Cecil George Herbert Alers Hankey (1874 - 1940)

Born 23 Mar 1874 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude Clare (Fetherstonhaugh) Hankey — married 19 Apr 1899 in London

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1940 at age 66 in Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Cecil George Herbert Alers Hankey was born on 23 March 1874 and was baptized on 25 April 1874 at St. Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington, West Brompton, London. He was the son of Walter Childe Alers Hankey and Caroline Jane Anne Alers Hankey. (The surname is shown as Alers Hankey.) His father was a merchant, and they lived at 39 Bedcliffe Gardens.^[1] His birth was registered in the Kensington Registration District, London, during the first quarter of 1874.^[2]

The marriage of Gertrude Clare Fetherstonhaugh and Cecil George H. A. Hankey was registered in the St. George Hanover Square, London, registration district during the 2nd Quarter of 1899.^[3]

The death of Cecil G. H. A. Hankey was registered at Chichester, Sussex, England, during 1940.^[4]

Cecil's estate was entered into probate (limited) at Llandudno on 7 May 1941. He was of Binderton House near Chichester. Probate was granted to his widow, Clare Gertrude Hankey, William Haward, bank manager, and John Frank Whitfield, solicitor. His estate was valued at £97700 9s. 7p.^[5]

The following remembrance appeared in a newspaper in England regarding George Hankey. (The newspaper and date are not identified.)^[6]:

HANKEY. -- In devoted and grateful remembrance, on this especial anniversary, of my husband, CECIL ALERS HANKEY, commanded 3 Royal Sussex Regiment, D.L. and J.P. for the County of Sussex, who died at Binderton House, Chichester, on Aug. 28, 1940. And of our two sons, WALTER (late Sussex Yeomanry), who died at Craddock, Cape Province, on Dec. 28, 1926, aged 22 years, and STEPHEN, Acting Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, who was killed returning to Tangmere Aerodrome from air operations on Dec. 17, 1943, aged 28 years.

Sources

1. ↑ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p84/mry1/002
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XZT-2M5 : 1 October 2014), Cecil George H Hankey, 1874; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Kensington, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. 1874: Volume 1A; Page 198; Line Number 71
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:269F-GNS : 13 December 2014), Cecil George H A Hankey, 1899; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1899, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 889, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. 1899: Volume 1A; Page 889; Line Number 82
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVH1-1W2T : 4 September 2014), Cecil G H A Hankey, 1940; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Chichester, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. 1940: Volume 2B; Page 1053; Line Number 28
5. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright. Registry: Llandudno, 1941 page 69.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Andrews Collection. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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