Person:Francis Aglen (1)

Sir Francis Arthur AGLEN was b. 17Oct1869 and d. 26May1932 at Alyth, Perths. (J. Aglen). Francis Arthur Aglen was b. 4th qtr 1869 at Scarborough, Yorks (bmd). Francis marr firstly (1906) Marion Agnes (Senga) BALFOUR (b. 1886) (information from: “A Chronicle of the Family of Gairdner“ (1947, Taunton) by William Henry Bailey).

Marion Agnes (Senga) BALFOUR was b. 1886; Marion marr (1906) Sir Francis Arthur AGLEN (b. 17Oct1869), GCMG, KBE, of Burnside, Alyth, Perths., Inspector General, Chinese Maritime Customs from 1911 to 1926 (information from: “A Chronicle of the Family of Gairdner“ (1947, Taunton) by William Henry Bailey).

Isobel Marion Balfour marr Francis Arthur Aglen 10jul1906 at Edinburgh (J. Aglen). Francis marr (2) Anna Moore (Cheech) Ritchie (1884 Wirral, Cheshire-1971 Alyth, Perths.) in 1927 (J. Aglen).

Francis was son of the Venerable Arthur Stocker Aglen, D.D., min of Alyth 1878 to 1908, Archdeacon of St. Andrews (Gairdner book).

Francis marr (1) Isobel Marion Agnes (Senga) Balfour (2nov1884-1925 at sea) 10jul1906 at Edinburgh (J. Aglen). Francis marr (2) Anna Moore (Cheech) RITCHIE (1884 Wirral, Cheshire-1971 Alyth, Perths.) in 1927 (J. Aglen). Francis A. Aglen marr Anna M. Rithcie or Ritchie 3rd qtr 1927 at Kensington (freebmd).

Will of Sir Francis Arthur Aglen, GCMG, KBE (d. 26may1932 Neigle, Perths.), probate to dame Anna Moore Aglen widow and Edward Francis Aglen, esq., 57608 gbp (National Probate Calendar, ancestry.com). Sir Francis A. Aglen of Burnside Alyth d. 26may1932, age 62; probate granted to widow dame Anna Moore Aglen and son Edward Francis (Dundee Courier).

Sir Francis Arthur AGLEN (b. 17Oct1869), GCMG, KBE, of Burnside, Alyth, Perths., was Inspector General, Chinese Maritime Customs, from 1911 to 1926 (Gairdner book). Sir Francis Arthur Aglen (b. 17Oct1869) d. 26may1932 at Alyth, Perths.; he marr (1) dau (d. 1925) of Prof Bayley Balfour, and (2) dau of late Murray Pringle Ritchie (Times obit, 1932). Isaac Bayley Balfour (b. 31mar1853) had a dau who marr Sir F.A. Aglen, KBE, Inspector General, Chinese Maritime Customs (the Times, 1922).

Obituary of Sir Francis Aglen (17oct1869-26may1932); he and his 1st wife had 3 sons and 2 daughters (the Times). Sir Francis Arthur Aglen, Wimbledon Common, was executor of John Laing Low of Little Dunkeld, Hook Heath, Woking (d. 1929) (GWR shares, findmypast).

Francis Arthur Aglen (b. 17Oct1869), son of Rev A.S. Aglen, Alyth, went to Marlborough College; Imperial Chinese Customs Service 1888; Commissioner Nanking 1898 (Marlborough College Reg, mocavo). Arthur Colquhoun Balloch, uncle of Marion Agnes Balfour, lived at Hook Heath, Woking. Maybe Francis got to know Marion at Woking.

Anna Moore Ritchie was chr 10may1884 at Woore Hey, Cheshire, dau of Murray Ritchie and Anna-Jane (familysearch), reg 2nd qtr 1884, Wirral (bmd). In 1920 Miss Anna Moore Ritchie (1884, nurse) and Aglen children, Marion Agnes (1912) and Elizabeth (1915) left UK bound for Shanghai, China (findmypast). Anna probably got to know her husband as her employer. In 1923 Francis Arthur Aglen (1870 Scarborough, England, inspector general of Chinese Maritime Customs, relative: Mrs. Aglen, Kensington, London) and wife Isabel Marion Agnes Bayley Aglen (1885, Scottish, relative: Lady Balfour, “Penfols” Corner, Haslemere) arrived at NY from UK (ancestry.com).