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A genealogy of the Selwyn family
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 1872 - 1930 (58 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Margaret Elizabeth Selwyn was born in 1872 in Lichfield; died on 29 Jul 1930 in Stamford, Huntingdonshire, England. Other Events:
- Census: 1881, 2 Mallock Terrace, Torquay
- Census: 1891, Farringford View, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Margaret married Rev. Canon Herbert Kearsley Fry in 1905 in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire. Herbert was born in 1875 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 26 Feb 1937 in Stamford, Lincolnshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Rev. Hugh Selwyn Fry, OBE
 was born on 14 Apr 1908 in Raunds, Northamptonshire; died on 29 Aug 1988 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Rev. Hugh Selwyn Fry, OBE (1.Margaret1) was born on 14 Apr 1908 in Raunds, Northamptonshire; died on 29 Aug 1988 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Notes:
From http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=7869
M.I.D. London Gazette 3 October,1952, "for distinguished service in operations in Korean waters":- The Reverend Hugh Selwyn Fry, Chaplain, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Ceylon.
O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January, 1963.
Hugh Selwyn Fry was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1930, M.A. 1934; Chaplain, R.N.V.R., 1943-47; Chaplain, R.N., 1947-63. Chaplain of the cruiser Ceylon which, together with the Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier Unicorn, conveyed the first British troops (1 A&SH and 1 Middx. respectively) to land in Korea, at Pusan on 29 August, 1950. The Reverend Fry injured his leg in Korea. After retiring from the Royal Navy in 1963 he became Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Faringdon, Berkshire, and died in 1989.
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