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Family of Laurence Desborough and Fanny Edgcumbe Palmer

Husband: Laurence Desborough

  • Name:

  • Laurence Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Laurence Desborough (1796-1888)

  • Mother:

  • Frances (Fanny) Harris (1788-1870)

  • Note (shared):

  • 1871: Solicitor, 16 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex

  • Birth:

  • 28 Jan 1824

  • Ely Place, Holborn, London

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Mar 1824 (age 0)

  • Saint Andrew, Holborn, London

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 26-27)

  • Attorney & solicitor, visiting father

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 36-37)

  • Solicitor, Common Side, Walton, Surrey

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 46-47)

  • Solicitor, 16 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex

  • Census (4):

  • 1891 (age 66-67)

  • Solicitor, Upcot House, Laverhill Ave, Streatham

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 76-77)

  • Solicitor, 33 Connaught Square W, Paddington

  • Death fact:

  • 1914 (age 89-90)

  • 1914 Sep Qtr, Paddington, 1a/90 (aged 90)

  • Death:

  • 8 Sep 1914 (age 90)

  • 23 Connaught Square, London

Wife: Fanny Edgcumbe Palmer

  • Name:

  • Fanny Edgcumbe Palmer

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Cadwallader Edwards Palmer (1794-1879)

  • Mother:

  • Fanny Edgcumbe (c. 1790-bef1851)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1828

  • Barnstaple, Devon

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 62-63)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1904 (age 75-76)

  • 1904 Mar Qtr, Paddington, 1a/57 (aged 76)

  • Death:

  • 8 Sep 1904 (age 75-76)

  • Paddington, Middlesex

Child 1: Laurence Aubrey Desborough

  • Name:

  • Laurence Aubrey Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Constance Minna Dredge (1865- )

  • Children:

  • Marjorie Cecilia Desborough (1895- )

  • Note 1:

  • Per Sydney Morning Herald. 19 Oct 1899. Obituary. London, Oct 17. The death is announced of Mr. Lawrence Cautley, the actor.

    Mr. Lawrence Cautley, whose real name was Lawrence Aubrey Desborough, came out to Australia under engagement to Messrs. Williamson and Musgrove, and made his Sydney debute at the Theatre Royal on December 6, 1890. The circumstances were peculiar, as Mr. J.L. Toole had been delayed in New Zealand, and Mr. Cautley was accordingly called upon to appear at brief notice as Wilard Denver in the Silver King.

    (Grateful acknowledgements to Joan Nourani for this information)

     

    Lawrence Cautley appeared in a production of the play "In the Days of the Duke" (by C Haddon Chambers), 1897 – 1898, at The Adelphi Theatre, London.

    http://theatricalia.com/play/22s/in-the-days-of-the-duke/production/51f

     

    MR Rober William Buchanan's new comedy-drama is in active rehearsal at the Haymarket. It is in four acts, and will be entitled "The Senior Partner". The cast will include Miss Marion Terry, Miss Achurch, Miss Le Thiere, Mr Brookfield, Mr Kemble, Mr Lawrence Cautley, and Mr and Mrs Beerbohm-Tree.

    The Era (15 October, 1887 - Issue 2560)

    Mr. Laurence Cautley plays the villain with ease and finish.

    The Morning Post (6 January, 1888 - p.5)

    http://www.robertbuchanan.co.uk/html/partners.html

  • Note 2:

  • DEATH OF AN ACTOR

    WELL-KNOWN IN AUSTRALIA.

    Tho death is announced of Mr. Lawrence Cautley, an actor well-known in the Australian colonies some years ago.

    [Mr. Cautley made some reputation in these colonies as an actor in high-class drama. About seven years ago he married, at Sydney, Miss Fischer, daughter of a well known lady journalist of that city, since deceased; and, shortly afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. Cautley went to England and America. Mrs. Cautley joined her husband on the stage, and, possessing personal graces and high intelligence, she was, at least for a time, successful. When she married Mr. Cautley she was the widow of Professor Andrew, of the Melbourne University, whose wife she had become at a very early age.]

    The Mercury, Hobart, 19 Oct 1899

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12760315

  • Birth:

  • 11 Mar 1862

  • Chertsey, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1862 (age 0)

  • 1862 Jun Qtr, Chertsey, 2a/19

  • Death fact:

  • 1899 (age 36-37)

  • 1899 Dec Qtr, Camberwell, 1d/573 (aged 37)

  • Death:

  • 15 Oct 1899 (age 37)

  • Camberwell, Surrey

Child 2: Montague William Desborough

  • Name:

  • Montague William Desborough

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Gertrude Elizabeth Shindler (1865-1947)

  • Children:

  • Laurence Vernon Desborough (1895-1917)

  •  

  • John Montague Desborough (1898- )

  • 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

Note on Husband: Laurence Desborough - shared note

1871: Solicitor, 16 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex

Note on Child 1: Laurence Aubrey Desborough (1)

Per Sydney Morning Herald. 19 Oct 1899. Obituary. London, Oct 17. The death is announced of Mr. Lawrence Cautley, the actor.

Mr. Lawrence Cautley, whose real name was Lawrence Aubrey Desborough, came out to Australia under engagement to Messrs. Williamson and Musgrove, and made his Sydney debute at the Theatre Royal on December 6, 1890. The circumstances were peculiar, as Mr. J.L. Toole had been delayed in New Zealand, and Mr. Cautley was accordingly called upon to appear at brief notice as Wilard Denver in the Silver King.

(Grateful acknowledgements to Joan Nourani for this information)

 

Lawrence Cautley appeared in a production of the play "In the Days of the Duke" (by C Haddon Chambers), 1897 – 1898, at The Adelphi Theatre, London.

http://theatricalia.com/play/22s/in-the-days-of-the-duke/production/51f

 

MR Rober William Buchanan's new comedy-drama is in active rehearsal at the Haymarket. It is in four acts, and will be entitled "The Senior Partner". The cast will include Miss Marion Terry, Miss Achurch, Miss Le Thiere, Mr Brookfield, Mr Kemble, Mr Lawrence Cautley, and Mr and Mrs Beerbohm-Tree.

The Era (15 October, 1887 - Issue 2560)

Mr. Laurence Cautley plays the villain with ease and finish.

The Morning Post (6 January, 1888 - p.5)

http://www.robertbuchanan.co.uk/html/partners.html

Note on Child 1: Laurence Aubrey Desborough (2)

DEATH OF AN ACTOR

WELL-KNOWN IN AUSTRALIA.

Tho death is announced of Mr. Lawrence Cautley, an actor well-known in the Australian colonies some years ago.

[Mr. Cautley made some reputation in these colonies as an actor in high-class drama. About seven years ago he married, at Sydney, Miss Fischer, daughter of a well known lady journalist of that city, since deceased; and, shortly afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. Cautley went to England and America. Mrs. Cautley joined her husband on the stage, and, possessing personal graces and high intelligence, she was, at least for a time, successful. When she married Mr. Cautley she was the widow of Professor Andrew, of the Melbourne University, whose wife she had become at a very early age.]

The Mercury, Hobart, 19 Oct 1899

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12760315

Note on Child 2: 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)