Person:Sidney Hamblett (2)

{geni:occupation} Marqueterie(y) Cutter

In 1871(census) Sidney lived at : 6 Kimpton Buildings, Camberwell

RG10 722 fo 29

In 1881 (census)the family lived at: 6 BLUCHER STREET, NEWINGTON, SRY

At the time of his marriage in June 1889 he was recorded living at :

9 PARK ROAD, ESHER

21 Church Road,

Guildford, Surrey USD (Post Code GU1 4NG)

By 1892 the family had probably moved to Leicester where I think

Archibald was born

1894-1895 He lived in Leicester when William and Alice were born by

1904 they had gone to Chilworth nr Guildford.

In 1909 they all moved to Brighton

In the Electoral registerof 1915: Their residence was: Harrington

Farm, Hollinbury Place, Btn

He was known to be fond of a drink

Occupation 1890 Marqueterie(y) Cutter

Row 3; Extension 9, grave no. 3. Adjacent to George Taylor.

A large fuchsia grows on his unmarked grave.

Sidney married Susan Alice MANSFIELD daughter of James MANSFIELD on 13 Jun 1889 in Parish Church, Camberwell, Surrey MC no. -347. Susan was born in 1863. She died in Aug 1942 in Harrington Farmhouse.

(Use this info for check of 1881 census of Mansfield)

CABINET MAKER'S DEATH, Newspaper, 1947, Keymer.

A familier figure in the district during the past 17 years, Mr Sydney

Mansfield Hamblett, of 3 Clifden Terrace, Keymer, passed away

suddenly after a heart attack last Wednesday. He was 85 years of age.

London born, Mr Hamblett was the son of a clever cabinet maker and he

made the craft his work and hobby, Mr Hamblett was considered one of

the best cabinet makers in the South of England, and specialised in

copying period furniture. Using wood from a demolished house in the

Lanes, Brighton, Mr Hamblett made a perfect reproduction of a Charles

I carved dining room suite. Miss Hamblett (daughter) holds this

example of her fathers work as her most treasured possession.

Mrs Hamblett died in August, 1942, and Mr Hamblett leaves two sons,

two daughters, 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren-the

latest being twins, born at Hassocks.

The funeral took place at Keymer on Monday.

MR. S.M.HAMBLETT'S FUNERAL AT KEYMER.

The funeral of Mr Sydney Mansfield Hamblett, of 3 Clifden Terrace,

Keymer, whose death at the age of 85 was reported last week, took

place at Keymer on November 24.

The Rector (the Rev. W. E. Davis-Winstone) officiated, and the

mourners were Mr S. J. Hamblett (son), and Mr and Mrs W. Hamblett

(son and daughter-in-law), Miss M. Hamblett (daughter) Mrs Martin and

Mrs R. Divall.

Miss A.(Alice) Hamblett (daughter), and Mrs S.J. Hamblett (daughter-

in-law) were unable to attend through illness.

The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr Frank Davey of

Hurstpierpoint.

2?, OCTOGENARIAN'S HOBBY, Newspaper, AUG 1942, Keymer.

You would think that when a man gets to his 80th year he would want

to take things easy. But that is not so as far as Mr Sidney M

Hamblett, a Clifden Terrace, Keymer Octogenarian, is concerned. All

his life he has been a cabinet maker- his father was one before him-

and now that he has passed his usual age for retiring, what do you

think his hobby is? The answer is- cabinet making. Yes, he does it

for pleasure now, only there is a difference. The bedsteads, chairs,

wardrobes and other furniture he makes to-day are all in miniature.

They are only a few inches high, but they are perfect copies of the

real pieces; every notch, every drawer is exact. As Mr Hamblett has

been making copies of sussex antiques for 32 years, some of his

miniatures have also antique design. He is a painter, too. One of his

pictures was exhibited in the South London Gallery for six years. He

works "all the hours God gives me," and he says he never gets tired.

1st August 2009

I wrote to the South Londond Gallery archive keeper

>I am trying to update my historical information for my Gt grandfather

Sydney Mansfield Hamblett.

I am writting to you following up on a newspaper article from 1942

stating that Sydney had some artwork hung in the South London gallery

at around that time<

In reply>

I am afraid I am unable to add anything further to my reply of August 2004, as I have found nothing further on Mr Hamblett.

We have virtually no exhibition records or any other admin. papers for the period 1923-1948.

Part of the South London gallery used as library was burnt to a shell in bombing in 1942 and it appears documentation was destroyed in this period.

Christopher Jordan<

In 1871(census) Sidney lived at : 6 Kimpton Buildings, Camberwell RG10 722 fo 29 In 1881 (census)the family lived at: 6 BLUCHER STREET, NEWINGTON, SRY At the time of his marriage in June 1889 he was recorded living at : 9 PARK ROAD, ESHER His first son Sidney James was born in 1890 at :21 Church Road, Guildford, Surrey USD (Post Code GU1 4NG) By 1892 the family had probably moved to Leicester where I think Archibald was born 1894-1895 He lived in Leicester when William and Alice were born by 1904 they had gone to Chilworth nr Guildford. In 1909 they all moved to Brighton In the Electoral registerof 1915: Their residence was: Harrington Farm, Hollinbury Place, Btn He was known to be fond of a drink

Occupation 1890 Marqueterie(y) Cutter

Row 3; Extension 9, grave no. 3. Adjacent to George Taylor. A large fuchsia grows on his unmarked grave.

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