Philip Champion de Crespigny (1850 - 1927)

Born 4 Jan 1850 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Frances (Chauncy) Champion Crespigny — married 25 Oct 1877 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Sophia Montgomery Grattan (Beggs) Champion de Crespigny — married 2 Nov 1891 in Balaclava, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1927 at age 77 in Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Philip Champion de Crespigny was born in France to parents of British citizenship.

This profile is part of the Champion_de_Crespigny Name Study.

Philip Champion de Crespigny was born on 4 Jan 1850 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France, son of Philip Robert (Champion de Crespigny) Champion Crespigny (1817 - 1889) and Charlotte Frances (Dana) Champion Crespigny (1820 - 1904). Philip Robert Champion de Crespigny was a British subject who later became a police magistrate and goldfields warden in Australia.^[1]

His siblings were:

1. Ada Isadora Champion Crespigny (1848 - 1927)
2. Constantine Pulteney Trent Champion Crespigny (1851 - 1883)
3. Viola Julia Constantia Champion de Crespigny (1855 - 1929)
4. Helen Rosalie (Champion Crespigny) Beggs (1858 - 1937)

When still a child, Philip emigrated to Australia with his parents arriving in 1852.

Philip Champion de Crespigny had a long career with the Bank of Victoria. He first joined in 1866 and became the General Manager in 1916.^{[1] [2]} His obituary notice in the Argus (Melbourne), on 12 March 1927, outlines Philip de Crespigny’s banking career:

[Crespigny] joined the service of the Bank of Victoria in June, 1866, as a junior clerk. After spending a few years in country districts in service of the bank he was promoted to the position of manager at Epsom, and he filled a similar position at other country towns. Subsequently he was placed in charge of the South Melbourne branch of the bank. At the end of 1892 he was appointed assistant inspector, and he continued to act in that capacity until 1908, when he took the office of chief inspector. In 1916 he became general manager of the bank in succession to Mr George Stewart.^[3]

Philip (27) married Annie Frances Chauncy (20) (1857 - 1883) on 25 Oct 1877 in Ballarat, Victoria.^{[4] [5]} Their children were:

1. Philip Champion de Crespigny (1879 - 1918)
2. Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny (1882 - 1952).

Philip (41) married Sophia Montgomery Grattan Beggs (~21) (1870 - 1936) on 2 Nov 1891 in Balaclava, Victoria.^{[6] [7]} Their children were:

1. Francis George Travers Champion de Crespigny (1892 - 1968)
2. Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny (1897 - 1969)
3. Royalieu Dana Champion de Crespigny (1905 - 1985)
4. Claude Montgomery Champion de Crespigny (1908 - 1991).

Philip died on 11 Mar 1927 in Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 77.^[8] He was buried in Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Earle Hackett, 'de Crespigny, Philip Champion (1850–1927)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-crespigny-philip-champion-5652/text9461, published first in hardcopy 1979, accessed online 4 January 2023.
2. ↑ MR. P. C. DE CRESPIGNY. (1927, March 19). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 44.
3. ↑ MR. P. C. DE CRESPIGNY. (1927, March 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 34. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3843151
4. ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 04 Jan 2023). Index entry for CRESPIGNY, Philip Champion and CHANNEY, Annie Frances; Year: 1877, Reg. number: 3816/1877
5. ↑ Young, Anne. "Wedding Wednesday: Philip Champion de Crespigny married Annie Frances Chauncy 25 October 1877." Anne's Family History. September 3, 2013. Accessed January 03, 2018. https://ayfamilyhistory.com/2013/09/03/wedding-wednesday-philip-champion-de-crespigny-married-annie-frances-chauncy-25-october-1877/.
6. ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 04 Jan 2023). Index entry for CURPIGNY, Phil Champion and BEGGS, Sophia Montgomery Grattan; Year: 1891, Reg. number: 7072/1891
7. ↑ MARRIAGE. VIC BDM Marriage Reg: #7072/1891 Family name BEGGS Given names Sophia Montgomery Grattan Event Marriage Spouse's family name CRESPIGNY Spouse's given name Phil Champion
8. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 04 Jan 2023). Index entry for Philip CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, Year: 1927; Parents: CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY Philip Robert and Charlotte Frances DANA; Spouse: -; Death Place: Brighton; Birth Place: St Marlo France; Age: 77; Reg. Number: 510/1927; Reg. Number: 510/1927
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #165149191 (accessed 4 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Philip Champion de Crespigny (1849-11 Mar 1927), citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Anne Young (contributor 47528033).

See also:

• Annie Frances Chauncy
• Anne's Family History: Divorce of John James and Charlotte Frances...
• Philip Champion de Crespigny on Geni.com
• Find A Grave: Memorial #165149191