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Birth14 Jul 1889, Chelsea district, London
Death27 Oct 1966, Royal Berks Hospital, Reading, Berks
GeneralOnly dau.
FatherLt-Col Horace Robert Stopford (ca1855-1899)
Notes for Norah Grace Eden Stopford
Her birth index:

Name:                         Mother's Maiden Surname:
STOPFORD, NORAH GRACE EDEN MACDOWEL  
GRO Reference: 1889  S Quarter in CHELSEA  Volume 01A  Page 340
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Her baptism from an image of the Register, thanks to FindMyPast, and transcript by me:

“                       Page 33.
“BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Racliff on Weake
“  in the County of Leicester in the Year 1887 [sic]
“. . . .
“When Baptized:       1889 Sept 1st
“No:                  264
“Child’s Forename:    Norah Grace Eden
“Parents’ Forenames:  * Horace Robert and Marguerite Louisa Greated
“Parents’ Surname:    Stopford
“Abode:               London, 12 Lower Sloane Street
“Profession:          Captain in H.M. Coldstream Guards
“Celebrant:           George Henry Woodcock, Rector

Added at the foot of the page is this note:

“*Lieut Col Horace Robert Stopford killed in action at Mudder River South Africa Nov 28th 1899. He obtained a Lieutenant commission in the said Coldstream Guards in 1874, became Captain in 1885, and Major in 1893.”
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A search for their children produced:

Last name  First name(s)  Year Of Birth    Registration District
Dickin     Margaret N     1912             Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Dickin     Evelyn         1915             Farnham, Surrey, England
Dickin     Robert         1918             Wokingham, Berkshire
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She is in the 1939 Register, see her mother’s Notes.
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Her death index:

First name(s)  Norah G E
Last name      Dickin
Gender         Female
Birth year     1889
Age            77
Death quarter  4
Death year     1966
District       Reading
County         Berkshire
Volume         6A
Page           137
Country        England
Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Norah Grace Eden Stopford
Her probate index:

DICKIN Norah Grace Eden of Spenford House Loppington Shropshire died 27 October 1966 at Royal Berks Hospital Reading  Probate London 21 march to Thomas Lloyd Robert Spencer Dickin engineer Margaret Noral lay married woman and lady Evelyn Nancy Stopford Macpherson-Grant married woman.  £52243.

Will ordered, to see what she has regarding her son Robert.
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In her will dated 6th May 1965 she explicitly appointed her three children as executors and named them as:

1. Thomas Lloyd Robert Spencer Dickin of Sevendales, 304 Moorside REoad, Urmston Manchester Lancashire engineer,
2. Margaret Norah Lay of Grove Farm House Goring near Reading Berkshire married woman,
3. Lady Ev elyn Nancy Stopford MacPherson-Grant of Craigs House Montrose Angus in Scotland married woman,

and she also named these relatives:

4. Her grand-daughter Clare Nancy Macpherson-Grant
5. Her son-in-law Sidney Edward Lay
6. Her son-in-law Sir Ewan George Macpherson-Grant
7. Her daughter-in-law Hilda Dicin
8, Her brother Commander Robert Maurice Stopford
9. Her brother’s wife Elsie Stopford,
10. Her grandson John Lay,
11. Her grandson Anthony Lay
12. Her adopted grandson Richard Dickin
13. Her brother’s child Michael Robert Horace Stopford
14. Her brother’s child Stephen Robert Anthony Stopford,
15. Her brother’s child Rosemary Mills.
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Notes for Edward Spencer & Norah Grace Eden (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s)     Norah J E
Last name         Stopford
Marriage quarter  3
Marriage year     1911
Marriage Finder   Norah J E Stopford married one of these people
                  Edward S Dickin
District          Kingston
County            Surrey
Country           England
Volume            2A
Page number       884A
Record set        England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Last Modified 21 Jan 2022Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220