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From website: www.fownc.org/newsletters/no23.doc
The third son, John, Frederic’s father, married the daughter of a wealthy Gainsborough wine merchant, John Coates, in 1804. The marriage was blessed with six sons and two daughters, but three years after the death of his father-in-law in 1830 the wine business went bankrupt.
Possible christening: LDS
KITTY COATS
Christening: 01 FEB 1785 Benson, Oxford, England
Father: JOHN COATS
Mother: MARY
The LDS website (extracted) has the following data:
HENRY GARFIT
Christening: 05 JAN 1810 Gainsborough, Lincoln.
Father: JOHN GARFIT
Mother: KITTY
Extract from website: www.fownc.org/newsletters/no23.doc
A Little Victorian Social History - John B. Cavanagh
Grave 18,882 against the south wall of the cemetery (square 96) is unmarked. The headstone, if one existed, may have been lost during the last war. The only occupant of the grave is Frederic Garfit (1814-1881), a Lincolnshire man who moved to Brixton not many years before he died, seemingly to live with the family governess. This was a common enough tale at that time - extramarital arrangements were carefully hidden lest conventional sensibilities were offended.Frederic Garfit came from a ‘good’ Lincolnshire family. His grandfather, William Garfit III, was the head of a well-established and prosperous bank in Boston, Claypon and Garfit. Towards the end of the 19th century Claypon and Garfit became united with Lloyds Bank. The elder Garfit’s sons, William and Thomas, were both successful, one in banking and the other in the law. The third son, John, Frederic’s father, married the daughter of a wealthy Gainsborough wine merchant, John Coates, in 1804. The marriage was blessed with six sons and two daughters, but three years after the death of his father-in-law in 1830 the wine business went bankrupt.
Frederic was the fifth son of the family. He became a solicitor in Brigg, Lincolnshire, no doubt with the help of his uncle Thomas, the barrister. Like his father he had the good fortune to marry well. His bride, Eliza Georgiana, was the only daughter of a wealthy Gainsborough merchant, George Archer Bellwood. The marriage took place in 1841, but even then George Bellwood may have had serious reservations about the match. His eleven page will, prepared in 1856 by a firm of London solicitors, made absolutely certain that his not inconsiderable fortune did not pass into Frederic’s hands.
When George Bellwood died in 1858 all his assets were held in trust for his daughter’s benefit. On her death this was to pass to his grandson, Horace Garfit, on the strict understanding that the latter changed his name to Bellwood. Eliza died in 1868 and not long afterwards Horace Garfit, now Bellwood, purchased for himself a commission in the 3rd (Prince of Wales’ Own) Dragoon Guards, without doubt an expensive undertaking. Frederic was, however, able to assume administration for Eliza’s personal money, some £8,000, a tidy sum in those days.The 1871 Census records that Frederic’s household at Scawby, a village near Brigg, contained three daughters, viz. Georgiana (27 years), Edith (17 years), and Amy (14 years). In addition, a resident governess from Warwick, Helen Ryland, was responsible for the education of the younger daughters. What happened during the next ten years remains a mystery, but the 1881 Census shows that the family was no longer in Scawby. Indeed, we now find Helen Ryland at No 13 of a newly built row of houses in The Avenue (now Kings Avenue), Long Acre, Brixton. She is recorded as head of the establishment together with Frederic Garfit, a retired solicitor, who called himself ‘uncle’, and Helen’s niece, Susan Clark, a ‘scholar’, aged 17.
Frederic Garfit died in December 1881 and was buried at Norwood on the 29th of that month. The plot was purchased by his son, Captain Horace Bellwood. The old gentleman had probably come to London to get away from the stifling social atmosphere of rural Lincolnshire so that he could live out his days with a congenial companion well away from his son and daughters, all of whom were married. He did not leave a will so that what little remained of his property must have gone to Helen. Her fate is unknown.
We know nothing of Frederic Garfit’s character although one suspects that when young he, and perhaps his father too, had great charm. They were both clearly capable of attracting wealthy young women. Both may also have been somewhat wayward, unreliable and perhaps imaginative, qualities of little value in business. Such characteristics seem to have cropped up in subsequent generations, so perhaps these assumptions are correct...
This story of escape and fulfilment must have been repeated over and again in Victorian times. Indeed, we know that such well known figures as Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins had similar attachments. I wonder how many other similar cases there were amongst those now interred in the cemetery and about whom we presently know nothing?
1881 Census: 13 Avenue Acre Lane, Lambeth, Surrey
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Helen RYLAND Head U Female 42 Birmingham, Warwick, Ex Governess (Frederick's mistress? see above notes)
Frederick GARFIT Uncle W Male 66 Gainsboro, Lincoln, England Ex Solicitor No Occ
Mary A. GROSMITT Boarder U Female 73 Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Susan A. CLARKE Niece U Female 17 Birmingham, Warwick, England Scholar
Annie C. CHANDLER Serv U Female 21 Clapham, Surrey, England Domestic Serv
Died unmarried
1881 Census: Bargate, Boston, Lincoln
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Francis Frederick(should be Thirkill) WHITE Head M Male 66 Grantham, Lincoln, England J P & Solicitor
Harriet E. WHITE Wife M Female 67 Boston, Lincoln, England
Harriet E. WHITE Daur U Female 28 Boston, Lincoln, England
John JOYCE Serv U Male 31 Leicester, England Groom (Dom)
Martha BEMROSE Servt U Female 34 Welbourne Cook
Ann W. WING Serv U Female 19 Fleet, Lincoln, England Ladys Maid
Sarah A. WOULD Serv U Female 30 Coningsby, Lincoln, England Parlour Maid
Naomi BOOTH Serv U Female 20 Fishtoft, Lincoln, England House Maid
Margaret MORRIS Serv U Female 16 Sleaford, Lincoln, England Kitchen Maid
1881 Census: Bargate, Boston, Lincoln
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Francis Frederick(should be Thirkill) WHITE Head M Male 66 Grantham, Lincoln, England J P & Solicitor
Harriet E. WHITE Wife M Female 67 Boston, Lincoln, England
Harriet E. WHITE Daur U Female 28 Boston, Lincoln, England
John JOYCE Serv U Male 31 Leicester, England Groom (Dom)
Martha BEMROSE Servt U Female 34 Welbourne Cook
Ann W. WING Serv U Female 19 Fleet, Lincoln, England Ladys Maid
Sarah A. WOULD Serv U Female 30 Coningsby, Lincoln, England Parlour Maid
Naomi BOOTH Serv U Female 20 Fishtoft, Lincoln, England House Maid
Margaret MORRIS Serv U Female 16 Sleaford, Lincoln, England Kitchen Maid
Probable death: Free BMD
Deaths Sep 1877
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Johnson William Henry 68 Bourn 7a 202
1881 Census: 23 Skirbeck Road, Boston, Lincoln
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
John H. GARFIT Head M Male 59 Boston, Lincoln, England Banker
Frances St.B. GARFIT Wife M Female 52 Dowsby, Lincoln, England Banker Wife
Sterndale B. SCOTT Visitor Male 3 Leicester, Leicester, England
Thomas GREENSMITH Serv U Male 18 Nottingham, Nottingham, England Cook & Gardener Domestic Serv
Joseph GREENSMITH Serv Male 13 Nottingham, Nottingham, England Page Domestic Serv
1881 Census: The Rectory, West Street, Easton, Northamptonshire
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Arthur GARFIT Head M Male 57 Boston, Lincoln, England Rector Of Easton M A Cambridge
Caroline GARFIT Wife M Female 47 Paddington, Middlesex, England
Caroline H. GARFIT Daur U Female 26 Richmond, Surrey, England
Charles F. HEATHCOTE Nephew Male 5 Southsea, Hampshire, England Scholar
Mary STEAD Servant U Female 23 Swayfield, Lincoln, England Domestic Servant Cook
Emma E. POLLARD Servant U Female 19 Wellingborough, Northampton, England Domestic Servant Housemaid
Sarah MUNN Servant U Female 17 Ufford, Northampton, England Domestic Servant Nurse
The third son, John, Frederic’s father, married the daughter of a wealthy Gainsborough wine merchant, John Coates, in 1804. The marriage was blessed with six sons and two daughters, but three years after the death of his father-in-law in 1830 the wine business went bankrupt.
Details from Burkes Peerage:
CHARLES GARFIT, of Gainsborough, Lincs, and Mere Hall, Cheshire; b 15 May, 1810; m 10 April, 1840, Eliza (d 10 June, 1861), dau of George Taylor, of Canklow House, Whiston, Yorks, and d 23 June, 1895, leaving issue,