Wentworth Cavenagh, son of James Gordon and Anne, was baptised on 12 March 1823 in Hythe, St Leonard, Kent, England.[1]
Wentworth Cavenagh served in the South Australian House of Assembly for the District of Yatala from 17 Nov 1862 - 06 May 1875 when her resigned and from 17 May 1875 - 24 Apr 1881 when he was not re-elected. He was Commissioner of Crown Lands, under Henry Strangways, from 3 November 1868 to 30 May 1870, and Commissioner of Public Works in the Henry Ayers Government from 4 March 1872 to 22 July 1873.[2]
Wentworth married Ellen Mainwaring at Adelaide, South Australia, in 1865.[3]
When Frederick Rowland Mainwaring, the brother of Wentworth's wife Ellen, died in 1891, Ellen inherited the Whitmore Hall estate, in Staffordshire. Wentworth and Ellen Cavenagh assumed the additional name of Mainwaring. From the London Gazette of 4 March 1892, page 1274:
Whitehall, February 25, 1892.
THE Queen has been pleased to grant unto Wentworth Cavenagh, of Whitmore Hall, in the county of Stafford, Esquire, and unto Ellen Jane, his wife, eldest daughter of Gordon Mainwaring, and sister and coheir of Frederick Rowland Mainwaring, both late of Whitmore Hall aforesaid, Esquires, deceased, Her Royal licence and authority that they may, in compliance with a clause contained in a certain Deed of Indenture bearing date the 8th day of July, 1871, henceforth take and use the surname of Mainwaring in addition to and after that of Cavenagh, and that he the said Wentworth Cavenagh may bear the arms of Mainwaring quarterly with those of Cavenagh, and that such surname and arms may in like manner be taken, borne, and used by the issue of their marriage; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise the said Royal licence and permission to be void and of none effect:
And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's said College of Arms.[4]
Death announcement in the Colonies and India 12 January 1895, page 38:
Cavenagh-Mainwaring. - Jan. 5, at Western Parade, Southsea, Wentworth Cavenagh-Mainwaring, of Whitmore Hall, Staffordshire, and Eden Park, Adelaide, South Australia, aged 73.[5]
His will was probated 24 Jun 1896 in South Australia, Australia.
Obituary in the South Australian Register 9 January 1895:
The Late Hon. Wentworth Cavenagh-Mainwaring. — Our London cable messages today announce the death of the Hon. Wentworth Cavenagh-Mainwaring, who was during many years a prominent, useful, and highly respected resident of South Australia. The deceased gentleman was born in 1821 in Hythe (one of the Cinque ports), and came to the colonies in the fifties. He spent some time in Ceylon coffee-planting, and later on he went to Canada. After his arrival in South Australia he began farming at Peachy Belt, near Salisbury, and subsequently joined in partnership Mr. J. J. Bonham, of Adelaide, in a wheat and land agency business. In 1863 Mr. Cavenagh-Mainwaring was elected a member of the House of Assembly for Yatala, and this seat he held continuously until 1881, when he was defeated in an election, and never after wards re-entered the House. He was Commissioner of Crown Lands under Mr. Strangways from November, 1868, to May, 1870, and Commissioner of Public Works in the Ayers Government from March, 1872, to July, 1873. In 1887 he was granted permission by the Queen to bear the title of Honourable in consideration of his services in the Ministry. He married Ellen Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Gordon Mainwaring, and who on the death ofher brother in 1891 became entitled to the Whitmore Hall Estate in Staffordshire. Mr. Cavenagh then assumed the additional name of Mainwaring. Soon after this the family went to England and settled at Wbitmore Hall. Recently Mr. Cavenagh-Mainwaring had been in weak health, and had been residing in Switzerland for a great part of the last year in order to avoid the extreme cold of the English climate. His eldest son is Mr. James G. Cavenagh- Mainwaring, solicitor, of Adelaide ; and the second son is Dr. Cavenagh-Mainwaring, who took his medical degree at the Adelaide University, resided at the Adelaide Hospital for a year as one of the House Surgeons, and went to England last year. Apropos of Mr. Cavenagh- Mainwaring's death some particulars of the Mainwaring estates will be interesting. Early in the sixteenth century Edward Mainwaring, son of Sir John Mainwaring, married Alice, granddaughter and heir of Humphrey De Bohme, of Whitmore, and through this marriage came into possession of the Manors of Whitmore, Biddulph, Annesley, and Buokenhall, the two first of which remain in the family to the present day. The late Mr. Gordon Mainwaring succeeded to the estate in 1864. and during his occupancy the entail, which had previously been strictly continued to male issue, expired, and he re-entailed the property, so that in the event of all his sons dying without male issue his daughters and their male issue should inherit in order of seniority. His eldest son, Charles Henry, succeeded him, and died from the effects of an accident in 1888 without issue, and he waessucceeded by Frederick Rowland, the third and youngest son, his brother, Walter Corney, having died a few months previously unmarried. Frederick died in 1891. The property, which has a rent-roll of about £5,000 per annum, then came into the possession of Mrs. Cavenagh-Mainwaring, and Mr. J. G. Cavenagh-Mainwaring, her eldest son, is the heir-apparent to the estate.[6]
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↑Baptism:
"Kent Baptisms"
Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Reference: CCA/U3/282/1/B/1 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (subscription required, accessed 18 March 2024)
Wentworth Cavenagh baptism on 12 Mar 1823, son of James Gordon & Anne, in Hythe, St Leonard, Kent, England.
↑ Digitised by the British Library Board and retrieved through FindMyPast (subscription $)
↑ The Late Hon. Wentworth Cavenagh-Mainwaring (1895, January 9). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 5. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53701562
See Also:
Cavenagh-Mainwaring, J. G. The Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford. An account of the family, and its connections by marriage and descent; with special reference to the Manor of Whitmore. about 1935. pages 119-120 retrieved through archive.org
Biography published at the time of his departure from Adelaide in 1892: Latest News. (1892, April 27). Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912), p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved November 13, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204477375
Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 01 July 2021), memorial page for Wentworth Cavenagh Mainwaring (13 Nov 1822–5 Jan 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #48366453, citing St Mary and All Saints Churchyard, Whitmore, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough, Staffordshire, England ; Maintained by Alf (contributor 47190722) .
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