Richard Steele R Fetherstonhaugh b. 20 Sep 1848 Kilmaine, Co Westmeath, Ireland d. 06 May 1932 Gwydyr House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England: Featherstone One Name Study


Richard Steele R Fetherstonhaugh

Male 1848 - 1932  (83 years)


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  • Name Richard Steele R Fetherstonhaugh  [1
    Born 20 Sep 1848  Kilmaine, Co Westmeath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Milit-Beg 1867  [3
    • in the service of the 60th Rifles
    1891 Census 05 Apr 1891  16 Edgar Road, St Faith, Wincester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • living on own means
    • Role: Son in Law
    Award 1901  [3
    • Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    1911 Census 02 Apr 1911  Gwydyr Stable, Binstead Road, Ryde, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Major General In The Army
    Probate 23 Apr 1915  Probate Court, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • o Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh retired major general H.M. Army. Effects £267 0s. 3d.
    • Role: Administrator
    Probate 15 Nov 1917  Probate Court, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • to Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh major general retired H.M. Army
    • Role: Administrator
    Probate 05 Mar 1920  Probate Court, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • to Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh major-general H.M. Army (retired). Effects £11249 1s. 4d.
    • Role: Administrator
    Milit-End 1925  [3
    • Colonel of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
    Died 06 May 1932  Gwydyr House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • aged 83
    Death Jun 1932  2b.810, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • 83
    Name Richard S R Fetherstonhaugh  [8
    Reference Number 16477 
    Reference Number P8759 
    Notes 
    • This line on Family Pursuit
    Person ID I16477  Featherstone Main
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2021 

    Father Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh,   b. Abt 1825 
    Family ID F4122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence Dickson,   b. Abt 1852, Sangor, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1920, Gwydyr House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 07 Oct 1886  St Paul, Wilton Place, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Married Dec 1886  1a.770, St George Hanover Square, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Kathleen Florence Fetherstonhaugh,   b. 23 Jan 1889, South Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1978, 15.2020, Wandsworth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Richard Collingwood Fetherstonhaugh,   b. Mar 1893, 2b.632, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1915, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years)
     3. George Rupert Alexander Fetherstonhaugh,   b. Dec 1894, 2b.605, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1914, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 19 years)
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F5420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), Collected April 2000.

    2. [S1891] 1891 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;), 1891 Census
      RG number: RG12 Piece: 936 Folio: 26 Page: 4     
      Registration District: Winchester Sub District: Winchester
      Enumeration District: 2. Ecclesiastical Parish: Christchurch
      Civil Parish: St Faith. Municipal Borough: Winchester
      Address: 16, Edgar Road, St Faith, Winchester, Hampshire
      DICKSON, Henrietta E Head Widow F 59 1832 Living On Own Means Bloomsbury London
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Florence Daughter Married F 37 1854 Sangor Central India
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Richard S Son In Law Married M 42 1849 Colonel 60 Regt Kings Royal Rifles Kilmaine, Westmeath, Ireland
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Kathleen F Granddaughter F 2 1889 South Kensington London
      BLACKMORE, Annie Servant Single F 39 1852 Domestic Servant Hemyock Devonshire
      BUTCHER, Kate Servant Single F 31 1860 Domestic Servant Kentish Town London
      HUMPHRYS, Sarah A Servant Single F 48 1843 Domestic Servant Wellow Somersetshire
      DAVIS, Ellen Servant Single F 25 1866 Domestic Servant Macclesfield Cheshire.

    3. [S1427] Burke's Irish Family Records., Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, (Burkes Peerage Ltd, London, U.K, 1976), Maj.-Gen. Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh1
      M, #254788, b. 20 September 1848, d. 6 May 1932

      Last Edited=9 Dec 2007
      Maj.-Gen. Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh was born on 20 September 1848.1 He was the son of Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh and Rosetta Roche.1 He married Florence Dickson, daughter of George Collingwood Dickson, on 7 October 1886.1 He died on 6 May 1932 at age 83.1
      He was commissioned in 1867, in the service of the 60th Rifles.1 He fought in the Zulu War in 1879.1 He fought in the Nile Expedition between 1884 and 1885, where he was mentioned in despatches.1 He was commanding officer of the 9th Brigade in 1899.1 He fought in the Boer War.1 He was commanding officer of the 6th Brigade, Aldershot between 1900 and 1901.1 He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1901.1 He was commanding officer of the Mobile Columns of West Transvaal in 1901.1 He was commanding officer of the troops of East Transvaal between 1901 and 1902.1 He was commanding officer of the forces of Natal in 1902.1 He was Colonel of the King's Royal Rifle Corps between 1917 and 1925.1 He lived at Killua Castle, County Westmeath, Ireland.1 He lived at Gwydyr House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England.1
      Children of Maj.-Gen. Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh and Florence Dickson

      Kathleen Florence Fetherstonhaugh+1
      Richard Collingwood Fetherstonhaugh1 b. 3 Mar 1893
      George Robert Aelxander Fetherstonhaugh1 b. 15 Nov 1894

      Citations

      [S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), page 408. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records.

    4. [S282] 1911 Census England & Wales, (2009), 1911 Census
      RG number: RG14 Piece: 5721
      Reference: RG14PN5721 RG78PN260 RD93 SD3 ED6 SN278
      Registration District: Isle of Wight. Sub District: Ryde
      Enumeration District: 6. Parish: Ryde
      Address: Gwydyr House Binstead Road Ryde, Hampshire
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Richard Head Married M 62 1849 Major General In The Army Bebrin Dert Macte Ireland Resident
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Florence Wife Married 24 years F 57 1854 Sangor Custead India Resident
      FETHERSTONHAUGH, Kathleen Daughter Single F 22 1889 S Kensington London S W
      BLACKMORE, Anne Servant Single F 59 1852 Lady's Maid Domestic Hemyock Devon
      HOLMES, Ann E Servant Single F 60 1851 Cook Domestic Glasson Dock Lancashire
      BISHOP, Emma Servant Single F 45 1866 Housemaid Domestic Owernoigne Dorset
      HORNER, Daisy Servant Single F 18 1893 Housemaid Domestic Swanmore Hants.

    5. [S184] Probate, FETHERSTONHAUGH George Rupert Alexander of Gwydyr House Ryde Isle of Wight second-lieutenant Royal Fusiliers died on or since 25 October 1914 in France Administration London 23 April to Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh retired major general H.M. Army. Effects £267 0s. 3d.

    6. [S184] Probate, Probate 1917
      FETHERSTONHAUGH Richard Collingwood of Gwydyr House Ryde Isle of Wight lieutenant K.R.R.C. died 14 May 1915 at No. 7. Military Hospital Boulogne in France Administration (with Will) London 15 November to Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh major general retired H.M. Army. Effects £300 16s. 8d.

    7. [S184] Probate, Probate
      FETHERSTONHAUGH Florence of Gwydyr House Ryde Isle of Wight (wife of Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh) died 21 January 1920 Probate London 5 March to Richard
      Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh major-general H.M. Army (retired). Effects £11249 1s. 4d.

    8. [S3] death registration index, (1837-2010), Taken from the index of freebmd web site.

    9. [S256] GOONS Transcript challenge project, (Period, 1837-1911), Certificate file., 1886 October 7, by license Richard Steele Rupert FETHERSTONHAUGH age 38a bachelor, Colonel Royal Rifles living in 39 Half Moon Street father Richard Steele FETHERSTONHAUGH Esquire to Florence DICKSON aged 34 a spinster of 6 Eaton Place father George Collingwood DICKSON a Captain in the Army.
      Witnesses Collingwood DICKSON, Henrietta DICKSON, Rupert FETHERSTONHAUGH, John Davis FETHERSTONHAUGH, Ellen DICKSON. Minister William Edw? CARTER Rector of Sarsden cum Chum---- Oxon.

    10. [S2808] Marriage Register St Paul, Westminster, (Period, -2021), 1886 Marriage solemnized at S Paul’s Church in the Parish of St Paul Wilton Place in the County of Middlesex
      October 7th 1886
      Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh 38 bachelor colonel Royal Rifles of 39 Half Moon Street father Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh Esquire

      Florence Dickson 34 spinster of 6 Eaton Place father George Collingwood Dickson captain in the army

      Married in the above Church by Special Licence

      Both signed in the presence of Collingwood Dickson, Henrietta Dickson, John David Fetherstonhaugh, Rupert Fetherstonhaugh, Ellen Dickson.