Dr. Benjamin Selwyn



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dr. Benjamin Selwyn

    Family/Spouse: Miriam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Valentina Selwyn

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Prof. Christopher Thomas Selwyn

    Christopher married Ruth Bezner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ruth Bezner
    Children:
    1. 1. Dr. Benjamin Selwyn
    2. Naomi Catherine Selwyn


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lt. Christopher Arnold Hoskyns Selwyn was born in 1915 in Abingdon (son of The Very Rev. Edward Gordon Selwyn and Phyllis Eleanor Hoskyns); died on 24 Mar 1945; was buried in 1945 in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Entry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

    Buried:
    Entry on the War Graves site

    Christopher married Jean Margaret Smith. Jean (daughter of Ronald Smith and Margaret Winifred Reid) was born in 1923; died on 12 Jan 2019. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jean Margaret Smith was born in 1923 (daughter of Ronald Smith and Margaret Winifred Reid); died on 12 Jan 2019.
    Children:
    1. 2. Prof. Christopher Thomas Selwyn


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  The Very Rev. Edward Gordon SelwynThe Very Rev. Edward Gordon Selwyn was born on 06 Jul 1885 in Liverpool, Lancashire (son of Rev. Edward Carus Selwyn and Lucy Ada Arnold); died on 11 Jun 1959.

    Notes:

    Dean of Winchester

    Warden of Radley College (1913-19)

    From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1932

    SELWYN, Very Rev. Edward Gordon. - Late Scho. of K.C.Cam. Porson Pri. 1905, Bell Scho. 1905. Browne Medallist 1906, Waddington Scho. 1907, Chan. Cl. Medal 1908, Win. Pri. 1908, 1st cl. Cl. Trip. pt.i, 1906, B.A. (2nd cl. Cl. Trip pt.ii) 1907, M.A. 1911, B.D. 1923, Univ of Aber. Hon.D.D. 1927. Cudd. Coll. 1909. d 1909 Southw. p 1910 Ely. Lect in Cl. C.C.C.Cam. 1908; Fell. of C.C.C. 1909-13; Exam. Chap. to Bp of Lon. 1911-13; Warden of Radley Coll. 1913-18; T.C.F. 1918-19; Select Pr.Ox. 1924-25; Hon. Chap. to Bp of Win. 1925-28; Proc. Conv. Win. 1921-29; Portsm. 1929-31; R. of Red Hill 1919-31; Lect. St.Andr. Home, Posrtsm. 1920-31; Exam. Chap. to Bp of Portsm. 1927-31; Hon. Can. of Portsm. 1928-31; Dean of Win. from 1931. The Deanery, Winchester.

    Author, The Teaching of Christ, 1915; John Forbes' Itenicum, Book I, 1923; The Approach to Christianity, 1925; EDITOR, Theology, from 1920; Essays, Catholic and Critical, 1926

    A short biography by Lindy Bradley is available on the Winchester Cathedral website at http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Dean-Selwyn.pdf

    Edward married Phyllis Eleanor Hoskyns on 04 Aug 1910 in Nottinghamshire. Phyllis (daughter of Rt. Rev. Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Bt. and Mary Constance Maud Benson) was born in 1886; was christened on 29 Jul 1886 in Notting Hill St Clement, England; died on 30 May 1941 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Phyllis Eleanor Hoskyns was born in 1886; was christened on 29 Jul 1886 in Notting Hill St Clement, England (daughter of Rt. Rev. Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Bt. and Mary Constance Maud Benson); died on 30 May 1941 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    Children:
    1. Edward John Selwyn was born in 1911 in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; died on 29 Jan 1982.
    2. Florence Lucy Selwyn was born in 1913; died in 1992.
    3. 4. Lt. Christopher Arnold Hoskyns Selwyn was born in 1915 in Abingdon; died on 24 Mar 1945; was buried in 1945 in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
    4. Edwyn Charles Jasper Selwyn was born in 1925; died in 1996.

  3. 10.  Ronald Smith

    Ronald married Margaret Winifred Reid. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret Winifred Reid
    Children:
    1. 5. Jean Margaret Smith was born in 1923; died on 12 Jan 2019.


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