Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameAubrey Palgrave Powys 
[4, 1851 ref: HO1071992], [36]
[4, 1851 ref: HO1071992], [36]Birth21 Jan 1836, Bernard Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex
Baptism11 May 1836, St George Bloomsbury parish church, Middlesex
Deathaft 1904
General1861: Lt in 1st Batt of 16th Inf Regt. Retd in 1867.
EducationShrewsbury school: -1853
FatherBransby William Powys (1807-ca1886)
MotherEllen Hoar (1812-1841)
Notes for Aubrey Palgrave Powys
On Sat 30th of Jan 1836, the Reading Mercury had this birth notice on page 3:
“Jan 26, in Bernard Street, Russell Square, Mrs Bransby William Powys, of a son.”
His baptism, as transcribed by me from an image of the Register:
Place: Parish of St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
Year: 1836
Baptism date: May 11
Birth date: Jan 21
No: 1880
Name: Aubrey Palgrave
Parents: Bransby William and Ellen
Surname: Powys
Abode Bernard Street
Father;s job: Solicitor
Celebrant: M.W.Magor
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No death record on FreeBMD; did he die young?
In 1851 he was a pupil at Shrewsbury School, Salop, aged 15 and born in St Pancras, London.
In the 1861 census there was an A.P. Powys, a Lieut in 1st Batt of 16th Regt of Infantry, born in London and aged 25, all stationed at Thorncliffe Camp, Cheriton, Elham, Folkestone, Kent. This looks very much like him.
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From the London Gazette:
7 Sep 1858: To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign Aubrey P. Powys, from the 63rd Foot. Dated 7th September, 1858.
3 Sept 1867: 16th Foot, Ensign Alexander John Datby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aubrey P. Powys, who retires. Dated 4th September, 1867.
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In the 1851 census he was a pupil at Shrewsbury School, aged 15 and born in St Pancras, Mx.
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The Shrewsbury School register has:
“Aubrey Palgrave Powys, left 1853, Ensign 63rd Regt 1855, Lieut 16th Regt 1658; retired from Army 1868, and emigrated to the Cape, where he died.
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He may well have died in the Cape, but on 19 Feb 2014 Lowen Clarke wrote to say that their family had a load of correspondence that he had left behind after staying with her forbears from c.1895 to c.1904. So he died after that date.
He was regularly in touch with his slightly younger full sister Constance out in Canada and with one of her children.
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“Jan 26, in Bernard Street, Russell Square, Mrs Bransby William Powys, of a son.”
His baptism, as transcribed by me from an image of the Register:
Place: Parish of St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
Year: 1836
Baptism date: May 11
Birth date: Jan 21
No: 1880
Name: Aubrey Palgrave
Parents: Bransby William and Ellen
Surname: Powys
Abode Bernard Street
Father;s job: Solicitor
Celebrant: M.W.Magor
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No death record on FreeBMD; did he die young?
In 1851 he was a pupil at Shrewsbury School, Salop, aged 15 and born in St Pancras, London.
In the 1861 census there was an A.P. Powys, a Lieut in 1st Batt of 16th Regt of Infantry, born in London and aged 25, all stationed at Thorncliffe Camp, Cheriton, Elham, Folkestone, Kent. This looks very much like him.
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From the London Gazette:
7 Sep 1858: To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign Aubrey P. Powys, from the 63rd Foot. Dated 7th September, 1858.
3 Sept 1867: 16th Foot, Ensign Alexander John Datby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aubrey P. Powys, who retires. Dated 4th September, 1867.
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In the 1851 census he was a pupil at Shrewsbury School, aged 15 and born in St Pancras, Mx.
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The Shrewsbury School register has:
“Aubrey Palgrave Powys, left 1853, Ensign 63rd Regt 1855, Lieut 16th Regt 1658; retired from Army 1868, and emigrated to the Cape, where he died.
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He may well have died in the Cape, but on 19 Feb 2014 Lowen Clarke wrote to say that their family had a load of correspondence that he had left behind after staying with her forbears from c.1895 to c.1904. So he died after that date.
He was regularly in touch with his slightly younger full sister Constance out in Canada and with one of her children.
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