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Name:
Edward Maitland Lauderdale1
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1973, Last Will and Testament of Edward Maitland Lauderdale
1977, Grant of Probate for Edward Maitland Lauderdale
Birth:
8 Jul 1883
Address: Abbey Road
Birth Registration:
18 Oct 1883 (age 0)
His father seems to left it rather late as nearly 3 months elapsed between his son's birth and registration.
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 7)
1891 Census - living with parents
Baptism:
29 Jul 1894 (age 11)
St Swithin's Church7
Address: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
His parents would have been present and his sisters Maggie and Alice were baptised on the same occasion. The reason for the 'group' baptism being performed by the Bishop of Lincoln was that their father Edward had resigned as minister of the Baptist Tabernacle in Grimbsy, moved to Lincoln and been ordained as a Church of England minister.
Present (sibling):
29 Jul 1894 (age 11)
Present at Baptism of his sister Maggie Maitland
Present (sibling):
29 Jul 1894 (age 11)
Present at Baptism of his sister Alice Maitland
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 17)
1901 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1909 to 1960 (age 25-77)
After obtaining a B.A. at Cambridge it is thought that he finished his training at St Thomas' Hospital in London. He was made a M.R.C.S. and a L.R.C.P. in 1909 and in the 1911 Census is shown as working at St Thomas' where he became Senior House Physician and Senior Obstetric House Physician. Sometime prior to 1925 he started or acquired a general practice at 211 Lower Rd, S.W.16 in Bermondsey. In 1970 the practice moved to 51 Hawkstone Road and in 1975 he retired although it seems almost inconceivable that he worked until he was 92. At some time during all those years he was Assistant Resident Medical Officer at the Brompton Consumption Hospital. When this was is not known.
Mourner:
2 Jun 1910 (age 26)
Edward Maitland Lauderdale was a mourner at the burial of Edward Lauderdale on 2 June 1910 in Canwick Road Cemetary, Lincoln, Lincolnshire according to the Church of England rite. The mourners included Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Maggie Maitland Lauderdale, John Brown and Sherod Henry Greenfield. The minister at the burial was the Rev. W. Wanstall, Incumbent at St Swithin where Edward was a curate.. The first part of the funeral service was at St Mark's Church, where a large number of parishioners had gathered to pay a last tribute of respect. The service was conducted by Canon Wanstall, assisted by the Revs. W. Rawson, R.D. (the deceased's oldest friend), E. Akenhead (Vicar of St Martin's, T. E. Swanzy, and W. C. Duncan. The other clergy present were the Sub-Dean (Canon Locke), Revs. W. E. Bott, A. Curtois, J.Kaye, and R. Echalas, whilst in the congregation there were also Canon Hodgkinson, Canon Hicks, Canon Wharton, the Revs. A. J. Williams, C. Warren, C. E. Bolam, E. A. Trasenster, J. E. Truman, and others. The choir sang the 90th Psalm, “Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations,” and the hymn, “Oh God our Help in Ages Past.” At the close of the service, the organist, Mr E. George, played the Dead March from “Saul.” As the coffin was carried out the choir chanted the Nunc Dimittis. The cortege, which was met at the Church door by a number of Lincoln Freemasons, then proceeded to the cemetery, an open carriage filled with floral tributes preceded the hearse. The chief mourners included: Dr E. Lauderdale (son), Miss Lauderdale and Miss D. Lauderdale (daughters), Mr W. Bygott (brother-in-law), Wing: Mr F. W. Moody (nephew), Cirencester; Mr S. Moody (nephew), Grimsby; Mr J. Brown (nephew), Grimsby; Mr Sherod Greenfield, Moortown; Mr R. Bygott, South Kelery; Messers. Harrison and Rose (churchwardens); Mrs Harrison, Mrs Duncan, and Nurse Keal.
In spite of the rain there was a numerous attendance at the cemetery, where the service at the graveside was conducted by Canon Wanstall and the Rev. W. Rawson, R.D. After the committal the choir sang the hymn, “Now the labourers task is o'er.” The grave had been lined with moss and ivy by Messrs. Harring, the coffin was of panel oak, with heavy brass furniture, and bore the inscription on the breastplate:
EDWARD LAUDERDALE
Died May 29th, 1910
Aged 69 years
Mr G.H.Shaw had charge of the funeral arrangements. The following is a list of the wreaths:
From his loving wife and children; Mr and Mrs Fred Moody and family (Grimsby); Mr and Mrs W. Bygott and family (Wing); Mrs G Brown and family (Grimsby); Mr and Mr R. Bygott (South Kelsey); Mr and Mrs Greenfield and family (Boughton Manor); Rev. J .E. Swanzy, Rev. And Mrs W. E. Duncan, Mr and Mrs E. P. Uttley, Mr and Miss Rea, Miss K. and R. Hill, Miss Norton and Miss Lister, Mrs Weighton and Mr Drury, Miss Jones (South Scarle), Mr and Mrs Frank Norton and family, Mr and Mrs R. C. Minton, Miss Mabel Rea, the Misses Rose, Mr and Mrs Charles Hartley, Mr and Mrs Rayner and family, Mrs and Miss A. Pepper (Dunston Hall), Nurse Keal, Edith and Rose, Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilson, Mr and Mrs Glew, the Vicar and Churchwardens of St Swithin's, Mr and Mrs J. R. Robinson (Grimsby), Dr and Mrs Collier, Witham Lodge of Freemasons, Members of St Mark's Choir, Members of St Mark's Bible Class, Members of St Mark's Institute, District Visitors of St Mark's, Miss Singleton (Grimsby), Winifred and Bertie Uttley, Miss Mills, Sunday School Children, Members of the Mother's Meeting, Dr and Mrs Pewell and family, Mrs and Miss Mason.
Beneficiary:
26 Jul 1910 (age 27)
Beneficiary in the will of Edward Lauderdale
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 27)
St Thomas's Hospital12
Address: Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London
He is described as a medical practitioner and presumably finishing his training as a houseman.
Witness:
5 Jul 1911 (age 27)
Edward witnessed the Marriage of Sherod Henry Greenfield and Maggie Maitland Lauderdale
Military Service:
frm 1914 to 1818 (age -65-30)
Royal Navy as a Surgeon Lieutenant
His medal record shows that he earned the 1914-15 Star, Victory and British War Medals and claimed them for himself. The fact that was awarded the 1914-15 Star indicates that he saw active service between 5 Aug 1914 and 31 Dec 1915. Recipients of the 1914-15 Star automatically qualified for the British War and Victory Medals. His record is annotated Hawke Battalion 1915. The Hawke Battalion which was composed of naval officers and ratings who fought as soldiers as opposed to serving in ships saw action at Gallipoli from 30 May 1915 to January 1916 and Mudros & Imbros January to May 1916. In May 1916 Hawke Battalion joined the British Expeditionary Force as part of 189th Brigade 63rd (RN) Division seeing action in France and Belgium until May 1919. As a Surgeon Lieutenant Edward would not have been involved directly in the fighting but in tending the wounded.
Son:
6 Nov 1915 (age 32)
Present at death of his mother Mary
Child:
9 Nov 1915 (age 32)
Present at Burial of his mother Mary Jane
Beneficiary:
6 Jan 1916 (age 32)
Beneficiary in the will of Mary Jane Brown
Executor:
6 Jan 1916 (age 32)
Edward was executor for estate of Mary Jane Brown
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 37)
London13
Address: 25 Rodney Court, Maida Vale
Edward has a visitor Bertha Porter. The relationship is unknown.
1939 Register:
29 Sep 1939 (age 56)
Bermondsey, London14
Address: 211 Lower Road
This was the address of his medical practice and he is shown as an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Medical Service for B.B.C. (Bermonsy Borough Council?). He had a housekeeper Florence Featherstone who, as she is shown in the register, must have lived there. However, she is shown as being married but where her husband was is not known (he would have been too old to be in the forces).
Will:
13 Aug 1973 (age 90)
Maida Vale, London15
Address: 25 Rodney Court
The will was drawn up by his solicitor, John Simon Gold who was also appoined executor together with niece Phyllis Walker. After various small bequests he left the residue of his estate to his sister Alice or if she had predeceased him or died within one month of his death to be divided equally between his nieces Phyllis Walker and Dorothy Young. The will was witnessed by Mr and Mrs Magnus who were his neighbours at Rodney Court.
Death:
3 Aug 1977 (age 94)
Bromley Hospital16
Cause: bronchopneumonia and senility
Address: Bromley, Kent
Finding the date of Edward's death was not easy. A search of the death registrations gave an Edward Lauderdale who died in 1977 and was born on 28 July 1881. However, it was known from his birth certificate that he was born on 8 July 1883 and of his full name was Edward Maitland Lauderdale. His last entry in the Medical Directory was in 1977 which gave his home address which was in Maida Vale (by which time he would have been retired as he would have been 94!) whereas the 1964 entry gave his practice address which was in Bermondsey. However, the Medical Directory may be a bit 'historical' - probably at least a year out of date - but did serve to confirm that he had died in 1976 or 7. I asked the GRO to carry out a manual search for the death of Edward Maitland Lauderdale and they couldn't find it neither was his death registered in Scotland, Northern Ireland or abroad but at his age it is unlikely that he would have travelled very far.
A search for a birth registration for an Edward Lauderdale born in 1883 proved negative so it is assumed that an error had been made in Edward Maitland Lauderdale's death registration -- probably because the person registering death was not aware of his full name or his date of birth. Although his death certificate was issued in the name of Edward Lauderdale it gave his occupation as a doctor of medicine (retired) which indicated that the correct certificate had been obtained especially as there was no medical registration for an Edward Lauderdale. As a contributory cause of his death was senility it is assumed that he was in a nursing home before he was taken to hospital and that the person who registered his death (David Gareth Jones) as the occupier (a term which is used for the official from the institution reporting the death) was either the owner or an employee of the home. The death was certified by Anthony G Loss who was the deputy coroner for London Southern district after a post-mortem without inquest which means he had not seen a doctor in the 14 days prior to his death.
Death Registration:
4 Aug 1977
the Register Office
Address: Bromley District
David Jones was either the owner or employee of the nursing home where he lived before being taken into hospital.
Probate:
1 Dec 1977
Address: London
Probate was granted to his solicitor John Simon Gold and his niece Phyllis Mary Walker. After various small bequests the residue of his estate went to his sister Alice. The gross value of his estate was £31, 585 with a nett value of £30,753.
Spouse: Alice Eleanor Dowell, c. 1950, age 54
Spouse:
Children:
Status:
Never Married
relationship:
Jun 1933 (cal) (age 49)
As a result of the relationship they had a son who was brought up by Alice
They never married although they had a son Jack. It is believed they met at the St Thomas' Hospital where Edward was a Senior Obstetrics House Physician and Alice trained as a midwife. Edward's name is not included on Jack's Birth Certificate as his father but Jack was told who his real father was at the age of 13 shortly after the death of his stepfather Horace Richmond. As a pointer to his real father was Edward was included as a Christian name in Jack's birth registration. Jack had suspected for some time that Horace was not his real father and remembers as a small boy being taken by his mother to see Edward who never married although he had hoped to marry his cousin.19 20
Medal Record: Edawrd Maitland Lauderdale, from 1914 to 1918, National Archives.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Name Of Person: Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Registration District: Caistor, Certificate No.: BXCE 240278, (23 Nov 2009 by General Register Office in response to application 1816099-1). Custom Id: BXCE340278; Cit. Date: 8 July 1883. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Edward Maitland Lauderdale, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1888 Q4 Caistor Vol. 7a, Page 612; Cit. Date: Q4 1883. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1901 England Census for Household of Edward Lauderdale, St Martin, Lincoln , (FMP website). Custom Id: RG13/3062, Folio 138, Page 16, Schedule 118; Edward M Laudedale age17 (i.e. born 1884) in Gt Grimsby. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/3062.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Name Of Person: Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Registration District: Caistor, Certificate No.: BXCE 240278, (23 Nov 2009 by General Register Office in response to application 1816099-1). Custom Id: BXCE340278; Registration details. Cit. Date: 18 October 1883. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Edward Maitland Lauderdale, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1888 Q4 Caistor Vol. 7a, Page 612; Cit. Date: Q4 1888. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
Parish Register for Baptism of Edward Maitland Lauderdale, St Swithin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 29 July 1894, North - East Lincolshire Archives.
Medical Directory Entries for Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Directory Type: Medical Directory, (1964 and 1977). Cit. Date: "1964 and 1977".
Medical Register Entries for Edward Maitland Lauderdale, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: 1911-1959; The Medical Register entries give his home address, date and place of registration, and qualifications. The entries for 1911,1913,1915,1923,1951,1923,1955 and 1959 are:-Date of Registration:26 Nov 1909Place of Registration: E. (What E stands for is not known)Qualifications:M.R.C.S. Eng., 1909; L.R.C.P. Lond., 1909. Dowell-Lauderdale Database. Call Number: Medical Registers.
Telephone Directory Entries for Dr. E. M. Lauderdale, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: 1921-74; DateAddressTelephone No.192125 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Paddington 4323192525 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Paddington 4323211 Lower Rd, S.E.16New Cross 601193025 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Paddington 4323211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 1601 194125 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Cunningham 7319211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 1601194525 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Cunningham 7319211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 1601195525 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W.9Cunningham 7319211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011956211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011960211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011961211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011962211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011964211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011965211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011966211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011967211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 16011969211 Lower Rd, S.E.16Bermondsey 1601197157 Hawkstone Rd, S.E.1601-237 3414197457 Hawkstone Rd, S.E.1601-237 3414. Dowell-Lauderdale Database. Call Number: Telephone Directories.
Trade Directory: Kelly's Directory of Marelebone and St John's Wood, 1930, London Metropolitan Archives, Page 447.
1911 England Census for Edward Maitland Lauderdale in St Thomas' Hospital, London, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/1973; County:Registration District:Sub-District:Civil Parish:LondonLambethLambeth ChurchLambethAddress:St Thomas' Hospital, Albert Embankment, S.E.Id NamesRelAge CondOccupationWorkingWhere Born8Edward Maitland LauderdaleServant27SingleMedical Practitioner St Thomas' HospitalGrimsby, LincolshireRelAge CondOccupationWorkingWhere Born8Edward Maitland LauderdaleServant27SingleMedical Practitioner St Tomas' HospitalGrimsby, Lincolshire. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/1973.
1921 United Kingdom census, 25 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, RG15, head of household: Edward Maitland Lauderdale, National Archives.
1939 Register: Edward M. Lauderdale, 29 September 1939, National Archives.
Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Will of Edward Maitland Lauderdale, (Probate Registry). Cit. Date: 13 August 1973.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Edward Lauderdale, (Issued by General Register Office on 27 May 2011 in response to Application No. 3241771/1). Custom Id: QBDY557827; Date of death. Cit. Date: 3 August 1977. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
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Grant of Probate: Edward Maitland Lauderdale, 1 December 1977, Principal Probate Registry, Page 4829.
Edward Maitland Lauderdale, Will of Edward Maitland Lauderdale, (Probate Registry).
J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3 - A Boy in London. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
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General Register Office , Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Jack Peter Eward Dowell, (Issued by General Register Office on 30 Nov1981 in response to Application No 934G). Custom Id: BXA 720674; Father's name and occupation left blank. Cit. Date: 9 May 1934. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
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