Lydia Mary (Hamilton) Tyrwhitt- Drake (1835 - 1908)

Born 1835 in Topsham, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake — married 22 Oct 1873 in St Luke's Church, Countess Wear (Exeter), Devon, England

Died 5 May 1908 at about age 73 in Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lydia Mary Hamilton was born circa 1835 to Alexander Hamilton (Kelso) Hamilton and Maria Rosalie (Colbiørnsen) Hamilton.

She married widower Captain John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake, Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire in 1873. ^[1]

Lydia passed away on 5 May 1908 at Dulas Court in Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England . ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Lydia Mary Hamilton, Registration Year: 1873, Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec, Registration district: St Thomas, Inferred County: Devon, Volume: 5b, Page: 135, Records on Page: Name John Charles T Drake, Lydia Mary Hamilton, John Charles Tyrwhitt-drake (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
2. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Lydia Mary Drake [Lydia Mary Tyrwhitt-Drake], Death Date: 5 May 1908; Death Place: Herefordshire, England; Probate Date: 25 Jun 1908; Probate Registry: London, England (Ancestry.com [on-line database w/ image]).

• Her Marriage Certificate. Marriage Certificate data (selection):

• Year of Registration :- 1873
• Marriage solemnized at :- the Parish Church in the Parish of Countess Wear in the County of Devon
• Nbr. In register :- 88
• When married :- 22 October 1873
• Bridegroom (Husband): :- John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake
• Bride (Wife) :- Lydia Mary Hamilton
• Age: Husband :- Full [>21]
• Age: Wife :- Full [>21]
• Condition: Husband :- Bachelor
• Condition: Wife :- Spinster
• Occupation: Husband :- Chief Constable Bucks
• Occupation: Wife :- “-”
• Residence at time: Husband :- Aylesbury, Bucks
• Residence at time: Wife :- Countess Wear
• Father’s name: Husband :- John Tyrwhitt-Drake
• Father’s name: Wife :- Alexander Hamilton Hamilton
• Father’s rank or profession: Husband :- Clerk in Holy Orders
• Father’s rank or profession: Wife :- Esquire
• Church or other location and style :- in the Parish Church [per the] Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church [aka the Church of England] by licence by … S. A. Leakey, Offg. Minister
• Registry signed :- By the parties in the presence of 2 witnesses who signed the register
• Witness 1 :- Julia Hamilton [probably Julia Hamilton (1825-1885)]
• Witness 2 :- A. H. A. Hamilton [probably Alexander Henry Abercromby Hamilton J. P. (1829-1911)]

• Document legibility :- Average

See also:

• 1861 England Census for Topsham, Devon, England. With mother Maria Rosalie Hamilton 67, grandmother Maria Colbenson 86, sister Julia Hamilton 35. self Lydia Mary Hamilton 26. sister Maria Rosalie Sim 28. brother-in-law William Cluton Sim 28. nephew Alexander Duncan Sim 3. neice Catherine Rosalie Sim 2. butler George Boffett Drew 60. coachman William Wright 35. footman Henry Bramer 19. lady's maid Maria Tapley 29. cook Margaret Anderson 32. lady's maid Pheobe Tapley 26. housemaid Mary Fisher 25. nursemaid Mary Poole 24. and dairy maid Ann Balkwill 23.
• Burke, Sir Bernard C.B. L.L.D. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (Harrison, Pall Mall, 1882) p. 895 in listing for Alexander Hamilton Kelso. https://books.google.com/books?id=rh73K_M00b8C&pg=PA895&lpg=PA895&dq=james+edward+Colbiornsen+india&source=bl&ots=Z3E9uGcHR6&sig=ACfU3U2iljH9kMT3v4btuEjao_UsutaSPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN5vvymrvpAhVJKKwKHZmTDIMQ6AEwAHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=james%20edward%20Colbiornsen%20india&f=false