Hylda Madeleine (Heath) Bates (1882 - 1960)

Born 1882 in Marylebone, London, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Millais James — married 16 Oct 1907 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London, England

Wife of Cecil Robert Bates DSO MC — married 27 Jun 1918 in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1960 at about age 78 in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Hylda Madeleine Heath was born on 3 July 1882, to Sir James Heath, 30, and his wife Euphemia née Van der Byl, 20. Hylda was christened at Barlaston, Staffordshire, on 19 November 1882.^[1]

Marriages and Family

1. She married firstly, George Millais James at Newbold-Pacey, Warwickshire, England, on 22 September, 1907 ^[2] with whom she had two daughters:

1. Eileen Alice James, b. 19 Jun 1910. ^[3]
2. Daphne Millais James, b. 1912. ^[4]

Captain James was killed in action in the Battle of Belgium on 3 November 1914 and buried in a wood approximately 3 miles south west of Ypres.^[5]

2. She then married Major Cecil Robert Bates, at St Saviour's Church, Walton St, London, on 27 June 1918. The Northampton Mercury reported on 5 July that:

A very charming wedding was solemnised last week at St Saviour's Church, Walton-Street London, between Major Cecil Robert Bates, M.C., D.S.O., R.F.A., second surviving son of the late Sir Edward Percy Bates and Constance Lady Bates of Gyrn Castle, Llanasa, Flintshire and Hylda, widow of Captain G. Millais James, late Buffs Regiment and daughter of Sir James and Lady Heath of Oxenden Hall, Market Harborough. ^[6]

She and Cecil had a daughter and a son:

1. Audrey Cecil Bates, b. 15 Jul 1919, ^[7]d. 1994
2. Sir Geoffrey Voltelin Bates, 5th Bt. b. 2 Oct 1921, ^[8]d. 13 Feb 2005. Geoffrey was given his second name,Voltelin after Pieter Voltelin Van Der Byl, his maternal grandmother's Dutch-South African paternal grandfather, Pieter Voltelin Van Der Byl (1798-1849) of Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, South Africa.

Geoffrey was given his second name,Voltelin after Pieter Voltelin Van Der Byl, his maternal grandmother's Dutch-South African paternal grandfather, Pieter Voltelin Van Der Byl (1798-1849) of Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, South Africa.

In November 1931, she was involved in a car crash, in which Daphne was injured. The Leicester Daily Mercury reported on Monday, 23 November 1931 on a:

CAR CRSH NEAR HINCKLEY

Two motor cars crashed near Hinckley at about 4:45pm on Saturday.

Alfred Buckel of Binley Road, Stock, Coventry, was driving his motorcar from Leicester to Coventry, and when at the junction of Coventry-road and Frolesworth-Lane in the parish of Sharnford, he collided with another car driven by Mrs Hylda Madeleine Bates, of Oxendon Hall, near Market Harborough. Miss Heath, who was in Mrs Bates’ car, was injured, and taken to the Hinckley and District Hospital. Miss Heath was badly cut on the head, and after treatment at the hospital, was taken to Oxendon Hall.

Mrs Bates was not injured, but the car was badly damaged. Buckle’s car was slightly damaged, but the occupants were unhurt. ^[9]

On 1 March 1940, Hylda's name appeared among those of assenters to the nomination of John Profumo for Conservative candidate for the Kettering By-Election. ^[10]Profumo, educated at Harrow and Oxford, with support among the local gentry, beat the Glaswegian-born Counsellor William Ross, steel worker, candidate for the Workers' and Pensioners' Anti-War Party, who had served for several years on the local council. The Labour Party did not contest the election. Five years later, the Labour candidate, Sir Gilbert Richard (Richard) "Dick" Mitchison Bt CBE, took the seat from Profumo.

Death

Hylda died on 29 December 1960 in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, Wales, at the age of 78.^[11]She was buried at Great Oxenden, Daventry, Northamptonshire. ^[12]

Hylda M Bates Gender: Female Marital status: Widowed Birth Date: 3 Jul 1882 Residence Year: 1939 Address: The Hall Residence Place: Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Schedule Number: 142 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: RKBD Registration district: Brixworth 165.1 Household Members: Name Hylda M Bates Daphne M James

Sources

1. ↑ Hilda Madeleine Heath, 1882 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 20 Apr 2023.
2. ↑ George Millias Tarves and Hylda Madeleine Heath, 22 Sep 1907; Marriage; in England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963. FamilySearch online database with images, citing , p. , Warwick County Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,067,536. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 20 Apr 2023.
3. ↑ Eileen Alice James, 12 Aug 1910; Christening; in England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963. FamilySearch Online Database with images, citing: Warwick County Record Office, England. Retrieved from FamilySearch [ttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXBD-9QW (Here;)] Accessed 20 Apr 2023.
4. ↑ Daphne M James, 1912 in England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. FamilySearch online database, citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 20 Apr 2023.
5. ↑ Ruvigny and Taineval, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny, 9th Marquis of.; (1916). The roll of honour. A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war. Vol. 1. London: Standard Art Book Co. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 18 Apr 2023.
6. ↑ The British Newspaper Archive Northampton Mercury. 5 July 1918. Retrieved (with sub) from the BNA (Here;) Accessed 22 Apr 2023.
7. ↑ Cecil Bates in entry for Audrey Cecil Bates, 1919 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 18 Apr 2023.
8. ↑ Cecil Robert Bates in entry for Geoffrey Voltelin Bates, 1921 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Access ed 18 Apr 2023.
9. ↑ British Newspaper Archive. Leicester Daily Mercury - Monday 23 November 1931. Retrieved (with sub) from the BNA (Here;) Accessed 23 Apr 2023.
10. ↑ Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail - Friday 1 March 1940. Retrieved (with sub) from the BNA (Here;) Accessed 23 Apr 2023.
11. ↑ Kingsley, Nicholas., (Saturday, 20 February 2021). Landed Families of Britain and Ireland. (447) Bates of Gyrn Castle, Manydown Park and Hinderton Hall, baronets. Retrieved from LFBI (Here;) Accessed 22 Apr 2023.
12. ↑ Hylda Madeleine Heath Bates; Burial, Great Oxendon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, Saint Helen's Churchyard in Find A Grave Index database, citing record ID 233448230, Find a Grave. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 23 Apr 2023. ;

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• Hylda Madeleine Bates

Residence Year: 1925 Street address: CUNARD BUILDING 125 to 131 (abode, Oxendon Hall, Market Harboro) Residence Place: Lancashire, England