Charles John Champion de Crespigny (1814 - 1880)

Born 20 Jun 1814 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Margaret (Smith) Champion de Crespigny — married 14 Aug 1847 (to 1848) in St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, England.

Husband of Margaretta Amyatt (Brown) Champion de Crespigny — married 22 Feb 1854 (to 27 Mar 1855) in St Paul's Chuch, Cheltenham , Glos., England.

Husband of Frances (Plunkett) Reynolds — married 1859 (to 1880) in St. Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Glos, England

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1880 at age 65 in Queen Annes Mansions, Westminster, London, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Champion_de_Crespigny Name Study.

Charles John Champion de Crespigny (1814-1880) was the son of Charles Champion de Crespigny and Eliza Trent.

In October 1830 Charles and his brothers were admitted to the Royal College of Elizabeth on the Island of Guernsey. Charles was sixteen years old, George fifteen, and Philip thirteen. From the register of old boys: admissions for Michelmas term 1830:

353. Crespigny (afterwards de Crespigny) Charles John

Champion — born at Aldborough, June 20, 1814; son of Charles John Champion Crespigny and Julia Eliza Champion ; left 1831. Reverted to the family name of de Crespigny ; no profession ; died in London in 1880.

354. Crespigny (afterwards de Crespigny) George Blicke

Champion — born at Antwerp, October 31, 1815 ; brother of No. 353 ; left 1832. Ensign, 20th Regiment, 1836; Major, 1864; Paymaster of the School of Musketry at Hythe, 1855-1881; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1869; reverted to the family name of de Crespigny in 1874 ; Colonel (half -pay) 1881 ; died in 1893.

355. Crespigny (afterwards de Crespigny) Philip Robert

Champion — born at Boulogne, October 4, 1817 ; brother of No. 353 ; left 1831. Reverted to the family name of de Crespigny ; emigrated to Australia and engaged in farming; became a Police Magistrate at Daisy-hill, near Maryborough, Victoria; Warden of Goldfields and Coroner; died at Brighton, Melbourne, in 1889.^[1]

Charles married firstly Emma Margaret Smith on the 14th of August 1847 in St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, England.^[2] Emma Margaret died aged 27 in 1848.

He married secondly Margaretta Amyatt Brown on the 22nd of February 1854 at St Paul's Chuch, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England.^[3]

On 21 March 1855 at Dover, Kent, a still born son was born and died at 31 Marine Parade.^[4] Margaretta died 5 days later.^[5]

He married thirdly Frances Plunkett on the 28th of April 1859 in St. Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.^[6]

He died aged 65 in 1880 in Queen Annes Mansions, Westminster, London, England.^[7]

Census

1871 census of England, Wales & Scotland
Belgrave Road, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex, England

NB. This household had three domestic servants

Sources

1. ↑ Durand, Charles James, Kentish Brock, and Edward Charles Ozanne. "Elizabeth College Register, 1824-1873: With a Record of Some Earlier Students" Elizabeth College , Guernsey, 1898,page 87 retrieved through archive.org
2. ↑ freeBMD Marriages Sep Q 1847 St James 1127 CRESPIGNY Charles John Champion to SMITH Emma Margaret
3. ↑ freeBMD Marriages Mar Q 1854 Cheltenham 6a 545 CRESPIGNY Charles John Champion to BROWN Margaretta Amyatt.
4. ↑ birth announced Morning Chronicle 26 March 1855
5. ↑ death announcement in The Times 2 April 1855
6. ↑ freeBMD Marriages Jun Q 1859 Cheltenham 6a 684 CRESPIGNY Charles John Champion to PLUNKETT Frances
7. ↑ UK GRO Deaths Mar Q 1880 St George Hanover Square 1a 365 CRESPIGNY Charles Champion Age 65

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