Robert Charles Goff RE (1837 - 1922)

Born 28 Jul 1837 in Switzerland

Husband of Clarissa Catherine (de Hochepied Larpent) Goff — married Jan 1899 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 30 Jun 1922 at age 84 in Switzerland

Biography

Robert was born about 1836. He is the son of George Goff and Elizabeth Holmes. ^[1]

He initially obtained a commission in the 50th Queen's Own Regiment. He fought in the Crimean War and became adjutant of his regiment before going to Ceylon and then transferring to the 15th Foot, and then finally to the Coldstream Guards. Having achieved the rank of colonel, he retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1878 to concentrate on his art.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1887.

In 1877 he married Beatrice Teresa Testaferrata-Abela, and had a son, Francis who died in 1891. His wife Beatrice died in 1896.

Robert married Clarissa Catherine de Hochepied-Larpent in 1899.

Goff lived in London and Brighton but travelled extensively. He moved in the 1890s to a villa overlooking Florence and he and his second wife wrote about the area. He then moved during the First World War to Villa Valerie, Bellaria, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, where he died in 1922.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ Robert Charles Goff, in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995; Ancestry.com

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-SDCB : 10 December 2017), Robert C Goff, Kensington, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 37, Piece/Folio 45/23, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,323.

See also:

"* Wikipedia: Robert_Charles_Goff

"* Wikidata: Item Q7342874