Sophia Wharton (Myddleton) Gray (1814 - 1871)

Born 19 Feb 1814 in Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Robert Gray DD — married 3 Sep 1836 in Durham

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1871 at age 57 in South Africa

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Biography

Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray. Born 5 January 1814 at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richard Wharton Myddleton of Durham and Yorkshire, she died at Bishopscourt, Cape Town on 27 April 1871 and was buried in the graveyard of St Saviour's in Claremont. E. Hermitage Day wrote "the constant companion of (Robert Gray's) travels, the untiring amanuensis and accountant, the skilful designer of churches, the brightness and stay of his home life at Bishopscourt.

Baptism

Date : 19 Feb 1814^[1]

Place : Easington neas Guisborough, York, England^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMNV-MB5 : 30 December 2014, Sophia Wharton Myddleton, 19 Feb 1814); citing EASINGTON NEAR GUISBOROUGH,YORK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 573,988. Added by Esmé van der Westhuizen

GRAY, Sophia (Sophie) Wharton Myddleton
Born: 5 January 1814
Died: 24 April 1871
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Sophy Gray (architect)
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