Francis Walter de Winton GCMG CM (1835 - 1901)

Born 21 Jun 1835 in Pitsford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Evelyn (Rawson) De Winton — married 9 Jun 1864 in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Died 16 Dec 1901 at age 66 in Llanstephan, Llyswen, Wales

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Biography

Major-General Sir Francis Walter de Winton GCMG CB FRGS (21 June 1835 – 16 December 1901) was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and courtier in the Household of the Duke of York.

Francis was born in 1835. He was the second son of Walter Wilkins of Maesllwch Castle and Julia Cecilia Collinson, the second daughter of Richard John Collinson.

His father had changed his surname from Wilkins to De Winton by royal licence in 1839.

He married in 1864 Evelyn, daughter of Christopher Rawson of Lennoxville, Canada, and had two sons and two daughters, including:

Violet May (1868) unmarried
Richard Stretton (1869) m Alice Agatha Cantley Higgs
Louise Angela Eunice (1881) m William M Meredith m Robert H F McCulloch

In 1881, they lived in Nova Scotia, Canada.

In 1891 they lived in Winkfield, Berkshire.

In 1901, the lived in Llanstephan, Wales.

See his Wikipedia page for details of his military and administrative career, which included service in Crimea, British North America, Gibraltar, Constantinople, Canada, and the Congo Free State. In retirement he served in the household of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and in the household of the Duke and Duchess of York.

He passed away in 1901 and was buried at Glasbury.

Sources

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_de_Winton

CAMBRIDGE ALUMNI: Name: Francis Walter. De Winton Born: 21 Jun 1835 Died: 16 Dec 1901 More Information: Hon. LL.D. 1892. S. of Walter [M.P., formerly Wilkins; assumed, by Royal Licence, 1839, the surname of De Winton], of Maesllwch Castle, Radnorshire. B. June 21, 1835, at Pittsford, Northants. D.C.L., F.R.G.S. Educated at the R.M.A. Woolwich. Entered Royal Artillery, 1854; served in the Crimea. Military Attaché to the British Embassy at Constantinople, 1877-8. Secretary to the Marquis of Lorne, when Governor-General of Canada, 1878-83. Administrator-General, Congo State, 1884-6. Commanded Expedition against Yonnies, W. Africa, 1887-8. Secretary to the Emir Pasha relief Expedition, 1888. Adjutant-Quartermaster-General, 1888-9. Commissioner to Swaziland, 1889-90. Governor of East African Settlements at Mombasa, 1890-9. Comptroller to the Duke of Clarence, 1891-2. Comptroller and Treasurer to the Duke of York (afterwards King George V), 1892-1901. C.B.; G.C.M.G., 1893. Married, 1864, Evelyn, dau. of Christopher Rawson, of Lennoxville, Canada, and had issue. Died Dec. 16, 1901. (Who was Who; Burke, L.G.)

NEWSPAPER NOTICE OF MARRIAGE: Published: Saturday 09 July 1864 Newspaper: Army and Navy Gazette County: London, England Type: Article | Words: 1176 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

PROBATE RECORD: Name: Sir Francis Walter De Winton Death Date: 16 Dec 1901 Death Place: Breconshire Probate Date: 1 Mar 1902 Probate Registry: London, England