Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameAlbinia Elizabeth Cope-Cope 
[4, 1881 census, PRO ref RG11, piece 2066/19, p. 32]
[4, 1881 census, PRO ref RG11, piece 2066/19, p. 32]Birthca 1850, Castle Taylor, co Galway, Ireland
Death27 Sep 1922, Florimont, Terrietet, Switzerland
FatherRobert Wright Cope-Cope (1810-1858)
Spouses
FatherHenry Philip Powys (1791-1859)
MotherPhilippa Emma Cunliffe Shawe (1802-1858)
Marriage15 Jun 1876, Islington district, London [3, Their marriage, Q2 of 1876, I Wight dist, vol 2b, p. 926]
No Children
Notes for Albinia Elizabeth Cope-Cope
I cannot find her death on FreeBMD for up to 1910.
She was the gt-granddaughter of William Shawe and Phillippa Pole. Her husband was their grandson, so he was marrying a first cousin once removed (and they had only a dau. and she had no children. Unsurprising?).
TFPL, June 2008: I have just been shown, by Bluemantle, a page from the College of Arms’ record books showing a pedigree from Thos Powys of Henley, Salop to Francis Arthur Powys in which it was recorded that after his death, his wife Albinia got a royal licence to change her name to Cope-Powys (or Powys-Cope). It also gave her father’s original surname as he too had had a RL to change to Cope; it seems that the first Cope was a third forename rather than a surname.
If she had any descendants, which it seems she didn’t, it might be worth someone’s while getting transcripts of these RLs.
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2009: I cannot find her on the 1901 census or her death up to c. 1935.
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In The Standard of 1 Jan 1923 was this report:
“Mrs Albinia Elizabeth Cope Powys, of Manor House, Loughall, Co. Armagh, formerly of Tennenhall, Branksome Park, Bournemouth, widow of the Rev. Francis Arthur Powys, who left £21,229, directed that her wedding ring be buried with her.”
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Eventually I found her probate entry giving her birth (Death, shurely?) in Switzerland.
She was the gt-granddaughter of William Shawe and Phillippa Pole. Her husband was their grandson, so he was marrying a first cousin once removed (and they had only a dau. and she had no children. Unsurprising?).
TFPL, June 2008: I have just been shown, by Bluemantle, a page from the College of Arms’ record books showing a pedigree from Thos Powys of Henley, Salop to Francis Arthur Powys in which it was recorded that after his death, his wife Albinia got a royal licence to change her name to Cope-Powys (or Powys-Cope). It also gave her father’s original surname as he too had had a RL to change to Cope; it seems that the first Cope was a third forename rather than a surname.
If she had any descendants, which it seems she didn’t, it might be worth someone’s while getting transcripts of these RLs.
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2009: I cannot find her on the 1901 census or her death up to c. 1935.
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In The Standard of 1 Jan 1923 was this report:
“Mrs Albinia Elizabeth Cope Powys, of Manor House, Loughall, Co. Armagh, formerly of Tennenhall, Branksome Park, Bournemouth, widow of the Rev. Francis Arthur Powys, who left £21,229, directed that her wedding ring be buried with her.”
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Eventually I found her probate entry giving her birth (Death, shurely?) in Switzerland.
Will notes for Albinia Elizabeth Cope-Cope
Her probate index:
COPE-POWYS Albinia Elizabeth of Hotel Excelsior Montreux Switzerland widow died 27 September 1922 at Florimont Terrietet Switzerland Probate London 21 December to the reverend Francis Briggs Sowter clerk.
Effects £21299 7s. 4d.
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COPE-POWYS Albinia Elizabeth of Hotel Excelsior Montreux Switzerland widow died 27 September 1922 at Florimont Terrietet Switzerland Probate London 21 December to the reverend Francis Briggs Sowter clerk.
Effects £21299 7s. 4d.
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