The Finch Family
Arthur Edward Finch
9 December 1856, in Tulse Hill,
Lambeth district, Surrey, England
Arthur Finch
Helen (Field) Finch
Marlborough College, Wiltshire.
Arthur attended Marlborough at the same time (and was on the Rifle Corps XI
at the same time) as Robert Walter Doyne, the brother of his future wife,
Charlotte Doyne.
Marlborough College register p247 (1905)
Finch, Arthur
Edward, s. of A. Finch Esq., Christ Church Road, Roupel Park,
S.W., b. Dec. 9, 1856; l. Xmas 1874. C 3
R.C. XI., 1873-4; Wine Merchant, Madras
Charlotte
Sophia
Mary Doyne on 15 June 1881 in Farnham
district, Hampshire or Surrey, England
Merchant. In 1881, Arthur is
described as a Spanish merchant and in 1901 as a retired East India
merchant. A legal notice in the London Gazette 10 January 1902 p249
describes him as an East India Merchant (no mention of retired) in 1902 and
the Marlborough College register p247 (1905)
lists Arthur as a Wine Merchant, Madras.
1939, in Greenwich
district, London, England, aged 82
1871: Marlborough
College, Marlborough, Wiltshire
1881:
59
Lincoln Inn Fds, London, Middlesex
1901: 2 Pinfield Road, Streatham, London, the home of his parents. He was
aged 44, a Retired E.India Merchant, born in Tulse Hill.
1902: 2 Pinfield Road, Streatham, London (London Gazette 10 January 1902 p249)
1914: Abbey Cottage, Well End, Buckinghamshire (Little
Marlow on-line)
1923: Abbey Cottage, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire (Radley College Register p346)
Edward Terence Doyne Finch
6 November 1887, in Madras, India
Times of India 10 November 1887
Nov 6 at Madras
the wife of AE Finch of a son
11 December 1887, in Madras, India
Arthur
Edward
Finch
Charlotte
Sophia
Mary (Doyne) Finch
Officer in the Royal Navy.
On 15 October 1903 Edward was a midshipman in the Royal Navy and joined HMS
Hannibal on 15 September of the
same year. He joined HMS Prince
George on 22 February 1905, was promoted to acting Sub Lieutenant
which was confirmed on 15 December 1906 (London Gazette 30 July 1907 p5206) and was
based in Portsmouth under training. On 28 April 1908 he joined HMS Suffolk
and was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 June 1908 (London Gazette 24 November 1908 p8700).
He then joined TB078 (a torpedo boat), in command, on 7 February 1911 and
subsequently took command of HMS Brazen,
joining her on 31 October. Training for torpedo duties on HMS Vernon
followed and he joined HMS Bulwark
on 29 August 1913 as Torpedo Officer. HMS Bulwark
was a 1st Class battleship of 15,000 tons, built at the Devonport
Dockyard. She was serving in the 5th Battle Squadron under Captain G.
L. Sclater when on 15 November she arrived at Sheerness to provision. Eleven
days later, while taking on ammunition, she blew up without warning.
Practically all her complement of 750 officers and men were on board, only
12 survived. It was the worst naval accident of the war, and the Admiralty
"could not account for the cause on the meagre evidence placed before it".
Among those unaccounted for was Edward Finch.
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Explosion of the HMS Bulwark
in which Edward Finch died
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Portsmouth Naval Memorial where Edward
Finch is memorialised
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Detail of Edward's name on the Portsmouth
Naval Memorial
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26 November 1914, aboard HMS
Bulwark when it exploded off
Sheerness, Kent, England, while loading ammunition. Edward is memorialised
at the Portsmouth War Memorial. The entry in the Portsmouth Naval Memorial
register reads:
FINCH, Lieut. Edward Terence Doyne. R.N. H.M.S.
"Bulwark". Killed by internal explosion of vessel off Sheerness 26th
November 1914.
A year after Edward’s death a memorial window at Little Marlow Parish
Church, Buckinghamshire, was dedicated to his memory. The wording at
the base of the window reads "To the Glory of God and to the dearly loved
and honoured memory of Edward Terence Doyne Finch, Lieut. Royal Navy, born
6th Nov 1887. Lost with the officers and men of HMS Bulwark whilst serving
their country, 26 Nov 1914, aged 27 years RIP".
1911: Portsmouth, Hampshire: Edward Terris Finch is aged 23, born in Madrass,
India
Eila Winifred Doyne (Finch) Nevile
1 December 1885, in Madras, India
Times of India 4 December 1885
Dec 1st at
Madras the wife of AE Finch of a daughter
20 December 1885, in Madras, India
Arthur
Edward
Finch
Charlotte
Sophia Mary (Doyne) Finch
Gerard Ogilvy Nevile on 27
July 1907, at All Saints, Branksome, Poole, Dorset, England
The Electrical Review 9 August 1907 pp279-80
On Saturday,
July 27th, at All Saints Church, Branksome, Mr. Gerard Ogilvey Nevile,
son of the late Mr. H. W. Nevile, of Manchester, and formerly assistant
engineer to the Bournemouth and Poole Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., now
with Messrs. J. G. White & Co., Ltd., was married to Miss Eila
Winifred Doyne Finch, niece of the Rev. C. Doyne, Vicar of All Saints,
Branksome. Mr Nevile has been appointed assistant engineer to the United
Electric Tramways of Monte Video, Ltd., and sails with Mrs. Nevile for
Monte Video on September 6th.
Gerard was born in 1879, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, the son of Henry
William Nevile and Lucy Maria Roberts. Gerard was an electrical engineer,
and worked as assistant engineer to the Bournemouth and Poole Electricity
Supply Co. and in 1907 was with Messrs. J. G. White & Co. He was
appointed assistant engineer of the United Electric Tramways of Montevideo,
Uruguay and sailed for Monte Video with Eila on 6 September 1907. Gerard was
resident engineer at United Electric Tramways of Montevideo in 1912. He died
in 1933.
1881:
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Moor Lane, Broughton in Salford, Lancashire
1891: Springfield, Uppingham, Rutland: Gerard O. Nevile, boarder, is aged
13, born in Manchester, Lancashire
16 March 1966, at Flat 3, Highfield,
Mimbridge, Chobham, Surrey, England
John Philip Gordon Finch
27 July 1898, in Wyke Regis, Dorset,
England
Arthur
Edward
Finch
Charlotte
Sophia
Mary (Doyne) Finch
Radley College and Merton
College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1922 with a 1st in History. Following
his entrance to the consular service, John took a course in Arabic, Persian
and Turkish at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1923-5.
Foreign Office Official. John
passed foreign service examinations on 12 October 1923, and was appointed to
the Levant Consular Service (London Gazette 6 November 1923 p7560), and
on 10 December 1927 he was appointed Vice-Consul in the Levant service (London Gazette 9 March 1928 p1676). On 31
May 1928, John was appointed Vice-Consul at Resht (now Rasht, a port on the
Caspian Sea in northern Iran) (London Gazette 31 July 1928 p5133) and on 2
February 1932, he was appointed Vice-Consul in Cairo (London Gazette 17 June 1932 p3947). On 4
November 1933, John was posted as Vice-Consul to Diana-Rowanduz in what is
now Iraq (London Gazette 30 January 1934 p675). On 18
March 1841, John was appointed as Consul for the liwas of Mosul and Arbil,
to reside in Mosul, also in what is now Iraq (London Gazette 23 May 1941 p2940). John
received the O.B.E., and was appointed Officer of the Seventh on 1 August
1945 (London Gazette 30 January 1948 p743) and
Officer of the Sixth Grade of Branch A of His Majesty's Foreign Service,
with effect from 15 May 1949 (London Gazette 29 January 1952 p579).
Served in World War I in 1917-9, in
the Royal Garrison Artillery, reaching the rank of lieutenant.
22 January 1965, in Dijon, France, aged 66
1901: All Saints Vicarage,
Western Road, Parkstone, Dorset
1965: 109 Cranmer Court, Sloane Avenue, London (London Gazette 12 February 1965 p1586)
Marjorie Isobel Finch
8 July 1883, in Fulham, Middlesex,
England
Arthur Edward
Finch
Charlotte
Sophia
Mary (Doyne) Finch
1934, in Kensington district, London,
England, aged 51
1901: All Saints Vicarage,
Western Road, Parkstone, Dorset
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