See also

Family of Harry Harvey Portway and Harriet Amy Cook

Husband: Harry Harvey Portway

  • Name:

  • Harry Harvey Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Portway (1828-1909)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Elizabeth Harvey (1833-1864)

  • Note:

  • PORTWAY Harry Harvey of Halstead Essex died 9 November 1929 at Bois Hall Halstead; Probate London 20 February 1930 to Donald Portway tutor Cedric Portway iron founder and Harry Daking Sheldrake accountant. Effects £123232 2s 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 1857

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1857 (age 0)

  • 1857 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/295

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 23-24)

  • Ironmonger (living with father)

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 33-34)

  • Ironmonger, 20 High St, Halstead

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 43-44)

  • Bois Hall, Halstead (absent at census)

  • Residence (1):

  •  

  • Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex

  • Residence (2):

  • 1909 (age 51-52)

  • Bois Hall, Halstead (attended death of father)

  • Death:

  • 9 Nov 1929 (age 71-72)

  • Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex

Wife: Harriet Amy Cook

  • Name:

  • Harriet Amy Cook

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Richard Cook (1821- )

  • Mother:

  • Jane Pugh (c. 1820- )

  • Note 1 (shared):

  • My mother's family were all sturdy conservatives. Her eldest brother, Thomas, changed his name to Pugh, which was his mother's maiden name. One "Pugh of the Hill" was a Welsh archer who had been given a small estate near Presteign in Radnorshire for gallantry at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The estate had been passed down for over five hundred years and came into the possession of my uncle Tom, who was not in the least interested in it and sold it. We have the family tree from "Pugh of the Hill" right down to the present time. The coat of arms included a stork, the motto being "Hoc pro labore ferro".

    From "Militant Don" by Donald Portway (Robert Hale, London, 1964), page 15

  • Note 2:

  • PORTWAY Harriet Amy of Halstead Essex (wife of Harry Harvey Portway) died 31 May 1914; Administration Ipswich 18 August to the said Harry Harvey Portway esquire. Effects £3167 11s 3d.

  • Birth:

  • 1860

  • Great Baddow, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1860 (age 0)

  • 1860 Dec Qtr, Chelmsford, 4a/152

  • Death fact:

  • 1914 (age 53-54)

  • 1914 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/787 (aged 53)

  • Death:

  • 31 May 1914 (age 53-54)

  • Halstead, Essex

Child 1: Dina Portway

  • Name:

  • Dina Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • John Frederic Dobson (1875-1947)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Martin Alistair Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)

  • Children:

  • Richard Portway Dobson (1914-1993)

  • Note:

  • DOBSON-HINTON Dina Portway of Scole Lodge Nursing Home Scole Diss Norfolk died 3 March 1968. Probate London 2 August. £758.

  • Birth:

  • 1885

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 15-16)

  • Boarder, at school in Bedford

  • Death fact:

  • 1968 (age 82-83)

  • 1968 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/702 (aged 82)

  • Death:

  • 3 Mar 1968 (age 82-83)

  • Scole Lodge Nursing Home, Scole, Diss, Norfolk

Child 2: Harold Pugh Portway

  • Name:

  • Harold Pugh Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1886

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1886 (age 0)

  • 1886 Mar Qtr, Halstead, 4a/571

  • Census:

  • 1893 (age 6-7)

  • Death: 1893 Dec Qtr, Halstead, 4a/379

  • Death:

  • 1893 (age 6-7)

  • Halstead, Essex

Child 3: Donald Portway

  • Name:

  • Donald Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sophia Maud Grace A Bezant (1897-1984)

  • Note 1:

  • A classical scholar at Felstead School, Colonel Donald Portway, CBE, became Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Khartoum after retiring from the Mastership of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, at the age of seventy. A Proctor renowned in history, a swimming Blue, the only man in either university to win his weight four years running in Oxford v. Cambridge boxing, and probably the only one to command combatant troops in the field in the retreat from Mons in the First World War and also the retreat to Dunkirk in the Second. He also saw military service in India, then Korea and Nepal with UNESCO.

    Author (among other works) of an autobiography, "Militant Don", published by Robert Hale, London, 1964.

  • Note 2:

  • PORTWAY Donald of 33 Millington Rd Cambridge died 19 March 1979. Probate Ipswich 3 August £242082.

  • Birth:

  • 28 Jun 1887

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1887 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1887 Sept Qtr, Halstead, 4a/545

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 13-14)

  • Boarder, Felstead Village Boarding School, Essex

  • Death fact:

  • 1979 (age 91-92)

  • 1979 Mar Q, Cambridge, 9/0828

  • Death:

  • 19 Mar 1979 (age 91)

  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Child 4: Margaret Portway

  • Name:

  • Margaret Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1889

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1889 (age 0)

  • 1889 Dec Qtr, Halstead, 4a/565

  • Death fact:

  • 1890 (age 0-1)

  • 1890 Mar Qtr, Halstead, 4a/366 (aged 0)

  • Death:

  • 1890 (age 0-1)

  • Halstead, Essex

Child 5: Madelaine Portway

  • Name:

  • Madelaine Portway

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Guy Newport Franklin (1893-1973)

  • Note:

  • FRANKLIN Madelaine of Montgomery House Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk died 14 May 1976. Probate Ipswich 20 July £90223.

  • Birth:

  • 1891

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1891 (age 0)

  • 1891 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/648

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 9-10)

  • Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex (parents absent, living with governess in charge)

  • Death:

  • 14 May 1976 (age 84-85)

  • Sudbury, Suffolk

Child 6: Cedric Portway

  • Name:

  • Cedric Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Alice Thelma Cook (1891-1962)

  • Note:

  • PORTWAY Cedric of Monks Ley Gt Maplestead Essex died 23 February 1973. Probate Ipswich 12 June £85335.

  • Birth:

  • 23 Dec 1893

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1894 (age 0-1)

  • 1894 Mar Qtr, Halstead, 4a/656

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 7-8)

  • Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex (parents absent, living with governess in charge)

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 17-18)

  • Pupil, Felstead School, Felstead, Essex

  • Death:

  • 23 Feb 1973 (age 79)

  • Braintree, Essex

Child 7: Lionel Felix Portway

  • Name:

  • Lionel Felix Portway

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note (shared):

  • In Memory of Second Lieutenant LIONEL FELIX PORTWAY, 1st Bn., Essex Regiment

    who died age 20 on 14 April 1917

    Son of H. H. Portway, J.P., of Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex.

    Remembered with honour

    WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX

  • Birth:

  • 1897

  • Halstead, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1897 (age 0)

  • 1897 Dec Qtr, Halstead, 4a/704a

  • Death:

  • 14 Apr 1917 (age 19-20)

  • Monchy-le-Prieux, France

Note on Husband: Harry Harvey Portway

PORTWAY Harry Harvey of Halstead Essex died 9 November 1929 at Bois Hall Halstead; Probate London 20 February 1930 to Donald Portway tutor Cedric Portway iron founder and Harry Daking Sheldrake accountant. Effects £123232 2s 6d.

Note on Wife: Harriet Amy Cook (1) - shared note

My mother's family were all sturdy conservatives. Her eldest brother, Thomas, changed his name to Pugh, which was his mother's maiden name. One "Pugh of the Hill" was a Welsh archer who had been given a small estate near Presteign in Radnorshire for gallantry at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The estate had been passed down for over five hundred years and came into the possession of my uncle Tom, who was not in the least interested in it and sold it. We have the family tree from "Pugh of the Hill" right down to the present time. The coat of arms included a stork, the motto being "Hoc pro labore ferro".

From "Militant Don" by Donald Portway (Robert Hale, London, 1964), page 15

Note on Wife: Harriet Amy Cook (2)

PORTWAY Harriet Amy of Halstead Essex (wife of Harry Harvey Portway) died 31 May 1914; Administration Ipswich 18 August to the said Harry Harvey Portway esquire. Effects £3167 11s 3d.

Note on Child 1: Dina Portway

DOBSON-HINTON Dina Portway of Scole Lodge Nursing Home Scole Diss Norfolk died 3 March 1968. Probate London 2 August. £758.

Note on Child 3: Donald Portway (1)

A classical scholar at Felstead School, Colonel Donald Portway, CBE, became Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Khartoum after retiring from the Mastership of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, at the age of seventy. A Proctor renowned in history, a swimming Blue, the only man in either university to win his weight four years running in Oxford v. Cambridge boxing, and probably the only one to command combatant troops in the field in the retreat from Mons in the First World War and also the retreat to Dunkirk in the Second. He also saw military service in India, then Korea and Nepal with UNESCO.

Author (among other works) of an autobiography, "Militant Don", published by Robert Hale, London, 1964.

Note on Child 3: Donald Portway (2)

PORTWAY Donald of 33 Millington Rd Cambridge died 19 March 1979. Probate Ipswich 3 August £242082.

Note on Child 5: Madelaine Portway

FRANKLIN Madelaine of Montgomery House Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk died 14 May 1976. Probate Ipswich 20 July £90223.

Note on Child 6: Cedric Portway

PORTWAY Cedric of Monks Ley Gt Maplestead Essex died 23 February 1973. Probate Ipswich 12 June £85335.

Note on Child 7: Lionel Felix Portway - shared note

In Memory of Second Lieutenant LIONEL FELIX PORTWAY, 1st Bn., Essex Regiment

who died age 20 on 14 April 1917

Son of H. H. Portway, J.P., of Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex.

Remembered with honour

WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX