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Family of Montague William Desborough and Gertrude Elizabeth Shindler

Husband: Montague William Desborough

  • Name:

  • Montague William Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Laurence Desborough (1824-1914)

  • Mother:

  • Fanny Edgcumbe Palmer (c. 1828-1904)

  • Note:

  • Per The Law List, page 434, 1908 edition: Montague William Desborough. Apr. 1893, cl. to cordwainers ward (Desborough, Son & Prichard), 13 Queen St., Cheapside E.C.

    Per the Solicitors Journal dated 27 Oct 1917, page 30 : Mr Desborough said that he did not want to be bailed. and also page 178: As the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, says the Times, before Mr. Justice Avery, Montague William Desborough, fifty, solicitor, was sentenced to five years penal servitude at an inditement, to which he pleaded "Guilty". charging with the fradulent conversion of money belonging to some of his clients.

    Per The Law Journal, Vol 53, page 141, adted 1918: Montague William Desborough, formerly of Queen Street, E.C., convicted in December at the Central Criminal Court of converting 7,338 pounts and sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

    (Grateful acknowledgements to Joan Nourani for this information)

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jul 1867

  • South Kensington, London

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Aug 1867 (age 0)

  • St Peter, Cranley Gardens

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 13-14)

  • Pupil, Gould House G S, Dedham, Essex

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 23-24)

  • Articled clerk, living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 33-34)

  • Solicitor, Danesbury, Mill Road, Epsom, Surrey

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 43-44)

  • Solicitor, Chilworth, Prentis Road, Streatham S.W.

  • Death fact:

  • 1944 (age 76-77)

  • 1944 Mar Q, St Margaret Westminster, 1a/588 (aged 75)

  • Death:

  • 1944 (age 76-77)

  • St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex

Wife: Gertrude Elizabeth Shindler

  • Name:

  • Gertrude Elizabeth Shindler

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry Shindler (1833-1892)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Becket How (1832-1909)

  • Note:

  • DESBOROUGH Gertrude Elizabeth of Hill Cottage Sandhurst Berkshire widow died 15 March 1947 at Trundle Nursing Home Caterham Surrey. Probate London 3 May to John Montague Desborough hotelier. Effects £375 13s. 11d.

  • Birth:

  • 1865

  • Dalston, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1865 (age 0)

  • 1865 Dec Qtr, Hackney, 1b/433

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 25-26)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 45-46)

  • Wife in household (married 17 years, 2 children, 2 living)

  • Death fact:

  • 1947 (age 81-82)

  • 1947 Mar Q, Surrey South Eastern, 5g/1103 (aged 80)

  • Death:

  • 15 Mar 1947 (age 81-82)

  • Trundle Nursing Home, Caterham, Surrey

Child 1: Laurence Vernon Desborough

  • Name:

  • Laurence Vernon Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note 1:

  • In Memory of Lieutenant LAURENCE VERNON DESBOROUGH

    15th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps and Royal Artillery

    who died age 22 on 30 November 1917

    Son of Montague and Gertrude Desborough. Served in France from 1914 to 1917, and in Egypt.

    Remembered with honour, ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

    Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

  • Note 2:

  • DESBOROUGH Laurence Vernon of 45 Balham Park Road Surrey Lieutenant R.F.C. died 30 November 1917 in France or Belgium; Administration London 13 August 1919 to Herbert Lee-Nichols accountant. Effects £130 7s. 1d.

  • Birth:

  • 16 May 1895

  • Streatham, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Jul 1895 (age 0)

  • St Leonard, Streatham, Surrey

  • Death:

  • 30 Nov 1917 (age 22)

  • Arras, France

Child 2: John Montague Desborough

  • Name:

  • John Montague Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 30 Oct 1898

  • Epsom, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1898 (age 0)

  • 1898 Dec Qtr, Epsom, 2a/23

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Mar 1899 (age 0)

  • Christ Church, Epsom, Surrey

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

Note on Husband: Montague William Desborough

Per The Law List, page 434, 1908 edition: Montague William Desborough. Apr. 1893, cl. to cordwainers ward (Desborough, Son & Prichard), 13 Queen St., Cheapside E.C.

Per the Solicitors Journal dated 27 Oct 1917, page 30 : Mr Desborough said that he did not want to be bailed. and also page 178: As the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, says the Times, before Mr. Justice Avery, Montague William Desborough, fifty, solicitor, was sentenced to five years penal servitude at an inditement, to which he pleaded "Guilty". charging with the fradulent conversion of money belonging to some of his clients.

Per The Law Journal, Vol 53, page 141, adted 1918: Montague William Desborough, formerly of Queen Street, E.C., convicted in December at the Central Criminal Court of converting 7,338 pounts and sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

(Grateful acknowledgements to Joan Nourani for this information)

Note on Wife: Gertrude Elizabeth Shindler

DESBOROUGH Gertrude Elizabeth of Hill Cottage Sandhurst Berkshire widow died 15 March 1947 at Trundle Nursing Home Caterham Surrey. Probate London 3 May to John Montague Desborough hotelier. Effects £375 13s. 11d.

Note on Child 1: Laurence Vernon Desborough (1)

In Memory of Lieutenant LAURENCE VERNON DESBOROUGH

15th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps and Royal Artillery

who died age 22 on 30 November 1917

Son of Montague and Gertrude Desborough. Served in France from 1914 to 1917, and in Egypt.

Remembered with honour, ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Note on Child 1: Laurence Vernon Desborough (2)

DESBOROUGH Laurence Vernon of 45 Balham Park Road Surrey Lieutenant R.F.C. died 30 November 1917 in France or Belgium; Administration London 13 August 1919 to Herbert Lee-Nichols accountant. Effects £130 7s. 1d.