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Warden of Eastern Counties, Colony of Trinidad & Tobago.
1891 Census: Hemsted, Benenden, Kent
Gathorne Gathorne Hardy Viscount Cranbrook, Head, Mar, 76, Lord President of the Council, b. Bradford, Yorkshire
Jane Gathorne Hardy Viscountess Cranbrook, Wife, b. Ireland
John S. Gathorne Hardy, Son, Mar, 53, M.P. J.P. Colonel Weald of Kent Volunteers, b. St. Marylebone, London
Cicely M Gathorne Hardy, Daur-in-law, Mar, 42, b. Shipbourne, Kent
Emily B. Gathorne Hardy, Daur, Un, 42, b. St. George's, London
Mary K. Gathorne Hardy, Daur, Un, 38, b. St. George's, London
Margaret E. Gathorne Hardy, Daur, Un, 32, b. St. George's, London
Gathorne Gathorne Hardy, Grandson, Un, 20, Undergraduate Oxford, b. Frittenden, Kent
Ralph C.N. Gathorne Hardy, Grandson, Un, 15, Naval Cadet, b. Frittenden, Kent
Nigel C. Gathorne Hardy, Grandson, Un, 11, b. St. George's, London
Dorothy Milner, Grandaur, Un, 2, b. Chelsea, London
Henry J. Graham, Grandson, Un, 16, b. St. George's, London
+ 15 servants & 1 visiting servant
NOTE: There is no ditto after Dorothy's name "Milner"1901 Census: The Grange, Benenden, Kent
Lord Medway, Head, Mar, 62, J.P. Living on own means, n. London
Lady Medway, Wife, Mar, 52, b. Plaxtol, Kent
Jane E.G. Hardy, Daur, Un, 28, b. Frittenden, Kent
Dorothy M.G. Hardy, Daur, Un, 12, b. London
John D.G. Hardy, Grandson, Un, 11 mon, b. London
+ Governess & 11 Servants
John David Gathorne-Hardy 4th Earl of Cranbrook
1901 Census: The Grange, Benenden, Kent
Lord Medway, Head, Mar, 62, J.P. Living on own means, n. London
Lady Medway, Wife, Mar, 52, b. Plaxtol, Kent
Jane E.G. Hardy, Daur, Un, 28, b. Frittenden, Kent
Dorothy M.G. Hardy, Daur, Un, 12, b. London
John D.G. Hardy, Grandson, Un, 11 mon, b. London
+ Governess & 11 ServantsInformation gathered from www.peerage.com
John was born 15 April 1900 at 27 Cranley Gardens, London, UK.He married his first wife in October 1926. She was his first cousin, Bridget Cicely Carte, daughter of Rupert D'Oyly Carte and Lady Dorothy Milner Gathorne-Hardy (his aunt). Bridget's grandfather was Richard D'Oyly Carte, a theatrical impresario and founder of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who brought together Gilbert & Sullivan. He also built and owned the Savoy hotel group and the Savoy & Palace theatres, where the Gilbert & Sullivan operas were performed. His legacy passed to Bridget at the death of her father, in 1948. However, she and John were divorced in 1931, and he had remarried, in 1932, to Fidelity Seebohm, daughter of Hugh Exton Seebohm.
John was educated at Eton College, and was awarded honorary degree of Master of Arts by Cambridge University.
He became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the First Commissioner of Works between 1927 and 1928, and was Alderman of London County Council between 1928 and 1933. He was invested as a Knight of St. John of Jerusalem.
He was also Deputy Lieutenant & Justice of the Peace for Suffolk, and Alderman for East Suffolk County Council.
John also attended the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, Kent. He was, later, Honorary Air Commodore of the No. 3169 (Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force between 1950 - 1961 and received the C.B.E. in 1955.
In 1958, he became treasurer and vice-president of the Linnean Society, and was Trustee of the British Museum between 1964 and 1973.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Cranbrook at the death of his father, in December 1915, and also inherited the titles of 4th Viscount Cranbrook and 4th Baron Medway of Hemsted Park, Kent.
Dame Bridget Cicely D'Oyly Carte DBE
Most of the information in these notes is gathered from Wikipedia. For a more detailed account, and further links, please visit their website.
Bridget was granddaughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte, a theatrical impresario and founder of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who brought together Gilbert & Sullivan. He also built and owned the Savoy hotel group and the Savoy & Palace theatres, where the Gilbert & Sullivan musicals were performed.
His legacy passed to Bridget at the death of her father, Rupert, in 1948. Her only brother, Michael, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1932.
She was born 25 March 1908 at Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, and educated in England and abroad. She married her first cousin, the fourth Earl of Cranbrook, at the age of 18, but the marriage was short-lived and they were divorced five years later with no issue. The following year, she legally reverted to her maiden name.
After the breakup of her marriage, she moved to Devon and took cources in dance, teacher training, art and design, at Dartington Hall. The school, near Totnes, was only a few miles from her parents' 24 acre country home, "Coleton Fishacre", currently owned by the National Trust, and open to the public.
During this period (1931-1933) she met designer Peter Goffin who became a long-time friend. He would later produce many of the sets and costumes for the D'Oyly Carte Opera company.
Before the Second World War, she assisted her father at the Savoy Hotel, dealing with interior design and furnishing, but during the war she beacame involved in child welfare and continued with this until her father's death in 1948. She then moved into a suite at the Savoy Hotel and resumed her previous role. She was now an active director of the Savoy Hotel Group, and retained a large shareholding. She also sold the family home in Devon, and bought Shrubs Wood, at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Later, in the 1970's, she restored the semi-ruined Barscobe Castle, at Balmaclennan, Scotland, and became it's tenant.
Her task of running the D'Oyly Carte Opera company was eased when she hired Frederic Lloyd as General Manager in 1951. She brought a fresh approach to the company, having the sets and costumes redesigned, and brought the company to a much wider audience via television, film and touring. In 1975, the company celebrated it's centenary at the Savoy Theatre, and in 1977 gave a Royal Command performance at Windsor Castle. Two years later, they toured Australia and New Zealand, for the first time.
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust was formed to continue the performances when the copyright on Gilbert & Sulivan's work expired, in 1961. Bridget endowed the trust with the company's scenery, costumes, band parts, recording rights and other assets, together with a cash endowment of £30,000. She formed Bridget D'Oyly Carte Ltd to manage the opera company, with herself as chairman and managing director, but with debts and the refusal of an Arts Grant, the company closed in 1982. A new company was formed in 1988, and continued for the next five years.
She also founded the separate "D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust" in 1972, to support charitable causes in the fields of the arts, medical welfare and the environment. In 2001, the trust endowed the D'Oyly Carte Chair in Medicine and the Arts in the UK at King's College London with £2 million.
In 1974 she was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain, and in 1975 was created a DBE.
She died of lung cancer in 1985, at her country home, "Shrubs Wood", in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, leaving a fortune of £5.5 million.
Apart from her love of music and art, she enjoyed gardening, and held several garden parties for disadvantaged or disabled children at Shrubs Wood.
Narbrough married Agnes Charlotte Knight. His mother was Harriet Knatchbull. The Knight & Knatchbull families are both related to the author, Jane Austen, whose brother, Edward, changed his surname to Knight when he was left an inheritance from Thomas Knight. Three of Edward's grandchildren married into the Hardy family in this tree.
A note on Ancestry World Tree states that Agnes' mother, Charlotte nee Northey, died when she was about two years old, and her father, Henry Knight, when she was about six. It is not clear brought her up.
Agnes married Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth, whose mother was Harriet Knatchbull. The Knight & Knatchbull families are both related to the author, Jane Austen, whose brother, Edward, changed his surname to Knight when he was left an inheritance from Thomas Knight. Three of Edward's grandchildren married into the Hardy family in this tree.
Cdr. John Reginald Hughes D'Aeth
John joined the Royal Navy aged 15 and rose through the ranks to Commander by the age of 35.
On the 8th July 1940, he was at the bridge of HMS Gloucester when it came under fire from Italian aircraft. He was killed instantly, along with the Captain and 14 others. The ship had left Alexandria, the previous day, and was heading for Malta with Vice Admiral Cunningham's fleet to take up convoy duty.
Despite the loss of it's bridge, control was regained via the aft, and it took part the following day in the Battle of Calabria. It returned to Alexandria 4 days later.
Commander John Reginald Hughes D'Aeth died at the age of 41 and is honoured on the Naval War Memorial at Plymouth, Devon.
Details of Service History from: http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersD.html
Aug 1914: entered RN
15 Oct 1919: Lieutenant Dec 1922 - Aug 1923: HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (for submarines) 14 Jun 1924 - May 1926: Commanding Officer, HMS H 52 (submarine) (3rd Submarine Flotilla) 18 Nov 1926 - Jul 1927: HMS Malaya (battleship) (Mediterranean)
15 Oct 1927: Lieutenant Commander 21 Nov 1927 - Jun1928: HMS Resolution (battleship) 15 Apr 1929 - Aug 1929: Commanding Officer, HMS L 56 (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla) 14 Jan 1930 - Apr 1930: Staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] Aug 1930 - Oct 1930: No appointment listed 6 Jan 1931 - Jan 1932: Staff Officer (Operations) to Captain A/S [HMS Osprey (anti-submarine school, Portland)] 19 Feb 1932 - Jan 1934: Commanding Officer, HMS Regent (submarine) (Mediterranean)
30 Jun 1934: Commander Jul 1934: No appointment listed 10 Dec 1934 - Jan 1937: Staff Officer (Operations) to Rear-Admiral (S) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] (and for duty with submarines) 9 Jan 1937 - Jun 1938: RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President] 11 Jul 1938 - 8 Jul 1940: Executive Officer, HMS Gloucester (cruiser) (East Indies)
Details of Death from Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org
Name: D'AETH, JOHN REGINALD HUGHES
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Commander
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Gloucester
Age: 41
Date of Death: 08/07/1940
Additional information: Son of Captain R. Hughes-D'Aeth, R.N., and Lady Nina Hughes-D'Aeth; husband of Mary Winifred Hughes-D'Aeth, of St. Arm's Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 36, Column 1.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL1901 Census: 8 Margaret Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Reginald Hughes D'Aeth, Head, Mar, 36, Cicil Services Prison Deputy Governor, b. Wingham, Kent
Selina Margaret H. D'Aeth, Wife, Mar, 31, b. St George Hanover Square, London
John Reginald Hughes D'Aeth, Son, Un, 2, b. Benenden, Kent
James Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth, Son, Un, 3 mon, b. Wakefield, Yorkshire
+ 4 Servants
1940 - of St. Arm's Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies (at time of her husband's death)
Mary died after falling down stairs.
Brig. Gerald Herbert Penn Whitfield
Brigadier Whitfield (then Colonel) played a leading role in the battles at Dunkirk. Details to be published at a later date.