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NameRev Richard Bruce Stopford 
[36], [4, 1841 ref: HO107 Piece: 803 Book/Folio: 6/7 Page: 9], [62, 2003 edn, Courtown article, vol I, pp. 923-4], [3, His death, Q4 of 1844, Greenwich dist, vol 5, p. 172]
[36], [4, 1841 ref: HO107 Piece: 803 Book/Folio: 6/7 Page: 9], [62, 2003 edn, Courtown article, vol I, pp. 923-4], [3, His death, Q4 of 1844, Greenwich dist, vol 5, p. 172]Birth2 Mar 1774, (Bapt in) Westminster, Middlesex
Baptism27 Mar 1773, St George, Hanover Square, London
Death12 Dec 1844, Greenwich district, London
GeneralClergyman. A chaplain to the Queen, canon of Windsor. Rector of Barton Seagrave.
FatherJames Stopford Earl of Courtown (1731-1810)
MotherMary Powys (1737-1810)
Spouses
Marriage10 Nov 1800, Lilford parish church, Northants [62, 2003 edn, Courtown article, vol I, pp. 923-4], [52, Marriage on 10 Nov 1800 at Lilford, Northants]
ChildrenGeorge Powys (1801-1867)
Richard Henry (1803-1895)
Eleanor Elizabeth (1802-1851)
Charles (1805-1864)
William Bruce (1806-1872)
James Sydney (1808-1885)
Edward (1809-ca1895)
Lucy Charlotte (1811-ca1902)
Robert (1813-1878)
Harriet Jane (1816-1902)
Notes for Rev Richard Bruce Stopford
His baptism transcription:
First name(s) Richard Bruce
Last name Stopford
Birth year 1774
Birth date 02 Mar 1774
Baptism year 1774
Baptism date 27 Mar 1774
Father's first name(s) James
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Parish St George, Hanover Square
County Middlesex
Country England
Page 170
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Baptisms
I would guess he was born in Westminster, London.
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The transcript from the Register page, thanks Ancestry, made by me, is:
[ St George, Hanover Square > 1767-1787 ]
“ Baptized Baptisms 1774 March Born
“. . . .
“27 Honble. Richard Bruce Stopford S. of the Rt Honble. James 2
“ & Mary Earl & Countess of Courtown
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From Joseph Foster’s Alumni Oxoniensis, 1715-1886, vol 4, p. 1361:
Stopford, Richard Bruce, s. James, Earl of Courtown. CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 30 April 1792, aged 18; BA 1796, MA 1799, rector of Barton Seagrave Northants, 1790, vicar of Nuneston, co. Warwick, 1803, chaplain to the Queen, preb. of Hereford 1810, Canon of Windsor 1812, until his death 2 Dec ., 1844, father of the next named [Robert Stopford]. See Foster’s Peerage & Eton School Lists.
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This looks like him and his family in 1841:
Name Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
STOPFORD, Richard M 65 1776
STOPFORD, Eleanor F 65 1776
STOPFORD, Charles M 30 1811 Northamptonshire
STOPFORD, Harriet F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
GILES, Jane F 25 1816
BELLHAM, Mary F 30 1811
GREEN, Sarah F 20 1821
COLEMAN, Joyce F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
BELL, Ann F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
TOWNDREW, Elizabeth F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
NEWTON, Am F 20 1821
HARRIS, George M 25 1816
DAWKINS, Charles M 20 1821 Northamptonshire
BEEBY, Lawrence M 20 1821 Northamptonshire
RG number: HO107, Piece: 803, Book/Folio: 6/7, Page: 9
Registration District: Kettering Sub District: Kettering
Enumeration District: Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: Barton Seagrave Municipal Borough:
Address: Barton Village Rectory House, Barton Seagrave
County: Northamptonshire
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Their children, from a search for Stopfords baptised between 1801 and 1821 in England and with parents’ forenames of Richard and Eleanor:
Date Name Location Register copy Birth
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1804 Jan 1st Richard Henry Barton Segrave BTs 1706-1812 Y
do do do Parish Reg 1609-1810 Y
1805 Feb 24 Charles Barton Segrave PR do Y
1816 Oct 20 Harriet Jane Barton Segrave PR Clergyman Y
1813 Jun 15 Robert Barton Segrave PR Clergyman Y
1806 Apr 27 William Barton Segrave BT … Y
1801 Oct 4 George Powys Petersham Surrey PR … Y 29 Aug 1801
St Peter
1802 Oct 3 Eleanor Eliz’ Barton Segrave . . . Y
? Plus from 1841 census: Harriett b. in 1815-1821 in Northants.
Burke’s Peerage, various, adds
James Sydney, b. Apr 1808, m. +issue
Edward, b. 20 Aug 1809, m. _ issue
Lucy Charlotte who m.
issue to Eleanor Elizabeth
issue to Harriet Jane.
Burke, modern, omits George Powys, who became a cleric and was unmarried in 1849.
So the revised list is, mostly for St Botolph, Barton Segrave, Northants:
Birth Name Birth Loc Birth Day PR/BT Copy
===== ==== ========= ========= ==========
1801, 29 Aug George Powys Petersham, Surrey 29 Aug 1801 on PR Y
1802, 3 Oct Eleanor Eliz’ Barton Segrave Y
1804, 1 Jan Richard Henry Barton Segrave 22 Nov 1803 ex BP Y
1805, 24 Feb Charles Barton Segrave 19 Jan 1905 ex BP Y
1806, 27 Apr William Barton Segrave 1 Apr 1806 ex BP Y
1808, 22 May James Sydney Barton Segrave 14 Apr 1808 ex BP Y
1809, 8 Oct Edward Barton Segrave 20 Aug 1809 ex BP Y
1811, 18 Dec Lucy Charlotte Barton Segrave Y
1813, 15 Jun Robert Barton Segrave 16 Apr 1813 ex BP Y
1816, 20 Oct Harriet Jane Barton Segrave Y
2021 Sept, TFPL: Burke says they had seven sons and three daus. The baptisms for all ten of these have now been found with copies taken of the register or BT pages.
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He was rector of Barton Seagrave for 40 odd years.
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His death index:
Name: Age at Death (in years):
STOPFORD, RICHARD BRUCE 70
GRO Reference: 1844 D Quarter in GREENWICH UNION Volume 05 Page 172
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First name(s) Richard Bruce
Last name Stopford
Birth year 1774
Birth date 02 Mar 1774
Baptism year 1774
Baptism date 27 Mar 1774
Father's first name(s) James
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Parish St George, Hanover Square
County Middlesex
Country England
Page 170
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Baptisms
I would guess he was born in Westminster, London.
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The transcript from the Register page, thanks Ancestry, made by me, is:
[ St George, Hanover Square > 1767-1787 ]
“ Baptized Baptisms 1774 March Born
“. . . .
“27 Honble. Richard Bruce Stopford S. of the Rt Honble. James 2
“ & Mary Earl & Countess of Courtown
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From Joseph Foster’s Alumni Oxoniensis, 1715-1886, vol 4, p. 1361:
Stopford, Richard Bruce, s. James, Earl of Courtown. CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 30 April 1792, aged 18; BA 1796, MA 1799, rector of Barton Seagrave Northants, 1790, vicar of Nuneston, co. Warwick, 1803, chaplain to the Queen, preb. of Hereford 1810, Canon of Windsor 1812, until his death 2 Dec ., 1844, father of the next named [Robert Stopford]. See Foster’s Peerage & Eton School Lists.
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This looks like him and his family in 1841:
Name Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
STOPFORD, Richard M 65 1776
STOPFORD, Eleanor F 65 1776
STOPFORD, Charles M 30 1811 Northamptonshire
STOPFORD, Harriet F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
GILES, Jane F 25 1816
BELLHAM, Mary F 30 1811
GREEN, Sarah F 20 1821
COLEMAN, Joyce F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
BELL, Ann F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
TOWNDREW, Elizabeth F 20 1821 Northamptonshire
NEWTON, Am F 20 1821
HARRIS, George M 25 1816
DAWKINS, Charles M 20 1821 Northamptonshire
BEEBY, Lawrence M 20 1821 Northamptonshire
RG number: HO107, Piece: 803, Book/Folio: 6/7, Page: 9
Registration District: Kettering Sub District: Kettering
Enumeration District: Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: Barton Seagrave Municipal Borough:
Address: Barton Village Rectory House, Barton Seagrave
County: Northamptonshire
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Their children, from a search for Stopfords baptised between 1801 and 1821 in England and with parents’ forenames of Richard and Eleanor:
Date Name Location Register copy Birth
==== ==== ======== ============= =====
1804 Jan 1st Richard Henry Barton Segrave BTs 1706-1812 Y
do do do Parish Reg 1609-1810 Y
1805 Feb 24 Charles Barton Segrave PR do Y
1816 Oct 20 Harriet Jane Barton Segrave PR Clergyman Y
1813 Jun 15 Robert Barton Segrave PR Clergyman Y
1806 Apr 27 William Barton Segrave BT … Y
1801 Oct 4 George Powys Petersham Surrey PR … Y 29 Aug 1801
St Peter
1802 Oct 3 Eleanor Eliz’ Barton Segrave . . . Y
? Plus from 1841 census: Harriett b. in 1815-1821 in Northants.
Burke’s Peerage, various, adds
James Sydney, b. Apr 1808, m. +issue
Edward, b. 20 Aug 1809, m. _ issue
Lucy Charlotte who m.
issue to Eleanor Elizabeth
issue to Harriet Jane.
Burke, modern, omits George Powys, who became a cleric and was unmarried in 1849.
So the revised list is, mostly for St Botolph, Barton Segrave, Northants:
Birth Name Birth Loc Birth Day PR/BT Copy
===== ==== ========= ========= ==========
1801, 29 Aug George Powys Petersham, Surrey 29 Aug 1801 on PR Y
1802, 3 Oct Eleanor Eliz’ Barton Segrave Y
1804, 1 Jan Richard Henry Barton Segrave 22 Nov 1803 ex BP Y
1805, 24 Feb Charles Barton Segrave 19 Jan 1905 ex BP Y
1806, 27 Apr William Barton Segrave 1 Apr 1806 ex BP Y
1808, 22 May James Sydney Barton Segrave 14 Apr 1808 ex BP Y
1809, 8 Oct Edward Barton Segrave 20 Aug 1809 ex BP Y
1811, 18 Dec Lucy Charlotte Barton Segrave Y
1813, 15 Jun Robert Barton Segrave 16 Apr 1813 ex BP Y
1816, 20 Oct Harriet Jane Barton Segrave Y
2021 Sept, TFPL: Burke says they had seven sons and three daus. The baptisms for all ten of these have now been found with copies taken of the register or BT pages.
____________________
He was rector of Barton Seagrave for 40 odd years.
____________________
His death index:
Name: Age at Death (in years):
STOPFORD, RICHARD BRUCE 70
GRO Reference: 1844 D Quarter in GREENWICH UNION Volume 05 Page 172
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DNB Main notes for Rev Richard Bruce Stopford
From Who Was Who, probably a grandson:
STOPFORD, Francis Powys (1861-1935)
Details: STOPFORD, Francis Powys, journalist and essayist; born
Westbourne Lodge, 6 December 1861; 3rd son of late Rev. F. M. Stopford (Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and Hon. Chaplain to Edward VII, George V), and Florence Augusta, youngest daughter of Charles Saunders, one of the founders and first Sec. Great Western Railway.
Work: Has cultivated coffee on the hills of South India, also tea, cinchona, pepper, cocoa, and Manila hemp; one of the founders of the Planters' Association of Southern India, 1893; has worked on staff, in some instances edited, Madras Times, Madras Mail, Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore, Daily Mail, Daily Express, St James' Gazette, Standard, Evening Standard, The World, and Land and Water.
Publications: The Planting Industry of Southern India, 1896; The Toil of Life, 1907; Life's Great Adventure, 1912; Fleet Street and Downing Street (with Kennedy Jones), 1919; Romance of the Jewel, 1920.
Address: 44 High Street, Kingston-on-Thames.
Died: 21 January 1935
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STOPFORD, Francis Powys (1861-1935)
Details: STOPFORD, Francis Powys, journalist and essayist; born
Westbourne Lodge, 6 December 1861; 3rd son of late Rev. F. M. Stopford (Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and Hon. Chaplain to Edward VII, George V), and Florence Augusta, youngest daughter of Charles Saunders, one of the founders and first Sec. Great Western Railway.
Work: Has cultivated coffee on the hills of South India, also tea, cinchona, pepper, cocoa, and Manila hemp; one of the founders of the Planters' Association of Southern India, 1893; has worked on staff, in some instances edited, Madras Times, Madras Mail, Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore, Daily Mail, Daily Express, St James' Gazette, Standard, Evening Standard, The World, and Land and Water.
Publications: The Planting Industry of Southern India, 1896; The Toil of Life, 1907; Life's Great Adventure, 1912; Fleet Street and Downing Street (with Kennedy Jones), 1919; Romance of the Jewel, 1920.
Address: 44 High Street, Kingston-on-Thames.
Died: 21 January 1935
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Notes for Richard Bruce & Eleanor (Family)
Their marriage abstract:
First name(s) RICHARD BRUCE
Last name STOPFORD
Title Hon
Marriage year 1800
Marriage day 10
Marriage month Nov
Marriage place LILFORD
Parish Barton Seagrave
Occupation Reverend
Spouse's first name(s) Eleanor
Spouse's last name Powys
Spouse's title Hon
Spouse's parish Lilford
Event Type Marriage
By Banns or licence Licence
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Record set Northamptonshire Marriages
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The transcript by me from the Marriage (and Banns) register of St Peter, Lilford, (it was Lilford on the front page) Northants:
“Banns of Marriage 10 November 1800
“
“The Honble. and Revd. Richard Bruce Stopford of the Parish of Barton Seagrave in this County and the Honble. Eleanor Powys of the Parish of Lilford were Married in this Church by Licence this tenth Day of November in the Year On Thousand eight Hundred by my W.V.Robinson Clerk
“This Marriage was solemnized between us: R.B.Stopford, Eleanor Powys
“In the presence of: Courtown, Lilford.”
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First name(s) RICHARD BRUCE
Last name STOPFORD
Title Hon
Marriage year 1800
Marriage day 10
Marriage month Nov
Marriage place LILFORD
Parish Barton Seagrave
Occupation Reverend
Spouse's first name(s) Eleanor
Spouse's last name Powys
Spouse's title Hon
Spouse's parish Lilford
Event Type Marriage
By Banns or licence Licence
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Record set Northamptonshire Marriages
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The transcript by me from the Marriage (and Banns) register of St Peter, Lilford, (it was Lilford on the front page) Northants:
“Banns of Marriage 10 November 1800
“
“The Honble. and Revd. Richard Bruce Stopford of the Parish of Barton Seagrave in this County and the Honble. Eleanor Powys of the Parish of Lilford were Married in this Church by Licence this tenth Day of November in the Year On Thousand eight Hundred by my W.V.Robinson Clerk
“This Marriage was solemnized between us: R.B.Stopford, Eleanor Powys
“In the presence of: Courtown, Lilford.”
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