Charles de la Cour Le Maistre CBE (1874 - 1953)

Born 6 Jan 1874 in St Brelade, Jersey

Husband of Jessie Pratt — married about Jul 1900 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Violet Katharine Maria Culme (Seymour) Le Maistre — married about Oct 1926 in London, England

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1953 at age 79 in Bramley, Surrey, England

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Biography

Electrical engineer and pioneer of modern scientific standardisation.^[1]

• Education: 1882-1885 Brighton College^[1]

• Education: 1885-1895 Central Technical College, South Kensington^[1]

• Census: 1891 Le Coin Road , St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands ^[2]
  • Henrietta Low, Head, Female, 80, Jersey, Channel Islands
  • Charles De La Cour Le Maistre, Grandson, Male, 17, Jersey, Channel Islands
  • Frances May Jessey, Servant, Female, 15, England

• Education: c.1895-c.1897 - Electrical Department of the Thames Ironworks^[1]

• Employment: c.1897-c.1902 Chief Assistant, Electrical Department of the Thames Ironworks^[1]

• Census: 1901 Shenfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom ^[3]
  • Charles C Maistre, Head, Male, 30, C I, Jersey (Electrical Engineer)
  • Jessie Maistre, Wife, Female, 32, Malvern, Hertfordshire
  • Jane Ottaway, Servant, Female, 50, Harwich, Essex
  • Mary Allen, Servant, Female, 26, Yaxley, Huntingdonshire

• Employment: 1902-1916 Electrical Assistant Secretary of the Engineering Standards Committee ^[1]

• Marriage: Charles Le Maistre reg. Dec 1926 1a 1029 St. George Hanover Square, London, England , to Violet K M Culme-Seymour^[4]

• Employment: 1929-1931 Director of British Engineering Standards Association (forerunner of BSI)^[1]

• Employment: 1931-1942 Director, British Standards Institution^[1]

• Employment: 1943-1946 Secretary, United Nations Standards Co-ordinating Committee (forerunner of ISO)^[1]

• Marriage: Charles De La Cour Le Maistre reg. Sep 1900 3b 509 Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, to Jessie Pratt^[5]

• Honours: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services in connection with standardization during the 1914-1918 war^[1]

• Death: Charles De La C Le Maistre age 79 reg. Sep 1953 5g 668 Surrey South Western, Surrey, England ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} "OBITUARY. CHARLES DELACOUR LE MAISTRE, C.B.E. 1874-1953. ", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, E-ISSN 1753-7789, Volume 2 Issue 5, OCTOBER 1953, A.M.R.R., PART II, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1953.11140
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4B45-WW2 : 8 May 2019), Charles De La Cour Le Maistre in household of Henrietta Low, Saint Brelade, Jersey; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Jersey county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ND-JKZ : 20 May 2019), Jessie Maistre in household of Charles C Maistre, Shenfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Brentwood subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZT-BW3X : 8 October 2014), Charles Le Maistre and null, 1926; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1926, quarter 4, vol. 1A, p. 1029, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26SN-Y6Y : 22 May 2014), Charles De La Cour Le Maistre, 1900; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1900, quarter 3, vol. 3B, p. 509, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCF-BVRX : 4 September 2014), Charles De La C Le Maistre, 1953; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Surrey South Western, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.