Person:Helen Battiscombe (1)

Helen Frances BATTISCOMBE was born 3rd qtr 1873 at Steyning, Sussex (bmd). ). Helen Frances Battiscombe married Richard Harte Keatinge BUTLER (1870-1935) 2nd qtr 1894 at Kensington (bmd); Richard (b. 28aug1870, maybe India, d. 22apr1935 Shrewsbury) was son of Surgeon Col. Ebenezer Robert Butler (Indian med. Service, d. 1909) and Annie Harriet Keatinge (bmd, P Iseke, rootsweb). Helen Francies Battiscombe (1874, spinster, 7 Atherstone Terr., Kensington, daughter of late William Benjamin Battiscombe, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) married (5jun1894 Kensington) Richard Harte “Kealinge” Butler (1871 bachelor, Dorsets. Regt, 147 Cromwell Rd., son of Ebenezer Robert Butler, physician), witness illeg (record, ancestry.com). Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Butler, KCB, KCMG, died 22apr1935 at Roden Lodge, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, who had married Helen, daughter of Major Battiscombe, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in 1894, leaving a son and a daughter (Times). Present at funeral of Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Butler, 26apr1935: Lady Butler (widow), Capt. and Mrs. Smyth (son in law and daughter), Mr. H. Butler (son), Mrs. E. A. F. Dawson (sister in law), Mr. E. Ivory (cousin), 26apr1935 (Times). In 1918, due to death, 6sep1909, of Ebenezer Robert Butler, Hastings, retd Surgeon Col., Indian Medical Service, stocks were transmitted to Myra Shaw Macfie Dawson, wife of Major Edward Alfred Finch Dawson, Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, and James Ivory, CA, of Ivory and Sime, 43 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh (GWR shares, findmypast). Ebenezer was father in law of Helen Battiscombe. Information from “The Muir Book, for the descendants of Sir William Muir, KCSI, and Elizabeth Huntly Wemyss” by Maj Gen G.F.L. Marshall (1930, Dwelly, England), Rankin information from Robert Reid, Hill Cottage, Irvine. Book sent by K. Sillars.

In 1891 Emma F. Battiscombe (1833 Stoke, Bucks, widow, own means), stepdaughters Myra S.M. (1872 Paddington), Helen F. (1874 Brighton, Sussex) and servants were at Paddington (census). In 1901 Myra Shaw McLu Battescombe (1872, Paddington) and Helen Frances Butler, wife (1874 Brighton), both living on own means, were at Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington (census, genesreunited). In 1911 Helen Butler (1874 Brighton) and Anthony (1905 Camberley, Surrey) were at Alton (census).

1. ↑ Birth marriage death index for England and Wales.
2.   England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
3.   England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
4.   England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
5.   England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)).