Herbert Colstoun Gardner (1846 - 1921)

Born 9 Jun 1846 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Winifred Anne Henrietta Christine (Herbert) Gardner — married 4 Mar 1890 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 6 May 1921 at age 74 in Marylebone, London, England

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Herbert Gardner was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Herbert was born in 1846. He was the son of Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner of Uttoxeter and Julia Sarah Hayfield Fortescue.

He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member and eventually manager of the Amateur Dramatic Club which was 'flourishing exceedingly' under his management.

He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, in 1872 with a Master of Arts (M.A.).

Herbert held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for North Essex between 1885 and 1895.

He married Lady Winifred Anne Henrietta Christiana Herbert (daughter of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Stanhope) on 4 March 1890 at St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England.^[1]

He held the office of President of the Board of Agriculture between 1892 and 1895, was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 25 August 1892 and he was created 1st Baron Burghclere of Walden, Essex [U.K.] on 3 August 1895.

He passed away in 1921at the age of 74. As he had no sons the barony became extinct upon his death.^[2]

Burial

St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DCN-PHH : 13 December 2014), Herbert Coulston Gardner, 1890; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,”
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Gardner,_1st_Baron_Burghclere
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37220116

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p12118.htm#i121177

• England & Wales Marriage Registrations: Mar 1890, Gardner, Herbert Coulston District: Brighton Vol 2b Page 307. Accessed at FreeBMD (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl)

• England & Wales Death Registrations: Jun 1921, Gardner, Herbert C. (Baron Bughclere) Age: 74 District: Marylebone Vol 1a Page 557. Accessed at FreeBMD (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl)