Cyril Arthur Pearson (1866 - 1921)

Born 24 Feb 1866 in Wookey, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel Sarah (Bennett) Durandeau — married 31 Dec 1887 (to 31 May 1897) in Maddington, Wiltshire, England

Husband of Ethel Maud (Fraser) Pearson — married 3 Jun 1897 in Hampstead, London, England

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1921 at age 55 in London, England

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Biography

Cyril was born in 1866. He was the son of Arthur Pearson and Philippa Maxwell-Lyte. He died in 1921.

Sir (Cyril) Arthur Pearson was a newspaper publisher and magnate, founded 'Pearson's Weekly' in 1890, and then purchased the 'Daily Express' and the 'Evening Standard'in the 1900s. He was created a baronet in 1916.

The life of Sir Arthur Pearson: Bt., G.B.E., newspaper proprietor and founder of St. Dunstan's hostel for sailors and soldiers blinded in the great war, 1914-1918
1922, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. [1] in English

Obituary:^[1]

The death is announced of Sir Arthur Pearson, president of the National Institute for the Blind, and founder of Arthur Pearson, Limited.

When taking a bath he slipped. His head struck the taps and he was drowned while unconscious. At an inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. Medial evidence showed that death was due to drowning after concussion caused through slipping and striking his head on the bath taps.

The best monument to the great, purposeful work of the late Sir Arthur Pearson for it revealed in him, when faced with the apparently overwhelming odds of blindness, a fine nobility of nature that touched deeply the hearts of all Britons, is, and always will be, St. Dunstan's. That wonderful institution, which has recreated, so to speak, thousands of men afflicted with blindness in the war, and of which he was the founder and director, will always carry with it, in the splendor of its magnificent work, the indelible impress of the influence and the devoted labours of Sir Arthur Pearson.

In his blindness, the affliction came upon him in 1914 after the gradual loss of sight, his sympathy went out wholeheartedly to those who, in the war and on the altar of patriotism, shared his own misfortune. He devoted his life to them, bringing to them a new vision, in his own triumph over blindness.

The late Sir Arthur Pearson, Bart. GBBE was 55 years of age, and was the only son of the late REv. A. Cyril Pearson. He was educated at Winchester. IN the business world his name will always be associated with the great publishing business of C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., of which he was chairman and until the failure of his sight he was the active proprietor of various newspapers. His book "Victory Over blindness," revealed that sublime spirit of courage in affliction which permeated St. Dunstan's as a great ray of light. His extraordinary energy and business capacity won for him, at the age of 42 years, the responsibilities of managing director of "The Times" newspaper, which was then shortly to be formed into a limited liability company.

He was created a baronet in 1916, and, in 1917, as a tribute to his great national work, a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. His public-spiritedness brought him into close association with quite a number of organisations. He was president of the National Institute for the Blind, chairman of the Blinded Sailors and Soldiers' Care Committee, associated with which was his work for St. Dunstan's; president of the Fresh Air Fund, vice-president of the Tariff Reform League, and vice-president of the Tariff Commission, 1904, and among other activities, honorary secretary of the collecting committee of the National Relief Fund, 1914.

Sources

1. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) View title info Mon 12 Dec 1921 Page 8 SIR ARTHUR PEARSON.

• Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914

Name: Cyril Arthur Pearson
Baptism Date: 8 Apr 1866
Baptism Place: Wookey, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Wookey
Father: Arthur Ayril Pearson
Mother: Phillippa Masingbern Phillippa Masingbern

• Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916

Name: Cyril Arthur Pearson
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1866
Marriage or Bann Date: 31 Dec 1887
Marriage or Bann Place: Maddington, Wiltshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Maddington
Father: Arthur Cyril Pearson
Spouse: Isabel Sarah Bennett
Spouse's Father: Frederick Bennett

• England & Wales, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918

Name: Cyril Arthur Pearson
Gender: Male
Record Type: Divorce
Type: Husband's petition for divorce [HD]
Petition Date: 1896
Spouse: Isabel Sarah Pearson
Co-Respondent 1: Adrien Durandeau
Petition Filed: 29 Sep 1896
Decree Nisi: 24 Nov 1896
Final Decree: 31 May 1897
Divorce Court File Number: 18194

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

Name: Cyril Arthur Pearson
Registration Year: 1897
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Hampstead
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 1388
Records on Page:
Names:
John Cartwright
Ethel Maud Fraser
Cyril Arthur Pearson
Sarah Smith

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Cyril A Pearson
Death Age: 55
Birth Date: abt 1866
Registration Year: 1921
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Marylebone
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a Page: 687

• UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014

Name: Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson
Register Type: Burial
Death Date: abt 1921
Burial or Cremation Date: 13 Dec 1921
Burial or Cremation Place: Camden, London, England

• UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

Name: Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1866
Birth Place: Wookey, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Death Date: 9 Dec 1921
Death Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
Cemetery: Hampstead Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Hampstead, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Has Bio?: Y
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6792332/cyril-arthur-pearson

• England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957

Name: Cyril Arthur Pearson
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 21 Jan 1922
Event Place: Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 9 Dec 1921
Beneficiary's Name: Ethel Maud Pearson
Second Beneficiary's Name: Neville Arthur Pearson

• England and Wales Census, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911

Census

England and Wales Census, 1871
Morden, Surrey, England

England and Wales Census, 1881
Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England

England and Wales Census, 1891
Shere, Surrey, England

England and Wales Census, 1901
Frensham, Surrey, England

England and Wales Census, 1911
Arundel, Sussex, England