Richard Beverley Machell (1823 - 1898)

Born 1823 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Emma (Willoughby) Machell — married 1850 in Malton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1898 at about age 75 in Westmorland, England

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Biography

Richard Machell was born in Yorkshire, England.

This profile is part of the Machell Name Study.

Richard was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, in 1823, to parents Reverend Robert Machell and Eliza Mary (Zealey) Machell, and was christened there on the 8th March 1823. ^[1]

He was one of 12 siblings, the others being:

• Thomas Machell (1824–1862)
• Henry Lancelot Machell (1825–1825)
• Mary Matilda Machell (? Fisher) (1827 - post 1848)
• Launcelot Machell (1829-?)
• Hugh Devon Machell (1833–1850)
• Henry Machell (1835–1869)
• Robert Scott Machell (Eyre) (1836 - >1865)
• James Octavius Machell (1837–1902)
• Kathleen Annie Machell (1839-?)
• Kathleen Machell (Eyre) (1840-?)
• Rosamund Machell (1841–1841)

Richard graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) and he held the offices of Canon of York and Rector at Roos, Yorkshire, England. ^[2]

The Reverend Richard Machell married Emma Willoughby, daughter of Henry Willoughby and Charlotte Eyre, on the 11th April 1850, in Settrington, Yorkshire, England. ^[3]

Richard and Emma had 8 children:

• Percy Wilfred Machell (1862–1916) Lieutenant colonel in the British army
• Lancelot Wentworth Machell (1865–1948)
• Beatrice Cassandra Machell (1858–1950)
• Henry Robert Machell (1853–1877)
• Eva Magdalen Machell (1856–1934)
• Reginald Willoughby Machell (1854–1927)
• Hugh Lancelot Machell (1851–1920)

In 1861, Richard (38), and Emma (37), were living on the High Street, Barrow on Humber, with their children, a boarder, and six servants. ^[4]

• Richard B Machell, 38, Head, Vicar of Barrow, Yorkshire, Scarborough
• Emma Machell, 37, Wife, Honourable, Nottinghamshire, Basford
• Hugh Lancelot Machell, 9, Son, Scholar, Lincolnshire, Barrow
• Henry Robert Machell, 8, Son, Scholar, Lincolnshire, Barrow
• Regereald Willowby Machell, 6, Son, Scholar, Lincolnshire, Barrow
• Lee Magdalen Machell, 4, Daughter, Scholar, Lincolnshire, Barrow
• Beatrice Cassandra Machell 2 Daughter

Richard, was appointed Rector of Roos, and the family were residing in the village Rectory in 1871. ^[5]

• Richd Beverley Machell, 48, Head, Magistrate and Rector of Roos
• Emma Machell, 47, Wife, Hon Rank Baron's daughter
• Hugh Lancelot Machell, 19, Son, Student St John's Collage Cambridge
• Eva Magdalen Machell, 14, Daughter, Scholar instruction at home
• Beatrice Cassandra Machell 12 Daughter, Scholar instruction at home
• Percy Wilford Machell 8 Son, Scholar instruction at home
• Launcelot Wentworth Machell, 5, Son, Scholar instruction at home
• Jane Burton Machell, 61, Boarder, Teacher (Bloomsbury Middlesex)

Richard and his family remained resident in Roos, and the 1881 census lists the family and three servants, at Rectory House, Roos. ^[6]

• Richard Braceby Machell 58 Head
• Emma Machell 57 Wife
• Eva Magdalen Machell 24 Daughter
• Beatrice Cassandra Machell 22 Daughter
• Dora Weslpjahl 29 Servant
• Sarah Elizabeth Thompson 21 Servant
• Annie Lamb 19 Servant

Richard and Emma and were residing in The Vicarage, Coney Street, York, at the time of the 1891 census; Richard was then the Vicar of St Martin le Grand. Also in the household at that time were their grandchildren Julian (13) and his brother, Lancelot (14), and three servants. ^[7]

Richard died on the 18th August 1898. ^[8] at Crakenthorpe Hall, Appleby, Westmorland, England; the ancestral home of the Machell's of Crackenthorpe. ^[9]

Richard left a will, and probate was granted on the 7th of October 1898 at London. ^[9]

• " MACHELL the reverend Richard Beverley of the vicarage St. Martin-le-Grand Yorkshire clerk died 18 August at Crackenthorpe Hall Appleby Westmorland Probate London 7 October to Robert Scott Machell captain in Her Majesty's-army and Aubrey Frederick Willoughby solicitor Effects £9488 12s. 7d. "

Research Notes

http://thepeerage.com/p64963.htm#i649622

1. Rev. Richard Beverley Machell (Willoughby) 1823–1898 2. Rev. Robert Machell (Zealey Mangles) 1796–1860 4. Lt.Col. Christopher Machell (Scott) 1747–1827 5. Ann Scott (Machell) 1758–1843 3. Eliza Mary Zealey (Machell) 1802–1841 6. James Zealey

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database, Christening FamilySearch : (Accessed 4 February 2023), Richard Beverley Machele, 1823.
2. ↑ Person Page, Reverend Richard Machell The Peerage : (accessed 21 Feb 2024)
3. ↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973, database, Marriage FamilySearch : (accessed 13 March 2020), Richard Beverley Machell, 1850.
4. ↑ 1861 England Census, database on-line. Citing: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Class: Rg 9; Piece: 2403; Folio: 35; Page: 21; GSU roll: 542966. Image: 1861 Census Ancestry : (accessed 10 Feb 2024).
5. ↑ 1871 England Census, database on-line. Citing: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 4799; Folio: 99; Page: 1; GSU roll: 847354. Image: 1871 Census Ancestry : (accessed 10 Feb 2024).
6. ↑ 1881 England Census database on-line. Citing: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Class: RG11; Piece: 4786; Folio: 87; Page: 1; GSU roll: 1342156. Image: 1881 Census Ancestry : (accessed 10 Feb 2024).
7. ↑ 1891 England Census, database on-line. Citing: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3885; Folio: 120; Page: 6; GSU roll: 6098995. Image: 1891 Census Ancestry : (accessed 9 Feb 2024).
8. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death. (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results accessed 21 Feb 2024), database entry for MACHELL, RICHARD BEVERLEY. (Age at death 75) GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in EAST WARD Volume 10B Page 474.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, database on-line. Citing: Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Image: Probate Ancestry : (accessed 21 Feb 2024).

See also

• Marriage 2nd quarter 1850 at Malton, Yorkshire
• Death 3rd quarter 1898 at East Ward, Westmorland
• THE LONDON GAZETTE, AUGUST 13, 1869. 4581[1]