John Sidney Augustus Selwyn

John Sidney Augustus Selwyn

Male 1908 - 2000  (91 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Sidney Augustus SelwynJohn Sidney Augustus Selwyn was born on 17 Oct 1908 in Mussoorie W, India (son of Rev. Arthur Louis Henry Selwyn and Constance Annie Joseph); died in Mar 2000.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1911, Roedene, Uxbridge Rd., Hampton Hill, Middx

    Notes:

    Appointed to Indian Police, Officer-in-Charge, Police Training Centre, Hangu, North-West Frontier Province, 1939

    Appointed to be His Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, 3rd Feb. 1951

    Appointed to be First. Secretary (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut, 1962

    Appointed to be Her Majesty's Consul at Strasbourg, 18 Nov 1963

    Appointed to be Her Majesty's Consul-General for the departments of Haut Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vosges, Haute Saone, -Doubs, and the territory of Belfort, Meuse, Haute-Marne and Jura, to reside at Strasbourg, 1 May 1964

    Capt in the Indian Police, having been sent down from Sandhurst for an unfortunate incident throwing another cadet in the lake. John told Richard Selwyn Sharpe this was the making of him as he fought in campaigns on the NW frontier in the late 1930s before joining the regular army in the war, where he fought in Burma with the Commandos.

    John married Cicely Georgina Armour on 6 Jan 1932 in St. Mary's Church, Berkeley. Cicely (daughter of Rev. Canon Henry Crawford Armour and Georgina Theodosia Hughes) was born in 1909 in Berkeley; died in 2001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Jenny Selwyn was born in 1933; died in 1934.
    2. Jeremy John Augustus Selwyn was born in 1936 in Karachi, India; died on 12 Oct 2012 in London, Canada.
    3. Wendy Gay Selwyn was born on 16 Jan 1939 in Karachi, India; died on 23 March 2008 in Sidney, British Columbia.

    John married Janette Bruce Mullin in Sep 1952. Janette was born on 15 Jun 1925; died in 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Michael Augustus Selwyn was born on 7 Sep 1955 in San Isidro, Lima, Peru; died on 5 Sep 2008 in Rennes; was buried in Rennes East Cemetery.

    John married Phyllis Violet Hamer in 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    John married Sonja Fischer in 1971, and was divorced in 1988. Sonja was born in 1945; died in 2006. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Christina Selwyn

    John married Cicely Georgina Armour in 1988. Cicely (daughter of Rev. Canon Henry Crawford Armour and Georgina Theodosia Hughes) was born in 1909 in Berkeley; died in 2001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. Arthur Louis Henry SelwynRev. Arthur Louis Henry Selwyn was born in Apr 1877 in North Walsham (son of Rev. Sydney Augustus Selwyn and Ellen Mary Blake); died on 10 Dec 1947.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1881, Beech Grove, North Walsham, Norfolk
    • Census: 1891, Spa Rd, Bournemouth, Hants

    Notes:

    From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1908

    SELWYN, Arthur Louis Henry, Karachi, India. - Univ. Coll.Dur. B.A. Lon. Coll of Div. d 1900, p 1901 Nor. Chap. (Eccles. Est.) 1907 at Karachi, Dio. Lah. 1907. F C. of Cromer 1900-02; Chap (A.Cl.S.) at Sukkur 1902-06; Srinagar 1905-07.


    From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1932

    SELWYN, Arthur Louis Henry - Univ. Coll.Dur. B.A. Lon. Coll of Div. d 1900, p 1901 Nor. C. of Cromer 1900-02; Chap (A.Cl.S.) at Sukkur 1902-05; Srinagar 1905-07; (Eccles. Est.) Ambala 1907-08; Karachi 1909-10; Furlough 1910-11; Sialkot 1911-14; Hyderabad 1914-1915; Indian Exped. Force 1915-19; Risalpur 1919-21; Dalhousie 1921-22 and 1925-26; Raisina 1922-23; Sialkot 1923-25; V. of St. Kath. Savernake Forest, 1926-31; Preshute, Dio. Sarum, from 1931. (P. Master of Cathl. Choristers; T.R.C. 173l w 1 1/4 a of Gl. val 4l; Q.A.B 36l; Eccles. Comm. 134l; fees 8l; e.o. 14l; o.s. 33l; Gross Inc. 403l; Net 328l and Ho; Pop. 1839.) Preshute, Marlborough

    Arthur married Constance Annie Joseph on 2 Oct 1902 in Hampstead Holy Trinity, England. Constance was born on 05 Jul 1879; died on 08 Aug 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Constance Annie Joseph was born on 05 Jul 1879; died on 08 Aug 1966.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1911, Roedene, Uxbridge Rd., Hampton Hill, Middx

    Children:
    1. Frank Edward Jasper Selwyn was born on 13 Sep 1904 in Quetta, India; died on 06 Jun 1985 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
    2. 1. John Sidney Augustus Selwyn was born on 17 Oct 1908 in Mussoorie W, India; died in Mar 2000.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rev. Sydney Augustus SelwynRev. Sydney Augustus Selwyn was born in 1853 in Bowling Green, Bowling, Yorks; was christened on 24 Apr 1853 in Hemingford Abbots (son of William Marshall Selwyn and Mary Anne Simons); died on 25 Feb 1924 in Swanage, Dorset.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1861, Lee Park, Lee, Kent
    • Census: 1871, The Rectory, Forncett St. Mary, Norfolk
    • Census: 1881, Beech Grove, North Walsham, Norfolk
    • Census: 1891, Spa Rd, Bournemouth, Hants
    • Census: 1901, 122, Finchley Rd., Hampstead, London
    • Census: 1911, The Vicarage, Sherborne, Dorset

    Notes:

    Adm. (age 18) at CAIUS, July 17, 1871. S. of William Marshall, gent., deceased, of Longwood, near Bingley, Yorks. B. at Bowling, near Bradford. School, Blackheath proprietary. Matric. Michs. 1871; B.A. 1875; M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1876; priest, 1877; C. of North Walsham, Norfolk, 1876-8. R. of St Michael Coslany, Norwich, 1881-4. V. of Sheerness, 1884-6. V. of St James, Hatcham, Surrey, 1886-91. V. of St John-the-Evang., Boscombe, 1891-1900. V. of Holy Trinity, Hampstead, 1900-8. V. of Sherborne and P.C. of Castleton, Dorset, 1908-15. V. of Church of the Messiah, Toronto, 1915-19. R. of Charmouth, Dorset, 1920-2. Lived latterly at Swanage, where he died Feb. 28, 1924. Brother of William M. (1877); father of William M. (1898). (Venn, II. 399; Crockford; The Times, Feb. 29, 1924.)

    From Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1908

    SELWYN, Sydney Augustus, Vicarage, Sherborne. - G. and C. Coll. Cam. B.A. 1874, M.A. 1878. d. 1876, p 1877 Nor. V. of Sherborne, Dio. Sarum, 1908. (P, F. Wingfield Digby Esq: T.R.C. 200l, av. 133l; o.s. 200l; Gross Inc. 373l. Net 323l and Ho; Pop 6095.) P.C. of Castleton, Dio. Sarum, 1908. (P, F. Wingfield Digby Esq; Net Inc. 75l; Pop 40.) F C. of N. Walsham 1876-81; R of St. Michael Coslany, Nor. 1881-84; Chap Nor. Union 1882-84; V. of Sheerness 1884-86; St. Jas. Hatcham, Surrey, 1886-91; St. Jo. Evang. Boscombe, 1891-1900. H. Trin. Hampstead, 1900-08

    Sydney married Ellen Mary Blake. Ellen (daughter of Henry William Blake and Mary Heitland) was born about 1851 in Thurning, Norfolk; died in 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ellen Mary Blake was born about 1851 in Thurning, Norfolk (daughter of Henry William Blake and Mary Heitland); died in 1925.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1881, Beech Grove, North Walsham, Norfolk
    • Census: 1891, Spa Rd, Bournemouth, Hants
    • Census: 1901, 122, Finchley Rd., Hampstead, London
    • Census: 1911, The Vicarage, Sherborne, Dorset

    Children:
    1. 2. Rev. Arthur Louis Henry Selwyn was born in Apr 1877 in North Walsham; died on 10 Dec 1947.
    2. Rt. Rev. William Marshall Selwyn was born on 15 Feb 1879 in Norwich, Norfolk; died on 29 Sep 1951.
    3. Evelyn Mary Selwyn was born on 06 Oct 1881 in Norwich; was christened on 25 Nov 1881 in St Michael Coslany, Norwich; died in 1954.
    4. Sydney Francis Selwyn was born on 26 Feb 1884; died on 19 Sep 1908 in Sherborne.

  3. Children:
    1. 3. Constance Annie Joseph was born on 05 Jul 1879; died on 08 Aug 1966.
    2. Leila May Joseph


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Marshall SelwynWilliam Marshall Selwyn was born on 26 Dec 1825 in Ruddington, Notts (son of Rev. Edward Selwyn and Frances Simons); died on 10 Jul 1868 in St. Martin's, Guernsey; was buried on 13 Jul 1868 in Guernsey.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1851, Wakefield Rd., Bowling, Bradford
    • Census: 1861, Bierley Hall, North Bierley

    Notes:

    Lt Col West Riding Militia Artillery.

    William married Mary Anne Simons on 22 Apr 1851 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Mary (daughter of Lt. Col. Edward Simons and Bridget Maria Browne) was born in 1826 in Bengal, India; died on 14 May 1915 in Kingsdown Nr. Deal, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Anne SimonsMary Anne Simons was born in 1826 in Bengal, India (daughter of Lt. Col. Edward Simons and Bridget Maria Browne); died on 14 May 1915 in Kingsdown Nr. Deal, Kent.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1861, Bierley Hall, North Bierley
    • Census: 1871, Clifton House, Eaton, Norwich
    • Census: 1881, Albemarle Rd, Eaton St Andrew, Norfolk, England
    • Census: 1891, 25 Bennett Place, Greenwich
    • Census: 1911, Rosenlaui, Kingsdown, Kent

    Children:
    1. 4. Rev. Sydney Augustus Selwyn was born in 1853 in Bowling Green, Bowling, Yorks; was christened on 24 Apr 1853 in Hemingford Abbots; died on 25 Feb 1924 in Swanage, Dorset.
    2. Louisa Mary Selwyn was born on 9 Feb 1855 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; died on 27 Feb 1884.
    3. Rev. George Arthur Selwyn was born on 19 Nov 1856 in Bierley Hall, Bradford; was christened on 19 Feb 1857 in Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, England; died on 03 Mar 1885 in Norwich.
    4. Rev. William Maingay Selwyn was born on 7 Oct 1858; died on 5 Jun 1933 in Moorlands, Kingsdown, Kent.
    5. Amy Frances Selwyn was born about 1860; died on 17 Nov 1944.
    6. Maud Albinia Selwyn was born on 14 Apr 1862 in Bierley Hall, Bradford; died on 30 Jul 1942 in Tunbridge Wells; was buried on 1 Aug 1942 in St Paul's new churchyard, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wellls.
    7. Constance Marion Selwyn was born on 20 Sep 1864 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 19 Oct 1864 in Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, England; died on 26 Mar 1887 in Florence, Italy.
    8. Rev. Herbert Edward Selwyn was born on 22 Sep 1866 in Longwood, Nr. Bingley, Yorks.; was christened on 25 Oct 1866 in Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England; died on 26 Jan 1936 in Boscombe, Hants.; was buried in Bournemouth Cemetery.

  3. 10.  Henry William Blake was born in 1799.

    Henry married Mary Heitland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Heitland
    Children:
    1. 5. Ellen Mary Blake was born about 1851 in Thurning, Norfolk; died in 1925.


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