
Hon Attaché 1888, Attaché 1890, 3rd Sec 1893, 2nd Sec 1896, 1st Sec 1904,
Counsellor Tokyo 1909–13 and Berlin 1913–14, FO 1914–16, Envoy Extrdy and Min
Plen Berne 1916 and Poland 1919–20, HC and Amb Constantinople 1920–24, Amb
Madrid 1924–28 and Berlin 1928–33 (ret), 2nd Br Plen Lausanne Conf 1922–23,
Pncpl Br Del resumed Conf April 1923, memb Roy Commn Palestine 1937, Chm Centl
VAD Cncl 1937; married 18 July 1905 Etheldred Constantia, CBE (1920),
DGStJ (died 23 Oct 1964), younger daughter of Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch
Fane, KCMG, of Boyton Manor, Wilts, and had: 1a (HORACE) ANTHONY CLAUDE (Sir), 10th Bt 1a Constantia Dorothy; born 1906, married
30 Nov 1944 Hugh William Farmar, MVO, LLD (died 1987), s of Col
Harold Mynors Farmar, CMG, DSO (see BLG 1972), and brother of the
novelist Mary Wesley (see SWINFEN, B), and died 4 Jan 2001,
leaving: 1b •(Hugh Alexander) Peregrine [Peregrine Farmar
Esq, Saltway House, Bibury, Cirencester, Glos GL7 5NT]; born 28 Sept
1945; educated Eton and Keble College Oxford; married 1973 •Carole
Mary Phillips, and has: 1c •Samuel Hugh Gregory; born 1977 1c •Rebecca Lucy; born 1975 2c •Georgina Frances; born 1980 3c •Charlotte Felicity; born 1985 2b •Francis (Frank) Edmund [Francis Farmar Esq,
The Old Rectory, Sedgehill, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9JH]; born 8 May
1948; educated Eton, St Martin's College Art and W of England College of
Art; artist, Assist Dir Modern Br Picture Dept Christies 1971–86, Ind Art
Consultant 1986–2000; married 1st 9 Oct 1982 (divorce 1997)
Judith Madeline Povoas; married 2nd 7 April 2000 •Jane, daughter of
Phillip William Lamb, MD, PhD 2a Bridget Margherita; born 27 Sept 1914; died
19 July 1918 Sir
HORACE died 24 May 1941; his only son, Sir (Horace) Anthony Claude Rumbold, 10th Bt, KCMG (1962, CMG 1953),
KCVO (1969), CB (1955); born 7 March 1911; educated Eton and
Magdalen College Oxford (BA 1934); Dip Serv: 3rd Sec 1936, 2nd Sec 1940, 1st
Sec 1945, Counsellor 1949, Paris 1951–54, Pncpl Priv Sec to For Sec 1954–55,
Assist U-Sec FO 1957, Min Paris 1961–65, Amb Thailand 1965–67, Austria 1967,
Cdr St Olav Norway, Grand Cross Order Merit Austria; married 20 June
1937 (divorce 1974) Felicity Ann (died 1984), younger daughter of
Lt-Col Frederick George Glyn Bailey, RA (see INCHCAPE, E), and had: 1a Sir HENRY JOHN SEBASTIAN RUMBOLD, 11th and present Bt 1a •Serena Caroline [Mrs Jeremy Lancaster, The
Gables, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsha, Glos GL56 0UF]; born 27 Jan 1939; educated
St Paul and St Mary Cheltenham and St Anne's College Oxford (BA); married
18 July 1959 •Jeremy Lancaster, eldest son of Norman Gerald Lancaster, of
Sparrow's Nest, Woodnorton, Worcs, and has: 1b •Nicholas Horace John; born 1 Jan 1966 1b •Emma Charlotte; born 14 Sept 1961 2b •Joanna Elizabeth; born 28 Aug 1963 3b •Frances Mary; born 29 June 1968 2a •Venetia Mary [Miss Venetia Rumbold, 13
Alphickbury Cres, Harpenden, Herts AL5 5RS]; born 8 Dec 1941 3a •Camilla Charlotte [Mrs Camilla Swayne,
Stockton Lodge, Stockton, Warminster, Wilts BA1 2SQ]; born 17 Aug 1943; married
1st 28 Feb 1962 (divorce 1970) Hon Christopher Lionel Baliol Brett,
eldest son of 4th Viscount Esher (qv), and has issue; married 2nd
1972 (divorce 1983) Giles Oliver Cairnes Swayne, only son of Sir Ronald
Oliver Carless Swayne, MC, and by him has: 1b •Orlando Benedict Carlos; born 1974 Sir
Anthony married 2nd 14 Dec 1974 •Mrs Pauline Laetitia Graham [Pauline Lady
Rumbold, 22 West St, Wilton, Salisbury, Wilts SP2 0DF], daughter of Hon David
Francis Tennant (see GLENCONNER, B), and formerly wife of (a) Capt
Julian Alfred Lane-Fox-Pitt-Rivers (see Charles Mosley, Blood Royal,
p.100) and (b) Euan Douglas Graham (see MONTROSE, D), and died 4
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