George
Maximilian
Bethune
Born in North Bersted, Sussex, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Cuddington Bethune
and Julia (Hole) Bethune
Brother of
Julia Mary (Bethune) Nix, Alice Maria Henrietta Bethune, Barbara Anna (Bethune) Johnstone, Edith Georgiana (Bethune) Stephens, Constance Balfour (Bethune) Byne, Charles Fitzwalter Bethune, Norman Henry Bethune and Montague Robert Bethune
Husband of
Elizabeth de Burgh (O'Maley) Bethune
— married
6 Sep 1890 in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Father of
Julia Marie Bethune, Eleanor de Burgh (Bethune) Webber-Jones, George Maximilian Bethune, Michael O'Maley Bethune, Edward Charles O'Maley Bethune, Eric Adrian Bethune and Oscar Roland Bethune
Died
at age 87
in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2018
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Biography
George Bethune is Notable.
George Maximilian Bethune was a manager of sugar plantations in what was then British Guiana, who also played cricket for Hampshire during leaves.
The eldest son of the Reverend George Cuddington Bethune, at the time rector of Worth in Sussex, and his wife Julia Hole, daughter of the Reverend George Hole, rector of Chulmleigh in Devon, he was baptised in his father's church at Worth on 6 Aug 1854.[1] On 2 Apr 1871 he was living in Chulmleigh rectory with his parents, the two youngest sisters and two of his brothers.[2]
In 1890 he married Elizabeth de Burgh O'Maley, daughter of Michael Rowland O'Maley, manager of the Colonial Bank (later absorbed by Barclays Bank) in Georgetown, and his first wife Julia Adriana Gyllich, daughter of Major Jacob Heitmann Gyllich, Knight of the Dannebrog. He retired to England, living in Bedford and then, after his wife died, in Bournemouth where he died in 1942. He was buried beside his wife in Bedford and his will was proved at Llandudno on 11 May 1942.[3]
He and Eliza had seven children:
- Julia Marie Bethune, born 1892.
- Eleanor de Burgh Bethune, born 1895.
- George Maximilian Bethune, twin born 1898.
- Michael O'Maley Bethune, twin born 1898.
- Edward Charles O'Maley Bethune, born 1900.
- Eric Adrian Bethune, born 1901.
- Oscar Roland Bethune, born 1902.
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3FK-5J5 George Maximilian Bethune, 6 Aug 1854
- ↑ England and Wales Census, 1871 FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Y5-2WP George Maximilian Bethune
- ↑ England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7X4Q-8F2M George Maximilian Bethune, Bournemouth, Hampshire,11 May 1942
See also: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Maximilian_Bethune
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