WILLIAM
HOWARD WILBERFORCE , of Markington Hall, WR Yorks; born 17
Aug 1958; married 1988/9 •Julie-Anne, daughter of Frank Bosch and Mrs
Joan Eaton-Stubbings, of Warrnambool, 1a •A son; born 26 Jan 1991 Lineage:
Wilberfoss,
ER Yorks, from which this family took its name and where it was seated for
several centuries, is a village roughly midway between York and Pocklington on
the outskirts of what was once the forest of Galtres, from whose herds of wild
boar the village took the name ‘Wild-Boar-Foss', hence Wilberfoss. A
Benedictine convent, St Mary's Priory, was founded at Wilberfoss 1153 by Helias
or Alan de Catton, and a charter of HENRY II mentions William, s of Illger(us)
de Wilberfoss, and Osbert, s of Robert de Wilberfoss, as benefactors, though
any kinship with the known ancestors of the current WILBERFORCEs is
conjectural. ILLGERUS
OF EAGLETON (now Eggleton), Co Durham; served Scottish Wars of EDWARD I
(reigned 1272–1307); married Margaret, daughter of 1st Lord (Baron) Kyme
(also ancestor of Pres GEORGE WASHINGTON; see AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL
FAMILIES, 1994), thus eventually acquiring the Kyme feudal lordship of
Wilberfoss, and had: HENRY
OF WILBERFOSS; had: WILLIAM
OF WILBERFOSS; had: SYMON
OF WILBERFOSS; had: ROBERT
OF WILBERFOSS; had, with six younger sons (Peter; Roger; William; Hugh;
Illgerus; Gilbert): LAWRENCE
OF WILBERFOSS; had: JOHN
OF WILBERFOSS; had: JOHN
OF WILBERFOSS; had: JOHN
WILBERFOSS; married – 1a WILLIAM; see below 2a Roger, of Garrowby; married Catherine –,
and died by 9 Jan 1531/2, leaving: 1b Henry; under age 1532 1b Elizabeth; married William Chamberlayne 2b A dau; married Henry Kudwith 3a A s; had: 1b Robert; mentioned in his uncle Roger's will 2b Peter; priest, mentioned in Roger's will The
eldest son, WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS, of Wilberfoss; had, with two daughters (Alice; Margaret): CHRISTOPHER
WILBERFOSS, of Wilberfoss; imprisoned for failing to deface the rood screen in
Kirby Underdale Church, ER Yorks, hence presumably hostile to the Reformation; married
Anne, daughter of Robert Brown, of Netherdale, and died by 18 July
1534, leaving, with five younger sons (John; Henry; Roger; Robert; Edward) and
a daughter (Elizabeth): WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS, of Wilberfoss; married 1st Margaret, daughter of George
Overende, of Kexby, ER Yorks, and had: 1a Roger, of Wilberfoss; signed a Heralds'
Visitation Pedigree 1584; married Margaret, daughter of Andrew Walgott,
of Bishop Wilton, ER Yorks, and had: 1b Robert, of Wilberfoss; married Anne,
daughter of Thomas Burland, of Burland, Stockton (-on-Tees, Co Durham or
perhaps Stockton-on-the-Forest, NR Yorks), and died by 7 April 1638,
leaving, with other issue: 1c Roger, of Wilberfoss; born 1596; married
1st Margaret Apthorpe, of Kilpin (died without issue 1 March
1629/30); married 2nd Margaret, daughter of John Agar, of Stockton
(-on-Tees, Co Durham or perhaps Stockton-on-the-Forest, NR Yorks), and died by
27 March 1662), having by her had, with other issue: 1d Roger; born 1634; married Anne,
daughter of William Phaxton, of Pocklington, ER Yorks, and had: 1e Roger; born 1657; died 1665 1e Anne 2d Robert, of Wilberfoss; born 1638; married
21 Aug 1662 Emmot, daughter of Simon Newlove, of Wetwang, ER Yorks, and died
1684 (will proved 20 Sept), leaving: 1e William, of Wilberfoss; born 1663; married
1684 Margaret Lazenby, and died 1709 (will proved 27 Aug), having
had, with other issue: 1f Robert, of Wilberfoss, which he sold 1710 to
the WRIGHTs of Bolton, WR Yorks; married Martha –, and died by 1
Dec 1737, having had, with other issue: 1g William, of Menthorpe and Foggathorpe, ER
Yorks; born 1705; married 1735 Anne Freeman, of Menthorpe, and died
1774, leaving: 1h Robert, of Menthorpe; born 1740; married
1770 Jane Wharram, of Wetwang, and died 1800, having had, with other
issue: 1i Thomas, of Menthorpe; born 1771; married
Jane, daughter of Matthew Blakeston, of Elmswell Hall, Driffield, ER Yorks,
and died 1830, leaving: 1j Thomas, of Wetwang Ho; born 12 May
1818; married 30 April 1840 Elizabeth, daughter of Leonard Clarkson, of
Huggate Lodge, Yorks, and died 15 Jan 1892, leaving: 1k Thomas Clarkson; born 29 Jan 1848; died
without issue 1900 2k Robert, of Wellington, NZ; born 4
March 1853; married Alice, daughter of William Henry Milward, of
Liverpool, and died 23 Aug 1928, leaving: 1l Roger Robert, of Days Bay, Wellington, NZ; born
10 Oct 1889; NZ Expdny Force WW I; married 7 April 1923 Maizie,
daughter of Robert Alexander Lemon, of Wellington, NZ, and died without
issue 7 Oct 1961 2l Thomas William Clarkson; born 24 Sept 1895;
NZ Expdny Force WW I; married 17 Nov 1919 Edith Gwendoline, daughter of
Arthur Stratton, of Alton Priors, Wilts, and died 20 Nov 1935, leaving: 1m •Robert Stratton [Robert Wilberforce Esq, 8
Key's St, Takapuna, Auckland, NZ]; born 10 Jan 1928; married –,
and has issue 1m •Jane; born 11 Dec 1922 1l Doris Jane; born 1888 3k William; born 22 Nov 1855; married 1st
1902 Mary (died without issue 1926), daughter of Robert Holtby, of
Elmswell Hall, Driffield; married 2nd •Edith, daughter of John Edward Sibey,
of Driffield, and died 8 Jan 1942, having by her had: 1l •Mary Elizabeth; born 14 Aug 1928 4k George Blakeston; born 27 Feb 1857; died
without issue 1928 1k Sophia Elizabeth; born 17 May 1854; married
31 July 1906 Arthur Bottril, of Garton, ER Yorks 2k Louisa Jane; born 9 Jan 1859; died unmarried
1907 1j Jane; born 1816; married 4
Sept 1833 William Henry Bell (died 13 March 1852), of Portington Hall,
ER Yorks, and died 7 July 1888, leaving issue (see BLG 1952
WILBERFORCE-BELL) 2j Elizabeth; married Thomas Wheatley,
of Sledmere Castle, ER Yorks 2i John, of Rotsea, Yorks 1i Deborah; married Henry Robson 2i Anne; married David Holtby, of
Elmswell Hall, Driffield 3d William; married Hesther Smith, of
Barnby (Barnby Dun, WR Yorks) 1d Anne; married 1667 William Horsley,
of Beckhouse 2d Margaret; married 1667 Peter
Pilkington 1c Dorothy; married Richard Cob, of Full
Sutton, ER Yorks 2c Elizabeth; married William Williamson,
of Newton, (presumably the ER rather than NR or WR ones) Yorks 3c Anne; married Thomas Cooper, of Barnby 2b Edward; born c 1566 2a Thomas, of Wigton (Market Weighton, ER Yorks); married
–, and had issue 3a Christopher 1a Agnes; married 1st Thomas Burdon; m 2nd
Henry Pierson 2a Elizabeth; married – WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS married 2nd Jane –, and died by 1 Sept 1557, leaving
by her: 4a Thomas, of Beverley, ER Yorks; married Jane
Shepherd, and had: 1b WILLIAM; see below 1b Isobel; married George Pierson, of
Brigham, ER Yorks 2b Rebecca; married W Crook, of N
Frodingham, ER Yorks 3b Elinor; living unm 1612 The
only son, WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS, of Brigham; married 1st Anne, daughter of Robert Ferras, of Beverley,
and had: 1a RALPH; see below 2a Thomas 3a William, of Beverley; grocer, Mayor Beverley
1643; died 1655 WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS married 2nd Margaret, daughter of William Wester, of
Wansford, ER Yorks, and by her had: 4a George The
eldest son, RALPH
WILBERFOSS, of Brigham; born c 1591; married Mary, daughter of Ralph
Brigham, of Brigham, and died 1655, leaving: WILLIAM
WILBERFOSS; Mayor Beverley 1674; displaced by roy charter May 1684 but chosen
Alderman again and restored to seniority 7 March 1698/9; died 1703,
having had: 1a William; born 1655; died 1679 2a SAMUEL; see below 3a Thomas; born 1668; Mayor Beverley
1709–12; married Anne (died 24 Dec 1720), daughter and heiress of
Christopher Lonsdale, of Drewton, Yorks, and died 1742, leaving issue 4a Ralph 5a Christopher; born 1671 The
2nd son, SAMUEL
WILBERFOSSE, of Beverley; born 1663; married 1685 Anne, daughter of Robert
Davye, of York and heiress of her brother, Robert Davye(s), of Markington, WR
Yorks, and had: WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE; born 1690; Baltic merchant, Mayor Kingston-upon-Hull 1722; married
21 Nov 1711 Sarah, younger daughter of John Thornton, Hull merchant (see
BLG 1969 THORNTON formerly of Birkin), and had: 1a William, of Wimbledon, Surrey; married Hannah
(died Dec 1788), 2nd daughter of Robert Thornton, of London and Clapham
(see BLG 1969 THORNTON formerly of Birkin), and died without issue 1777 2a ROBERT; see below 1a Anne; married John Greathed, of Hull,
and died 4 Dec 1783, leaving issue 2a Judith; married John Bird, London
Alderman, and had, with other issue: 1b Hannah; married Rev Robert Sumner, and
had: 1c John Bird; DD, Bp Chester 1828–48, Archbp
Canterbury 1848–62 2c Charles Richard; DD, Bp Winchester 1827–69 The
younger son, ROBERT
WILBERFORCE, of Kingston-upon-Hull; born 1728/9;
ptnr in family Baltic trading business; married Elizabeth (died 1798),
daughter of Thomas Bird, of Barton, Oxon and Coventry, Warwicks, and sister of
Mary, wife of Abel Smith, Nottingham banker (see BLG 1965 SMITH of
Woodhall Park, also BP&B 2003 BICESTER, B, CARRINGTON, B, and RAMSDEN, Bt),
and died 1768, having had, with three other children, including two
daughters (Sarah, married 1st Rev T Clarke, Vicar Holy Trin Hull (died
1797), married 2nd 1800 James Stephen, Master in Chancery, MP,
agitator with his brother-in-law to abolish slavery (died 1832), and died
1816; Anne): WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE, of Kingston-upon-Hull; born 24 Aug 1759; educated Hull
GS and St John's College Cambridge; MP: Hull 1780–84 (as which became friendly
with Pitt the Younger, remaining so even after his (WILBERFORCE's) religious
conversion and his increasingly philanthropic outlook, not only as regards
abolishing slavery (more immediately the slave trade, which he succeeded in
getting made illegal in Br possessions 1807) but in softening the harsh
criminal code and reforming electoral practices, even ameliorating manners),
Yorks 1784–1812 (also got in again for Hull but chose to sit for Yorks),
Bramber 1812–25; fndr/co-fndr: Soc for Bettering the Condition of the Poor
1796, Church Missionary Soc 1798 and Bible Soc 1803, Anti-Slavery Soc 1823;
granted French citizenship 1792, though he himself anti-Jacobin; author Practical
Christianity (1807) (7,500 copies sold in 6 months, ran through 15 UK edns
and 25 US ones by 1824, also translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian and
Spanish); married 30 May 1797 Barbara Ann (died 1847), eldest
daughter of Isaac Spooner, of Elmdon Hall, Warwicks (see BLG 1969
INGE-INNES-LILLINGSTON Lineage of Spooner), and died 29 July 1833 (buried
Westminster Abbey), having had: 1a WILLIAM; see below 2a Robert Isaac (Ven); born 19 Dec 1802; educated
privately and Oriel College Oxford (BA 1824, Fell 1826, MA 1827, Sub-Dean
and Tutor 1828); ordained 1826, Rector E Farleigh Kent 1832 and Burton Agnes
Yorks 1840, Archdeacon ER 1841 (as which succeeded his 1st wife's f),
turned RC 1854, having already exercised great influence on his younger
brother's brother-in-law Cardinal Manning, who reckoned him the better
theologian; collaborated with younger brother Samuel on biography of their f,
author also of The Five Empires (1841, a historical study of Assyrian,
Persian, Greek, Roman and Christian civilisations) and Rutilius and Lucius (1842,
historical novel set in reign of Constantine) as well as works of theology and
church history; m 1st 16 June 1832 Agnes Everilda Frances (died 17 Nov
1834), daughter of Ven Francis Wrangham (see BLG 1952); married 2nd
29 July 1837 Jane (died without issue 1853), eldest daughter of Digby
Legard, of Walton Abbey, Yorks (see BP&B 2003 LEGARD, Bt), and died
Albano, nr Rome 3 Feb 1857 when on the point of becoming an RC priest
(having studied since 1855 at the Academia Ecclesiastica, Rome, at papal
expense), leaving by his 1st w: 1b William Francis (Rev); born 27 June
1833; educated Univ College Oxford (MA); Vicar Brodsworth, Doncaster, WR
Yorks; married 20 Oct 1870 Elizabeth Hope (died 15 March 1904),
elder daughter of Charles Hope Maclean, MA, barrister (see BLG 1972
MACLEAN OF ARDGOUR), and died without issue 25 Dec 1905 2b Edward, of Warley Ho, Brentwood, Essex; born
9 Nov 1834; educated Eton and Trin College Oxford; barrister 1866,
Master Supreme Ct 1899–1914; married 3 May 1860 Fannie (died 31
Oct 1895), daughter of Alexander Flash, of New Orleans, and died 7 Jan
1914, leaving: 1c Lionel Robert; born 18 April 1861; educated
London Internat College and Trin College Cambridge (MA); Demonstrator
Cavendish Lab Cambridge 1890, Lecturer Physics Cambridge 1900, Prof Physics
Liverpool U 1900, Prof Emeritus 1935; married 13 Aug 1891 Margaret (died
20 Feb 1929), daughter of Rev William Raynes, and died without issue 1
April 1944 2c Herbert William Wrangham (Sir), JP (Middx
1907); born 8 Feb 1864; educated UCL and Downing College
Cambridge (BA); LLB; barrister Inner Temple 1888, Stipendiary Magistrate
Bradford 1908–14, Met Police Magistrate: Old St London EC 1914–23, Marylebone 1923–25
and Bow St 1925–26; Dep Chm QS Co of London 1926; Pres (later Chm) All England
Lawn Tennis Club 1921–37; memb LCC N St Pancras 1901–04; knighted 1931; married
5 Nov 1892 Florence (died 30 Oct 1937), daughter of Charles James
Monk, JP, DL, MP, MA, of Bedwell Park, Hatfield, Herts, and died 28
March 1941, leaving: 1d Irene Florence; born c 1900; died unmarried
23 May 1987 2d Judith Monica; married 26 July 1939
Rev Canon John Fleming Sandwith, Vicar St Mark's, Harrogate, s of Fleming Mant
Sandwith, CMG, MD, FRCP, of 31 Cavendish Sq, London W1, and had: 1e •Monica Wilberforce [Mrs John Makra, 34
Addisland Ct, Holland Villas Rd, London W14 8DA]; born 20 March 1942; married
9 Oct 1971 •John Makra, and has: 1f •Julia Catherine Wilberforce; born 11
July 1976; educated Pembroke College Oxford and The College of Law
London; slr 3c Alexander Basil Edward; born 9 June
1867; married 29 Oct 1898 Matie (died 6 May 1943), daughter of
Roswell Count Sargent, of Sargent Ranch, Lodi, Calif., and died without
issue 17 Feb 1902 1c Evelyn Agnes Fannie; married 7 Feb
1899 Walter George Wrangham .(died 21 Nov 1935; see BLG 1952),
2nd son of Walter Francis Wrangham, JP, MA, of Hotham Ho, Yorks, and died 20
March 1954, leaving issue 3a Samuel (Rt Rev); born 7 Sept 1805; educated
privately and Oriel College Oxford (BA 1826, MA 1829, DD 1845, Hon Fell All
Souls 1871); DD; Deacon and Curate in Charge Checkendon, Oxon 1828, Rector
Brightstone, IoW 1830–40, RD N IoW 1836, Archdeacon Surrey 1839, Canon Winchester
1840, Rector Alverstoke, Hants 1840, Chaplain to PRINCE ALBERT 1841,
Sub-Almoner to QUEEN VICTORIA 1843, Dean Westminster May-Nov 1845, Bp Oxford
(as which nicknamed ‘Soapy Sam', chiefly on strength of remarks on him in the
Ho Lds by 1st Baron Westbury, see BLGRY 2005) 1845–69 (as which (a)
fnded Cuddeson Theological College, (b) revived debating powers of Convocation
1852, initially in opposition to his cousin Archbp Sumner of Canterbury and (c)
wrote perhaps the most famous attack (in the Quarterly Review of July
1860) on the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin (see BLG 1965))
then Winchester 1869–73 (as which presided over early revision of New Testament
1870–73 (not completed till 1882, however), Chaplain Ho Lds and Lord High
Almoner to QUEEN VICTORIA 1847–69; co-biographer of his father (see also
Robert Isaac above); m 11 June 1828, his cousin, Emily (died 10 March
1841), sister of Cardinal Manning's wife and eldest daughter of Rev John
Sargent, Rector Graffham concurrently with Woolavington, W Sussex, by Mary,
only child of Abel Smith (see BLG 1965 SMITH of Woodhall Park), thus
ultimately acquiring the Lavington Park estate, and was killed 19 July
1873 when thrown from his horse while riding on the N Downs, nr Abinger,
Surrey, having had: 1b Herbert William; born 1833; Lt RN; died
unmarried 1856 from effect of serv in Crimean War 2b Reginald Garton, JP, DL, of Bramlands,
Henfield, Sussex formerly Lavington Park (which he sold); born 23 Jan
1838; educated Radley; Offr 52nd LI Indian Rebellion, barrister, memb
Parly Bar; married 16 July 1867 Anna Maria (died 21 Oct 1938),
4th daughter of Hon Richard Denman, MA, of Westergate, Arundel, W Sussex (see
BP&B 2003 DENMAN OF DOVEDALE, B), and died 19 Jan 1914, leaving: 1c Reginald William WILBERFORCE later PULESTON
(deed poll 15 Oct 1929) (Rev), of Bittering Hall, Norfolk; born 28 March
1868; educated Charterhouse and Trin College Cambridge (BA 1890, MA
1894); Rector Bittering; married 19 April 1899 Catherine Theodosia
Fountayne (died 15 Sept 1942), youngest daughter and coheir of Sir
Richard Price Puleston, 3rd Bt, JP, DL (see BP&B 1939), and died 1954,
having had: 1d Barbara Fountayne; born 4 May 1900; married
3 July 1924 Cdr Hon Archibald Lenox Colquhoun William John George Napier,
RN (died 6 June 1951), 3rd son of 11th Lord Napier of Ettrick and 2nd
Baron Ettrick of Ettrick (see BP&B 2003), and died 3 Aug
1926, leaving issue 2c Ernest John, of Hove, Sussex; born 8
April 1869; educated Charterhouse; barrister Gray's Inn 1900; married
23 June 1913 Julia Agnes (died 30 Sept 1970), daughter of John
McDonnell, of Co Mayo, and died 8 Aug 1937, leaving: 1d Julia Dorothy; born 12 Sept 1914; educated
London U (BA 1936); married 10 April 1937 •Capt Thomas Randall
Davidson, MA, only surviving son of Randall George Davidson, MA, of Ockley
Manor, Sussex (see BLG 1952), and died 4 Jan 2001, leaving two
sons and a daughter 2d •Barbara Ann [Mrs Nevil Schooling, 14
Adelaide Cres, Hove, E Sussex BN3 2JF]; born 21 Jan 1924; educated St
Andrews (MA 1943); Almoner Roy Alexandra Hosp for Sick Children Brighton; married
29 July 1952 •Nevil Edward Schooling, s of Edward Schooling (see BLG
1969), of Christchurch Park, Sutton, Surrey, and has issue 3c Francis Richard (Rev); born 2 Jan
1871; educated Winchester and Jesus College Cambridge (BA 1895); Rector
Babworth Notts; married 20 April 1909 Florence (died 3 Aug 1948),
3rd daughter of William John Evelyn, JP, DL, MP, MA, of Wotton, Surrey (see BLG
1965), and died 10 Sept 1959, leaving: 1d Samuel; born 19 Feb 1911; educated
St Edward's Oxford; served WW II; married 29 Dec 1952 •Margery [Mrs
Samuel Wilberforce, 20 Wedderburn Ave, Harrogate, N Yorks HG2 7QN], daughter of
Walter Coombes, of Waterston, Dorset, and died 1991, leaving: 1e •William; born 22 Feb 1955 1e •Suzanne Mary Evelyn; born 27 July 1953 2d John; born 5 Nov 1912; educated Rugby;
married 16 June 1949 Sybil (died 8 Nov 1999), daughter of Charles
Wilkinson Braithwaite, of Sandhoe High House, and died 29 July 1996,
leaving: 1e •Richard William [Richard Wilberforce Esq,
Skyramgate, Skipton, N Yorks]; born 9 July 1950; educated Durham
U; married 12 May 1990 •Jane Houston, of Overlaw, Kirkcudbright, and has: 1f •Sam; born 2 June 1992 1f •Emma; born 7 Feb 1991 1e •Andrea Evelyn; born 3 March 1952; married
1976 •Martin Beaumont, and has: 1f •Alice Marina; born 11 July 1980 2f •Jessica Victoria; born 23 Dec 1982 3f •Flora Evelyn; born 4 Oct 1989 3d Reginald Garton, DFC, AFC; born 2
April 1914; educated Stowe and Jesus College Cambridge, S/Ldr RAF; married
•Barbara Doreen Goodman, MB, ChB, W/Cdr RAF Med Br, and died without
issue 11 Dec 1966 4d Edward William; born 7 Dec 1917; died
25 June 2001 1d Frances Joan; born 6 Feb 1910; married
17 Dec 1949 Leslie George Farnes (died 8 Aug 1969), s of George
Farnes, of St John's Wood, London NW, and died 30 Dec 1992, having
adopted: •Eleanor Evelyn Wilberforce FARNES; born 17
Dec 1955 4c Samuel; born 19 Feb 1874; educated Pembroke
College Cambridge (BA); joined ICS 1896, High Ct Lahore: Judge 1918, Puisne
Judge 1921–23, ret 1923, examiner Hindu and Mahomedan Law Inns of Ct 1928; married
31 May 1906 Katharine (died 14 Jan 1963), 5th daughter of Rt Rev
John Sheepshanks, Bp Norwich 1893–1909 (see BLG 1952), and died 10
Dec 1954, leaving: 1d RICHARD ORME WILBERFORCE, BARON WILBERFORCE,
of the City and Co of Kingston-upon-Hull (LP, UK), so cr 1 Aug 1964, OBE
(1944), CMG (1956), PC (1964); born 11 March 1907; educated Winchester
and New College Oxford (Fell All Souls 1932–2003, Hon Fell New 1965 and Wolfson
Colls 1991, Hon DCL 1967, High Steward 1967–90, Visitor Wolfson 1974–90 and
Linacre Colls 1983–90); barrister Middle Temple 1932 (Bencher 1961); WW II: RA,
Hon Brig; U-Sec Control Office Germany and Austria 1946–47; QC 1954, High Ct
Judge Chancery 1961–64, knighted 1961, Lord Appeal in Ordinary 1964–82; Chm:
Exec Cncl Internat Law Assoc 1966–88, Ct Inquiry Power Workers' Dispute 1970;
memb Permanent Ct Arbitration; Pres: Fédération Internationale du Droit
Européen 1978, Appeal Tbnl Lloyd's 1983–87; Chllr Hull U 1978–94; Jt-Pres Anti
Slavery Soc, Jt V-Pres RCM and David Davies Meml Inst; Hon LLD: London 1972,
Bristol 1983; Hon FRCM; Hon Companion Roy Aeronautical Soc; Hon Memb Scottish
Faculty Advocates 1978; author: The Law of Restrictive Trade Practices (1956);
married 1947 •Yvette Marie, daughter of Roger Lenoan, Judge Cour
Cassation, of Paris, and died 15 Feb 2003, when the title expired,
leaving: 1e •Samuel Herbert [The Hon Samuel Wilberforce,
71 Birdhurst Rise, S Croydon, Surrey CR2 7EJ]; born 15 Dec 1951; educated
Eton; married 1978 •Mrs Sarah L Scorer, daughter of Arthur Allen, of
Northampton 1e •Anne Catherine; born 5 Sept 1948; married
1975 •Lindsay Stuart Burn 1d Pamela Margaret; born 18 Aug 1909; married
14 Jan 1933 Ludovic Anthony Foster (died 1997), of Greatham Manor,
Pulborough, W Sussex, s of Ludovic Godfrey Foster, of 16 Dorset Sq, London NW1,
and died 1990, leaving: 1e •Caroline Susan [Caroline Lady Rhys Williams,
Gadairwen, Groes Faen, Mid Glam CF72 8NU; 52 Limerston St, London SW10 0HH]; born
14 Nov 1934; married 14 Feb 1961 Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys Williams,
2nd Bt (died 18 May 1988; see BP&B 2003), and has: 1f Sir (Arthur) Gareth Ludovic Emrys Rhys Williams,
3rd and present Bt, of Miskin, Llantrisant, Co Glamorgan [Sir Gareth Rhys
Williams Bt, Gadairwen, Groes Faen, Mid Glamorgan CF72 8NU; 9 Matheson Rd,
London W14 8SN]; born 9 Nov 1961; educated Eton, Durham U (BSc
Eng) and INSEAD (MBA); Capt TA; CEng, MIEE, MIMechE, MIOM, MIMgt; regnl md
Centl Europe BPB plc 1996–2000, CEO Vitec Gp plc 2001–; married 14 Sept
1996 •Harriet, daughter of Maj Tom Codner, of Glos, and has: 1g •Ludo Dhaulagiri; born 12 Oct 2001 2g •Hugo Thomas Casimir; born 6 July 2003 1f •Elinor (Nell) Caroline; born 21 Oct
1964; married 30 Nov 2002 •DickieBrianBrian Dickie, gen dir Chicago
Opera Theatre 1999–, and has: 1g •Beatrice Meredith; born 9 Sept 2003 2f •Miranda Pamela Cariadwen; born 5 Nov
1968 2e June Elizabeth; born 6 June 1937; married
8 Dec 1966 •Count Stephen Palffy, s of Count Ferenc Palffy, by Countess
Julia Apponyi, and died July 1997, leaving: 1f •Alexander; born 20 June 1967 1f •Georgina; born 8 Aug 1968 3e •Katherine; born 10 May 1938; married
1975, as his 2nd wife, Sir Christopher Michael Edward Davson, 3rd Bt (died
Dec 2004; see BP&B 2003) 4e •Rosalind Mary [Miss Rosalind Foster, Greatham
Manor, Pulborough, W Sussex RH20 2ES; 2 Temple Gdns, Temple, London EC4Y 9AY]; born
7 Aug 1947; educated Cranborne Chase and LMH Oxford (BA 1968);
barrister Middle Temple 1969 (Bencher 1996), Crown Ct Recorder 1987–98; married
2 Jan 1971 •Robert Michael Englehart, BA, LLM, QC, Dep High Ct Judge, s of
Gustav Axel F Englehart, and has: 1f •Oliver; born 1982 1f •Alice; born 1976 2f •Lucinda; born 1978 1c Dorothy Mary; born 28 Sept 1875; Chm
Pioneer Health Centre 1925–47; married 16 April 1895 Stephen Winkworth (died
1937), s of Stephen Winkworth, of Holly Lodge, Campden Hill, London W8, and
died 1 Nov 1966, having had two sons and two daughters 2c Anna Barbara; married 24 April 1906
Arnold Reckitt, youngest son of Francis Reckitt (see BLG 1952), of
Beaconsfield, Bucks, and died 1962, leaving two daughters 3c Emily Susan; born 17 Feb 1881; died
unmarried 7 May 1964 4c Octavia Margaret; born 8 Jan 1888;
MRCS, LRCP London (1920), Physician i/c Rheumatic Clinic New Sussex Hosp for
Women Brighton, Physician Marie Curie Hosp London, V-Pres Medical Women's Fedn
1948–50, memb Brighton and Lewes Hosp Management Ctee 1948; d unm 17 Dec 1963 3b Ernest Roland (Rt Rev); born 22 Jan
1840; educated Harrow and Exeter College Oxford (BA 1864, MA 1867, DD
1882, DCL); Vicar Middleton Stoney, Oxon 1866–69, Sub-Almoner to QUEEN VICTORIA
1871–72, Vicar Seaforth, Liverpool 1873–78, Canon Res Winchester 1878–82, 1st
Bp Newcastle 1882–95, Bp Chichester 1895–1907; married 1st 23 June 1863
Frances Mary (died without issue 21 Oct 1870), youngest daughter of Sir
Charles Henry John Anderson, 9th Bt, DL, of Broughton, Lincs (see BP&B
1939); married 2nd 14 Oct 1874 Emily Maud (died 17 July 1941),
only daughter of Very Rev George Henry Connor, DD, Dean Windsor, and died 9
Sept 1907, having by her had: 1c Arthur Roland George, OBE (1919); born 21
Dec 1877; Maj Roy Sussex Regt, Sec to Govr W Australia; married 11 July
1921 Jane (died 18 March 1971), eldest daughter of Rev Lord Victor
Alexander Seymour (see BP&B 2003 HERTFORD M) and widow of Capt Louis
Edwin William Egerton, Bucks Yeo (see BLG 1969 EGERTON of Mountfield Court
formerly of Tatton, also BP&B 1956 EGERTON OF TATTON, B), and died
without issue 19 March 1955 2c Ernest Victor Samuel, AFC (1917); born 30
June 1891; Lt-Col RAF; died unmarried 20 Aug 1948 3c William Robert Sargent, MC (1917); born 12
June 1893; Capt 60th Rifles and RAF; killed unmarried whilst flying 2
June 1918 1c Ethel Maude; married 9 July 1901 Rev
Edward Russell Walker (died 3 Oct 1902), only son of Ven Russell Walker,
Archdeacon Chichester, and died without issue 27 Dec 1949 2c Katharine Sybil; married 16 Aug 1904
Edward Cornwall Lee (died 16 June 1942), eldest son of Edward Arthur
Lee, JP, of Fowley, Liphook, Hants, and died 27 May 1969, leaving two
sons and three daughters 3c Emily Geraldine; married 24 July 1906
Capt Henry Arden Franklyn, JP, Hants Yeo, only son of Henry Franklyn, and had
issue 4c Phoebe Mary; died an infant 20 April
1889 4b Albert Basil Orme (Ven); born 14 Feb
1841; educated Eton and Exeter College Oxford; DD, Hon Canon Winchester,
Rector St Mary's Southampton 1871–94, Canon Westminster 1894, Chaplain H of C
1896, Archdeacon Westminster 1900–16; m 28 Nov 1865 Caroline Charlotte Jane (died
15 May 1909), daughter of Capt Netherton Langford, RN, and died 13
May 1916, leaving: 1c Herbert William (Sir), KBE (1919), CB (1915),
CMG (1918), born 4 July 1866; educated Eton and RMC Sandhurst;
2nd Dragon Gds (Queen's Bays): joined 1886, Hazara Expdn 1891 (despatches), ADC
to Govr-Gen Canada 1895–98, Boer War 1899–1902, S African Constabulary 1900–03,
Lt-Col 1911, Col 1914, WW I (despatches five times), T/Brig-Gen 1917–19, ret
1920, KGStJ 1920, Cdr Legn Hon, Grand Offr Portuguese Mil Order Avis; m 7 March
1905 Eleanor Catherine (died 7 April 1956), only daughter of Maj-Gen
Edward Micklem, of Rosehill, Berks (see BLG 1965), and died without issue 28
April 1952 1c Violet; married 1905 Rev Evory
Hamilton Kennedy, MA, Vicar Betchworth, Surrey (died 24 April 1950), and
died 5 Oct 1950 1b Emily Charlotte; with her husband turned RC
1868; married 21 Oct 1851 Henry John Pye, JP, MA, barrister (died 3
Jan 1903), of Clifton Hall, Staffs (see BLG 1921), and died without
issue 4a Henry William (Rev); born 22 Sept 1807; educated
privately and Oriel College Oxford (BA 1830, MA 1833, Pres Union) and
Lincoln's Inn; Perpetual Curate Bransgrove, Hants 1834, Vicar Walmer 1841 and E
Farleigh, both Kent 1843–50, turned RC 1850, Sec Catholic Def Assoc 1852, ed Catholic
Standard 1854–63; married 24 July 1834, his elder brother Samuel's
wife's sis, Mary (died 27 Jan 1878), 2nd daughter and coheir of Rev John
Sargent, and died 23 April 1873, leaving: 1b John; died unm 2b Ambrose; died unm 3b Arthur Henry (Very Rev); born 14 March
1839; educated Ushaw and Woodchester Priory; died 14 Dec 1904 4b Henry Edward; born 27 Aug 1847; educated
Oratory Sch and Stonyhurst; with Probate Office; married 29 April
1885 Emily Mary (died 13 Aug 1951 aged 99), 3rd daughter of Robert
Sadleir Moody, of Little Malvern, Worcs, and died 30 Aug 1938, having
had: 1c Henry Ambrose; born 8 March 1886; educated
Beaumont; barrister Lincoln's Inn 1920; died unmarried 14 March 1968 2c Robert Francis, CBE (1924); born 8 Dec
1887; educated Beaumont and Balliol College Oxford (BA 1912); War Trade
Intell Dept 1915–16, Attaché UK Legation Holy See 1917–19, FO Dir Br Library of
Info NY 1920, barrister Inner Temple 1921, Cultural Advsr Br Inf Servs NY
1945–52, ret 1953; married 1 July 1914 Hope Elizabeth (died 15
Feb 1970), eldest daughter of Schuyler Neilson Warren, of NY, and died
without issue 1989x1993 3c John Michael; born 8 Oct 1892; died
29 April 1894 1c Agnes Barbara Mary; born 10 March
1890; died unmarried 27 Sept 1965 5b Wilfrid Ignatius; born 23 June 1850;
with BM; married 23 Jan 1893 Helen (died 2 Sept 1958), eldest
daughter of Capt Hon Bryan John Stapleton, DL, of Richmond, Yorks (see BP&B
2003 NORFOLK, D), and died 14 Jan 1910, leaving: 1c Arthur Richard; born 4 Dec 1899; educated
Stonyhurst; 2nd Bn Roy Berks Regt WW I France; married 1st 31 Aug
1925 Monica Mary Hannah (died 29 July 1925), 4th daughter of Ernest
Anselm Bishop, and had: 1d •Christopher Basil Anthony [Christopher
Wilberforce Esq, 2 Roumette, St Bris de Bois 17770, France]; born 14 Oct
1930; educated Mount St Mary's Chesterfield; married 20 July 1974
•Josephine Price, and has: 1e •Christopher; born 27 Nov 1981 1e •Rachel; born 7 Jan 1975; married 13
Sept 2002 •James Andrews 2e •Catherine; born 13 Jan 1977 3e •Charlotte; born 30 March 1979 1d •Anne Monica Helen Teresa Mary [Mrs Charles
Currey, 137 Silvermine Village, Noorhoek, Cape Town, S Africa]; born 11
March 1928; married 5 Jan 1955 •Charles Patrick Currey, dep hdmaster
Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town, and has: 1e •Michael Anthony; born 2 April 1957 2e •David Charles; born 24 June 1958 3e •Peter James; born 25 Oct 1960 1e •Elizabeth Anne; born 20 May 1963 1c (cont.) Arthur Wilberforce married 2nd
30 Oct 1939 Olive Mary (died 11 March 2002), younger daughter of Edward
Charles Riddell, JP, of Hermeston Hall, Worksop, Notts (see BLG 1972
RIDDELL of Felton and Swinburne), and died 16 April 1983, leaving by her: 2d •Gerard Wilfrid [Gerard Wilberforce Esq,
Dutch Ct, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0JD]; born 14 Oct 1947; educated Fort
Augustus, Torquay Hotel Sch (Nat/l Dipl Hotel Keeping & Catering 1970) and
Beda College Rome 2d •Margaret Grace [Mrs George Taylor-Hunt, 19
Abbotsridge Dve, Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6YS]; born 17 April
1941; married 21 Aug 1965 •George Taylor-Hunt, s of John Taylor-Hunt, of
Chiselborough, Somerset, and has: 1e •Robin George Andrew; born 28 Aug 1968;
married 11 July 1995 •Ruth Alexandrina, daughter of John Willems, of
Georgetown, Guyana, and has: 1f •Anna Katrina; born 16 Aug 1999 2f •Maria Catherine; born 2 Dec 2001 2e •Dominic Christopher; born 4 April
1971; married 8 July 2002 •Ai, daughter of Prof Hiroshi Kihara, of
Tochigi, Oyama, Japan 1c Everilda Helen Mary Bertrand; born 22
Dec 1903; NSDN; died unmarried 8 Jan 1990 1b Florence; died unm 2b Mary Phillippa; died unm 3b Caroline Mary; Franciscan nun; died 2
April 1915 4b Agnes Everilda Mary; married 25 April
1881, as his 2nd wife, Richard Hurrell Froude, of Kingstone, Newton Abbot,
Devon, and died 14 Jan 1890, leaving issue 1a Barbara; died unmarried 30 Dec 1821 2a Elizabeth; married Rev John James, MA,
and died March 1832 The
eldest son, WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE, JP (Yorks and Middx), of Markington Hall, Yorks; born 21 July
1798; MP Hull; turned RC 1863; married 19 June 1820 Mary Frances,
daughter of Rev John Owen, Rector Paglesham, Essex, and had, with a younger son
(Robert, born 1824, died 1825): WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE, of Markington Hall; born 6 Dec 1821; educated Oriel
College Oxford (MA); barrister; married 1st 30 April 1849 Rosa Elizabeth
(died April 1878), daughter of Thomas Jones, of Pentir Hall, Bangor,
Caernarvs, and had: 1a WILLIAM BASIL; see below 1a Mary Rosa; married April 1873 Edward
Gueriné (died 6 July 1908), of Florence, and died 21 Feb 1890,
having had issue WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE married 2nd his cousin Angela Frances (died April
1884), daughter of Rev Henry Owen, and by her had: 2a Bertram; born 3 April 1880; died unmarried
1938 WILLIAM
WILBERFORCE married 3rd 8 Dec 1884 Ellen (died 19 March 1923),
only daughter of Thomas Holmes, of Pewsey, Wilts, and died 27 Nov 1900,
leaving by her: 3a William, DSO (1918), MC (1917); born 24
Nov 1885; educated Wimbledon College; joined 1st Bn QO Roy W Kent Regt
1905, ret as Capt 1909, rejoined 1914, Lt-Col RVR WW I Gallipoli and France
(despatches four times), WW II in UK; married 15 Dec 1914 Dorothy,
daughter of Gen William Puget La Touche (see BIFR 1976), and died 4
Nov 1954, having had: 1b Peter; born 25 Sept 1915; Capt RTC WW
II; killed in action N Africa May 1942 2b Michael Anthony; born 15 April 1918; educated
Ampleforth; Lt-Col RM (ret 1965), WW II, Malaya 1950–51, FE 1962–63
(despatches three times); married 12 Jan 1955 •Lynette Margaret [Mrs
Michael Wilberforce, 5 East Terrace, Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9 6PQ], only
daughter of Brig (Edward) Keith Byrne Furze, DSO, OBE, MC, Mil Kt of Windsor,
and died 14 Dec 2003, leaving: 1c •Sarah Frances; born 17 May 1961 2c •Victoria Margaret; born 26 Sept 1964 2a Mary Agnes; born 2 Jan 1887; married 19
March 1908 Edward Stanford (died 5 Feb 1915), s of Edward Stanford, of
Middleton Manor, Bognor, Sussex, and died 16 Oct 1950, leaving issue The
eldest son, WILLIAM
BASIL WILBERFORCE, of Markington Hall; born 3 May 1850;
married 26 Sept 1889 Margaret (died 17 Sept 1937), youngest
daughter of Robert Sadleir Moody, of Little Malvern, Worcs, and died 7
Oct 1913, leaving: 1a WILLIAM BASIL SAMUEL JOSEPH ANTHONY EDWARD; see
below 2a Robert William Francis, JP (Essex 1946), born
30 Oct 1905; educated Ampleforth and Oriel College Oxford (MA);
134th Field Regt RA (TA) WW II; ptnr Travers-Smith, Braithwaite & Co; married
3 Sept 1932 Marion Katharine (died 17 Dec 1995), eldest daughter by
his 2nd wife of John Charles Matthias Ogilvie-Forbes 9th of Boyndlie,
Aberdeenshire, JP, DL, MA (see BLGS 2001), and died without issue 18
Dec 1984 1a Margaret Mary Clare, born 23 Nov 1900;
ARRC, Cmdt VAD; married 18 Nov 1931, as his 2nd wife, 1st and last Baron
Illingworth, PC, JP (died 23 Jan 1942; see BP&B 1939), and died
1986 The
elder son, WILLIAM
BASIL SAMUEL JOSEPH ANTHONY EDWARD WILBERFORCE, DSO (1943), of Markington Hall; born
4 Feb 1904; educated Ampleforth and Oratory Sch; Lord Manor of
Markington; Capt 1st Bn KOYLI 1934, GSO(3) 1938, Lt-Col KOYLI WW II, cmded E
Surrey Regt Tunisia 1942–43; married 24 Nov 1926 Cecilia Mary Margaret (married
2nd 22 May 1950 Lt-Col Hugh de Neufville Lucas, Indian Cav, of Foswell Ho,
Auchterarder, Perthshire (died 2 July 1970), and died 6 Aug
1974), only daughter of Capt Edward Henry Dormer (see BP&B 2003
DORMER OF WYNG, B), and was killed in action 6 May 1943, leaving: 1a William John Antony, CMG (1981); born 3
Jan 1930; educated Ampleforth and Ch Ch Oxford; Lord Manor of
Markington; 2nd Lt KOYLI Malaya 1949; For Serv: joined 1953, 3rd Sec Oslo
1955–57, Dep Pol Advsr Berlin 1957–59, 1st Sec Ankara 1962–64, Abidjan 1964–67,
Assist Hd UN Ec and Social Dept FO 1967–70 and S European Dept (FCO) 1970–72,
Counsellor 1972–74; Hd: Chancery Washington 1974–75, Def Dept FCO 1975–79,
Assist U-Sec RCDS 1979, Ldr UK Delegn Madrid Conf Security and Co-opn Europe
Review Meeting with rank of Amb 1980–82, UK HC Cyprus 1982–88; married 20
Aug 1953 Laura Lyon (died 18 May 2003), only daughter of Howard Calvin
Sykes, of Englewood, NJ, and Accord Ulster Co, NY, USA, and died 2 Sept
2001, leaving: 1b WILLIAM HOWARD WILBERFORCE; see above 1b •Laura Anne Cecilia; born 10 Dec 1954 2b •Mary Alice; born 1 Dec 1955 1a •Susan Cecilia Mary; born 6 May 1934; married
1st 27 Aug 1957 (divorce 1973) (Thomas) Simon Savage Dale, architect
(murdered night of 11 Sept 1997), s of Thomas Lawrence Dale, architect, of
Bradmore Rd, Oxford; married 2nd 11 Sept 1984 (divorce by 1999)
Baron Michel de Stempel, s of Baron Victor de Stempel, of Guernsey, and by her
1st husband has: 1b •William Alexander Savage DALE later
WILBERFORCE (deed poll) [William Wilberforce Esq, c/o Oriel College, Oxford OX1
4EW]; born 31 July 1958; economist; married 22 May 1998 •Tenzin
Zega, daughter of Lochie Ganab, of Tehor, Kandze Dist, Kham, and has: 1c •Richard Norphel; born 22 March 2002 1c •Annabel Kyiga; born 21 Aug 2004 2b •Ilgerus (Sebastian) Savage DALE later
WILBERFORCE (deed poll) [Sebastian Wilberforce Esq, 10 Shirley St, Karori,
Wellington, New Zealand]; born 11 Dec 1959; slr, co dir and author; married
8 Sept 1995 •Phillippa, daughter of Peter Griffiths, of Johnston St, Ashburton,
Canterbury, NZ, and has: 1c •Hugo Theodore Ilgerus; born 25 May
2004 1c •Aurelia Eleanor Marion; born 21 March
2002 3b •Xenophon (Marcus) Savage DALE later
WILBERFORCE (deed poll) [Marcus Wilberforce Esq, Millar St, Glassford ML10
6TD]; born 2 July 1961; surveyor; married 13 Sept 1997 •Juliet
Heather de Lorenz, daughter of Brian Young, of Clarendon Cres, Edinburgh, and
has: 1c •Ambrose Ninian; born 4 Aug 1999 1c •Clara Hester Irene; born 9 July 2002 4b •Simon Quintin Savage DALE later WILBERFORCE
(deed poll); born 27 April 1964 1b •Georgina Sophia DALE later WILBERFORCE (deed
poll); born 14 Aug 1962 Yorkshire Landed
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