Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameLettice Mary Adderley 
[3, Birth, Q3 of 1894, Meriden dist, vol 6D, p. 409], [19, Baptism on 1894 July 10th at Fillongley church, Warwicks], [4, 1939 ref: RG101/7102I/021/44], [3, Death, Q4 of 1979, Yeovil dist, vol 23, p. 1794]
[3, Birth, Q3 of 1894, Meriden dist, vol 6D, p. 409], [19, Baptism on 1894 July 10th at Fillongley church, Warwicks], [4, 1939 ref: RG101/7102I/021/44], [3, Death, Q4 of 1979, Yeovil dist, vol 23, p. 1794]Birth9 Jun 1894, Fillongley Hall, Fillongley, Warks
Baptism10 Jul 1894, Fillongley church, Warwicks
Death24 Dec 1979, Dower House, Compton Durville, South Petherton, Somerset
General5th dau. No children found.
FatherHenry Arden Adderley Lord Norton (1854-1945)
MotherGrace Stopford Sackville (1854-1944)
Spouses
Marriage10 Jan 1918, St Barnabas, Pimlico, London [3, Marriage, Q1 of 1918, St George Han SQ dist, vol 1A, p. 987], [19, Marriage on January 10 1918 at St Barnabas, Pimlico, London]
No Children
Notes for Lettice Mary Adderley
Her birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
ADDERLEY, LETTICE MARY STOPFORD SACKVILLE
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in MERIDEN Volume 06D Page 409
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Her baptism from an image of the register page on Ancestry, transcript by me:
“ Page 5
“BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Fillongley in the
“County of Warwick in the Year One thousand
“eight hundred and ninety four
“. . . .
“When Baptized: 1894 July 10th
“No: 36
“Child’s forename: Lettice Mary
“Parents’ forenames: Henry Arden & Grace
“Parents’ surname: Adderley
“Abode: Fillongley Hall Fillongley
“Profession: Barrister at Law
“Celebrant: A B Stevenson
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She married a Firth and was the residual legatee of her aunt Muriel Grace, née Adderley.
So lots more work needed!
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BP reports for her: “Lettice Mary; m 10 Jan 1918 Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth, DL, Capt Worcs Regt, S/Ldr RAF, 2nd s of Bernard Alexander Firth, of Norton Hall, Sheffield, and Coates Manor, Cirencester, Glos. He d 25 Aug 1955”
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Her marriage was not found initially as it was indexed under Lettice H Adderley, not the Lettice Mary Adderley as she had been baptised. It could be that the ‘M’ was mistranscribed as ‘H’.
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In 1939 she and her husband were at Compton Durville Manor,South Petherton, South Petherton, Yeovil R.D., Somerset:
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Charles Phillimore L Firth 17 Jul 1893 M Private Means M 227 1
Lettice Mary Firth 09 Jun 1894 F Unpaid Domestic Duties M 227 2
Millicent E Hillard 17 Apr 1896 F Domestic Duties S 227 3
Edna Elsie Agnes Rider 04 Jan 1912 F Domestic Duties S 227 4
Lucy May Collier 20 Mar 1918 F Domestic Duties S 227 5
1939 ref: RG101/7102I/021/44
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Her death index:
First name(s) Lettice Mary
Last name Firth
Gender Female
Birth day - [ 9th from 1939 Register ]
Birth month 6
Birth year 1894
Death quarter 4
Death year 1979
District Yeovil
County Somerset
Volume 23
Page 1794
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Her will clearly implied that she had had no children.
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
ADDERLEY, LETTICE MARY STOPFORD SACKVILLE
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in MERIDEN Volume 06D Page 409
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Her baptism from an image of the register page on Ancestry, transcript by me:
“ Page 5
“BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Fillongley in the
“County of Warwick in the Year One thousand
“eight hundred and ninety four
“. . . .
“When Baptized: 1894 July 10th
“No: 36
“Child’s forename: Lettice Mary
“Parents’ forenames: Henry Arden & Grace
“Parents’ surname: Adderley
“Abode: Fillongley Hall Fillongley
“Profession: Barrister at Law
“Celebrant: A B Stevenson
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She married a Firth and was the residual legatee of her aunt Muriel Grace, née Adderley.
So lots more work needed!
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BP reports for her: “Lettice Mary; m 10 Jan 1918 Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth, DL, Capt Worcs Regt, S/Ldr RAF, 2nd s of Bernard Alexander Firth, of Norton Hall, Sheffield, and Coates Manor, Cirencester, Glos. He d 25 Aug 1955”
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Her marriage was not found initially as it was indexed under Lettice H Adderley, not the Lettice Mary Adderley as she had been baptised. It could be that the ‘M’ was mistranscribed as ‘H’.
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In 1939 she and her husband were at Compton Durville Manor,South Petherton, South Petherton, Yeovil R.D., Somerset:
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Charles Phillimore L Firth 17 Jul 1893 M Private Means M 227 1
Lettice Mary Firth 09 Jun 1894 F Unpaid Domestic Duties M 227 2
Millicent E Hillard 17 Apr 1896 F Domestic Duties S 227 3
Edna Elsie Agnes Rider 04 Jan 1912 F Domestic Duties S 227 4
Lucy May Collier 20 Mar 1918 F Domestic Duties S 227 5
1939 ref: RG101/7102I/021/44
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Her death index:
First name(s) Lettice Mary
Last name Firth
Gender Female
Birth day - [ 9th from 1939 Register ]
Birth month 6
Birth year 1894
Death quarter 4
Death year 1979
District Yeovil
County Somerset
Volume 23
Page 1794
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Her will clearly implied that she had had no children.
Will notes for Lettice Mary Adderley
Her probate index:
1980
FIRTH, the honourable Lettice Mary of the Dower House Compton Durville South Petherton Somerset died 24 December 1979 Probate Sheffield 26 March £201504 803008835B
Will ordered to see which relations were named.
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Indeed she catalogued them all, with a full list of legacies to her many nephews and nieces.
Her will was dated 30th January 1978 and she appointed as executors her nephew John Arden Adderley, lord Norton, and Martin Philip Wilton Lee, solicitor.
She listed:
1. Her relatives by marriage:
(a) Theresa Elizabeth Brown,
(b) Thomas mark Bernard Firth,
(c) Montague Mark Firth
2. Her godchildren:
(a) The said Lord Norton
(b) Eanswythe Hunter (also was her niece)
(c) Susan Wells née Hunter,
(d) David Jennings
(e) William FitzHerbert
3. Her nephews and nieces
(a) Group Capt the Hon Michael Charles Adderley, Y
(b) The Hon Mrs Rosemary Drake (née Adderley) Y
(c) The Hon Mrs Elizabeth Campbell (née Adderley) Y
(d) The Hon Mrs Mary Montgomery Campbell (née Adderley), Y
(e) Brevet-Col Anthony Hunter N
(f) Richard Hunter N
(g) Major John Hunter Y?
(h) Mrs Mary McDermot (née Hunter) Y (her marriage now found in Bierut)
(i) Mrs Ursula Wilson (née Drake) Y
(j) Mrs Patricia O’Farrell (née Scott) Y (but not her marriage)
(k) Mrs Julia Harwood (née Scott) Y (ditto)
4. Participants in her marriage settlement:
(a) Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth (her late husband)
(b) Hon Henry Arden Adderley (her father)
(c) Hon Grace Adderley (her mother)
(d) Alex Mark Bernard Firth,
(e) Montague Mark Firth
(f) Edmund Waller (her brother in law, m. to her sister)
Very useful for the missing nephews and nieces, yet to be found.
1980
FIRTH, the honourable Lettice Mary of the Dower House Compton Durville South Petherton Somerset died 24 December 1979 Probate Sheffield 26 March £201504 803008835B
Will ordered to see which relations were named.
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Indeed she catalogued them all, with a full list of legacies to her many nephews and nieces.
Her will was dated 30th January 1978 and she appointed as executors her nephew John Arden Adderley, lord Norton, and Martin Philip Wilton Lee, solicitor.
She listed:
1. Her relatives by marriage:
(a) Theresa Elizabeth Brown,
(b) Thomas mark Bernard Firth,
(c) Montague Mark Firth
2. Her godchildren:
(a) The said Lord Norton
(b) Eanswythe Hunter (also was her niece)
(c) Susan Wells née Hunter,
(d) David Jennings
(e) William FitzHerbert
3. Her nephews and nieces
(a) Group Capt the Hon Michael Charles Adderley, Y
(b) The Hon Mrs Rosemary Drake (née Adderley) Y
(c) The Hon Mrs Elizabeth Campbell (née Adderley) Y
(d) The Hon Mrs Mary Montgomery Campbell (née Adderley), Y
(e) Brevet-Col Anthony Hunter N
(f) Richard Hunter N
(g) Major John Hunter Y?
(h) Mrs Mary McDermot (née Hunter) Y (her marriage now found in Bierut)
(i) Mrs Ursula Wilson (née Drake) Y
(j) Mrs Patricia O’Farrell (née Scott) Y (but not her marriage)
(k) Mrs Julia Harwood (née Scott) Y (ditto)
4. Participants in her marriage settlement:
(a) Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth (her late husband)
(b) Hon Henry Arden Adderley (her father)
(c) Hon Grace Adderley (her mother)
(d) Alex Mark Bernard Firth,
(e) Montague Mark Firth
(f) Edmund Waller (her brother in law, m. to her sister)
Very useful for the missing nephews and nieces, yet to be found.
Notes for Charles Phillimore Lewton & Lettice Mary (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) Lettice H
Last name Adderley
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1918
Marriage Finder Lettice H Adderley married one of these people
Charles P L Firth
Spouse's last name Firth
District St. George Hanover Square
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page number 987
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Fortunately Amnesty had the image of the parish register, transcript by me:
“ Page 46
“1918. Marriage solemnized at St Barnabas, Pimlico in the parish of St George Hanover Square
“ in the County of London.
“No: 91
“When married: Jamuary 10 1918
His Hers
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“Name: Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth Lettice Mary Adderley
“Age: 24 23
“Condition: Bachelor Spinster
“Profession: Captain H. No. 7 -
“Residence: 27 Bloomfield Terrace Fillongley Hall, Coventry
“Father: Bernard Alexander Firth Henry Arden Adderley
“Father’s job: Lt Colonel H. No. 7 Captain H. No. 7
Married in the above church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church
“ after banns by me, Hayshe Worcester
“This Marriage was solemnized between us, Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth, Lettice Mary Adderley
“ in the Presence of us, H Arden Adderley, Grace Adderley, Bernard Firth
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First name(s) Lettice H
Last name Adderley
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1918
Marriage Finder Lettice H Adderley married one of these people
Charles P L Firth
Spouse's last name Firth
District St. George Hanover Square
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page number 987
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Fortunately Amnesty had the image of the parish register, transcript by me:
“ Page 46
“1918. Marriage solemnized at St Barnabas, Pimlico in the parish of St George Hanover Square
“ in the County of London.
“No: 91
“When married: Jamuary 10 1918
His Hers
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“Name: Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth Lettice Mary Adderley
“Age: 24 23
“Condition: Bachelor Spinster
“Profession: Captain H. No. 7 -
“Residence: 27 Bloomfield Terrace Fillongley Hall, Coventry
“Father: Bernard Alexander Firth Henry Arden Adderley
“Father’s job: Lt Colonel H. No. 7 Captain H. No. 7
Married in the above church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church
“ after banns by me, Hayshe Worcester
“This Marriage was solemnized between us, Charles Phillimore Lewton Firth, Lettice Mary Adderley
“ in the Presence of us, H Arden Adderley, Grace Adderley, Bernard Firth
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