Edward Tankerville Chamberlayne BA DSO MID (1881 - 1963)

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Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Birth and Parentage 1.2 Education 1.3 Marriage and Family 1.4 World War One 1.5 World War 2 1.6 Death 2 Sources

Biography

Birth and Parentage

Edward Tankerville Chamberlain^[1] was the oldest child and only son of Stanes Brocket Henry Chamberlayne and his wife Norah Greame daughter of Sir Edward Bates, 1st Bt. & his wife Ellen née Thompson. ^[2]His middle name, Tankerville, refers to his lineage, as the family had long held that they descended from Guillaume de Tancarville. He was born at Witherley Hall, in Weddington, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, on Dec 21 1881^[3] He had three younger sisters, Mabel Alicia, Eirene Clare and Cicely Lavinia.

At the time of the 1891 census, he was 9 and paying a visit with his aunt and uncle, Anne and Donald Nicol in Marylebone, London. Anne (née Bates) was Edward's mother, Norah's older sister.

1891 Census for Edward T. Chamberlayne at Harley Street, London^[4]

Name of each Person who abode therein the preceding night	Role	Age	Sex	Profession, Trade, Employment or of Independent Means	Whether born in same County
Donald V Nicol	Head	47	M	Barrister at Law	England
Anne M Nicol	Wife	41	F		England
Margaret E Nicol	Daughter	15	F		England
Wilfred V Nicol	Son	8	M		England
Colin V Nicol	Son	3	M		England
Henry Cooling	Servant	M	28		Lincolnshire, England
Annie Hatton	Servant	F	28		Northamptonshire, England
Alice Pearce	Servant	F	34		Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England
Edward T Chamberlayne	Nephew	M	9		England
Mary Mason	Servant	F	33		England
Alice Moule	Servant	F	22		Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

In 1901, he was living, or staying, at Witherley Hall with his parents, three sisters and ten servants. ^[5]

Education

He was educated at Eton ^[6]and then at his father's Oxford college, Christ Church, where he obtained his B.A. in 1904.^[6] He was then called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1907.^[6]

ET Chamberlayne

Marriage and Family

Edward married Susan Kathleen Scott-Mackirdy (affectionately nicknamed 'Eskie' because of her initials) on 14 July 1908 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Mayfair, London.^[7]

Marriage of Edward T Chamberlayne and Susan Katherine Scott

In 1911 he, Susan and their son John Edward Stanes Chamberlayne were living in Westminster, London.

1911 Census for Household of Edward T. Chamberlayne at Westminster, London^[8]

Name of each Person who abode therein the preceding night	Role	Age	Sex	Profession, Trade, Employment or of Independent Means	Whether born in same County
Edward Tankerville Chamberlayne	Head	29	Male	Barrister at Law	Warwickshire, Weddington, Nuneaton
Susan Katherine Chamberlayne	Wife	25	Female		Derbyshire, Chellaston
John Edward Stanes Chamberlayne	Son	4	Male		London, St John, Westminster
Celia Rose Malpas	Servant	38	Female	Domestic Servant	Berkeley, Gloucestershire

World War One

He joined the 2nd/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry and took part in the attack on Chocolate Hill and Hill 112 in the Gallipoli Landings on 21st August 1915 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

March 1915 Gallipoli Campaign

^[9][10]

HIs father wrote to their family friend Sir Francis Newdegate, at the time, Governor of Western Australia:

Truly we are thankful that Edward has come safe through the war and much of his service has been with the Australians in Gallipoli & in Palestine. As to discipline among men and officers, none, but as comrades & as fighters, the best.

Excerpt from Letter from Stanes to Sir Francis Newdegate[11]

World War 2

As war was declared in 1939 and the UK register was taken, the Chamberlaynes were at home at The Elm, in Church Lane, Chipping Norton and Eskie's two sisters were staying with them.

1939 U.K. Register For Elm Church Lane , Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England :

Edward T Chamberlayne : Head : Married : D.O.B. 21 Dec 1881: Barrister At Law.

Susan K Chamberlayne : Wife : Married : D.O.B. 06 Jul 1885: Household Duties Unpaid.

Anna M Scott-Mackirdy : Sister in law : D.O.B.10 May 1884: Private Means.

Lucy A Scott-Mackirdy : Sister in law : D.O.B. 17 Jul 1889: Private Means.

NB: Also on this record were 4 domestic servants and two grooms.

After the war Edward served as a Brevet^[12] Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Territorial Army, a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and, like his father Stanes, and grandfather, Henry, before him, as a Justice of the Peace. ^[13]

His home was in Oxfordshire at The Elm, Church Lane, Chipping Norton, one of the few gentleman's houses in Chipping Norton, not a stone's throw from the mound where Chipping Norton's motte and bailey castle, had been built by another ancestor, a 24x great grandfather of his; Ernulf de Hesdin. Had he known, and perhaps he did, he would have been tickled pink.

Death

He died aged 81 on 2 May 1963 and was buried at St Nicholas old chantry chapel churchyard, Heythrop, near Chipping Norton.^[14]

Chamberlayne Gravestone

Sources

1. ↑ Chipping Norton British Legion, The Servicemen of the First World War. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed on 14 Nov 2020.
2. ↑ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean & Son. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 23 Apr 2023.
3. ↑ FREE BMD. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
4. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1891. FamilySearch Online Database with Images. 1891 England, Scotland and Wales census. Citing PRO RG 12. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
5. ↑ England and Wales Census. 1901 England, Scotland and Wales census. Family Search Online Database. Citing PRO RG 13. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Retrieved from Family Search (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Walford, Edward., (1919)., The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59). Retrieved from ebooksread (Here;) Accessed 12 Dec 2022.
7. ↑ England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005. FamilySearch Online Database. England & Wales Births, 1837-2006. FamilySearch Online Database, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
8. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1911. FamilySearch Database. Research Citing PRO RG 14. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
9. ↑ [1]
10. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Gallipoli campaign.," Retrieved from Wikipedia (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
11. ↑ 'Copyright status could not be determined due to data in the record being incomplete or inaccurate.' Papers of Sir Francis Newdegate (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M1539-M1542], 1916-1926. Letters S. Chamberlayne. Retrieved from nla gov au (Here;) Accessed 12 Dec 2022.
12. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Brevet (military)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Retrieved from Available Online Accessed November 14, 2020.
13. ↑ Steve 19685, Imperial War Museums, Lives of the First World War, EDWARD TANKERVILLE CHAMBERLAYNE DSO MID. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.
14. ↑ Free BMD. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 14 Nov 2020.

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