Vincent Rowland Corbet Bt (1821 - 1891)

Born 11 Aug 1821 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Elizabeth Anne Agnes (Bridgeman) Corbet — married 9 May 1854 in Oswestry district, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 22 May 1891 at age 69 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Vincent Rowland Corbet was born in 1821. He was the son of Sir Andrew Corbet and Rachel Hill.

Christening: 16 August 1821 ‎(Age 5 days)‎ Moreton-Corbet, Salop, Shropshire, England.^[1]

He married Caroline Elizabeth Anne Agnes Bridgeman on 9 May 1854 in‎ Oswestry, Shropshire.

They had at least 1 son and 8 daughters.

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet of Corbet in 1855. He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1862.

Census Date 1881: Living with his wife and 8 daughters in Shawbury, Shropshire, England. Aged 50.

Occupation: Baronet Magistrate (Oth)

He died in 1891 at age 69. His title was then passed on to his son Sir Walter Orlando Corbet, 4th Baronet (1856–1910).

Note

The Corbets of Moreton Corbet

From the eclipse of the senior line at Caus, the most important Shropshire branch of the Corbets was that of Moreton Toret, later called Moreton Corbet, where they had a castle. Members of this branch regularly represented Shropshire, and sometimes other constituencies, in the House of Commons of England over several centuries. They were the among the most powerful and richest of landed gentry families in the county, especially in the 16th century, when there was no resident aristocracy. Together with its offshoots at Stoke upon Tern and Stanwardine, the Moreton Corbet family played a major part in the county's passage through the English Reformation and the English Civil War. The Corbets long retained part of their former vast estates in Shropshire. The Return of Owners of Land, 1873 showed that, of the 13 landowners who owned more than 8,000 acres in the county, two were Corbets: Sir V.R. Corbet owned 9,489 acres and I. D. Corbet owned 8,118 acres.

Burial

St Bartholomew Churchyard, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5XL-M6P : 30 December 2014, Vincent Rowland Corbet, 11 Aug 1821); citing MORETON CORBET,SHROPSHIRE,ENGLAND
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182175086/vincent-rowland-corbet

• https://www.theblacketts.com/tree/individual.php?pid=I5815&ged=maintree

• http://thepeerage.com/p55072.htm#i550720

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbet_baronets

• "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-ZDQ4 : 9 March 2017), Vincent Rowland Corbet, 1891.

• Corbet, Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale, Mrs. The Family of Corbet; Its Life and Times (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1914)

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG66-NTY : 29 July 2017), Vincent R Corbet, , Shropshire, England; citing , Shropshire, England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BH-SD2 : 28 September 2016), Vincent R Corbet, Shawbury, Shropshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27V-MXR2 : 20 August 2016), Vincent Rowland Corbet, Shawbury, Shropshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W9JS-R6Z : 1 April 2016), Vincent R Corbet Jr, Shawbury, Shropshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"