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James was a co-founder of Todd, Kitson, and Laird, who manufactured locomotives at Leeds, Yorkshire. By 1863, the company was completely owned by the Kitson family. They produced engines in the UK, and also for other countries including, India, Russia and South America. The company ran into difficulties after WW1, but struggled on until 1938.
His son, James Kitson Jnr., became the 1st Baron Airdale, in 1886, and was an MP from 1892 - 1907. He was a strong supporter of William Gladstone, ran his election campaign.
Further details of the Kitson family and company can be found at:
http://www.steamindex.com/people/kitson.htm
Daughter of John Newton, owner of a painting and decorating firm.
Probable Birth: Sep 1910 - GILBERT Gladys I - W.Ham 4a 23
Probable Death: GRO
Name: Gladys Irene Gibb
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1910
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1999
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: New Forest
Inferred County: Hampshire, New Forest
Register number: 67A
District and Subdistrict: 4941The Times - 15 Apr 1924
ENGAGEMENT: Mr. Gerrard H.S. Fripp and Miss Gertrude Courtney Dix
The engagement is announced between Gerrard Hungerford Steuart Fripp, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steuart Fripp, of Kensington W., and Gertrude Courtney Dix, only child of Mr. and Mrs. H. Courtney Dix, of Melbourne, Australia.Marriage: 1946 Jun - Kensington 1a 422
Gerrard H. S. FRIPP
Gladys I. FRIPPNOTE: The maiden name of son (Nicholas J.S. Fripp's) mother, is Gilbert. So Gladys must have married a FRIPP before she married Gerrard, or perhaps married him twice, the first time was possibly abroad.
Have looked for Fripp / Gilbert marriages 1929 - 1947. (except Dec 1929, which is incorrectly catalogued)
Passenger List: "Perseus" - Port Swettenham (Malaysia) to Liverpool (1st Class)
Arrival Date: 17 Jun 1950
Gerrard H.S. Fripp, Age 50, UK address: Lloyds Bank, 39 Piccadilly, London.
Occupation: Business Executive, Future permanent address: UncertainGladys Irene Fripp, Age 40, UK address: Lloyds Bank, 39 Piccadilly, London.
Occupation: Housewife, Future permanent address: UncertainNicholas J.S. Fripp, Age 2, UK address: Lloyds Bank, 39 Piccadilly, London.
Occupation: Housewife, Future permanent address: Uncertain
Educated at Christ Church, Oxford; Made Prebendary of Westmister Abbey in 1742; Bishop of Bristol 1756 - 1758; Bishop of Oxford & Dean of St Paul in 1758; Bishop of Salisbury 1766 - 1782
Dean of St Paul's and Bishop successively of Bristol, Oxford and Salisbury
[From History of Dunbar Hume and Dundas from Drummond's Noble British Families, William Pickering, London 1846]Died 1782/1788; he and 1st wife Anne (nee Fripp) are buried in Salisbury Cathedral
NOTE: This Anne Fripp does not appear to be entered elsewhere in this tree. She is unlikely to be the daughter of Edward Fripp & Betty Bull, as that Anne was mentioned in Betty's will, dated 21 Nov 1759.
From FHOL: Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index
Ann HUME, died 1757, no issue, 1st wife of John HUME
Ref. 60188, buried at Salisbury Cathedral, WiltshireAnne married John Hume, son of William Hume
See: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~humefamily/sources.htmSource: Ibid, Microfilm # 0990417. Cit. Date: 6 May 1999
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on the Manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle, N.B., (London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office, By Mackie & Co. Ld., 1902) Rec. Date: 23 Jan 2001, page 110. Cit. Date: 23 Jan 2001
Educated at Christ Church, Oxford; Made Prebendary of Westmister Abbey in 1742; Bishop of Bristol 1756 - 1758; Bishop of Oxford & Dean of St Paul in 1758; Bishop of Salisbury 1766 - 1782
Dean of St Paul's and Bishop successively of Bristol, Oxford and Salisbury
[From History of Dunbar Hume and Dundas from Drummond's Noble British Families, William Pickering, London 1846]Died 1782/1788; he and 1st wife Anne (nee Fripp) are buried in Salisbury Cathedral
George Henry Hay 7th Earl of Kinnoul
George, seventh earl of Kinnoul, was constituted by queen Anne 8 December 1711 one of the tellers of the exchequer, and soon after created baron Hay of Pedwardin.
By king George the second he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the court of Constantinople, and married Abigail, daughter of Robert first earl of Oxford lord high treasurer of Great Britain.
Daughter of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
John Purcell (FitzGerald) M.P.
John Purcell married his cousin, Mary Frances Fitzgerald. She was a daughter of Dr. John Fitgerald, a very wealthy landowner, owning much property in Ireland and England. When her father died, in 1818, his estate was left to Mary, as her only sibling, Peter, had died.
John Purcell then changed his and his family's surname to Fitzgerald.
John & Mary's son, Edward Fitgerald, was a poet/author and good friend of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
John Purcell (FitzGerald) was a typical country squire, fond of hunting and shooting, and M.P. for Seaford ; but had an unbalanced vein in him, a tendency to nurse unpractical schemes, which eventually led to financial disaster. Toward the end of his life he became bankrupt and separated from his wife.
The following extract was found in an article about his son, John Purcell Fitzgerald.
See: http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/history/A-saintly-benefactor-who-was.2108179.jpIn 1823 Corsica Hall was purchased by John Fitzgerald (1775-1852), but within a year he had pulled most of the old building down and built a new house which he named The Lodge. Fitzgerald lived in the house when he was MP for Seaford between 1826 and 1832. My previous items have mentioned how the house was later occupied by Fitzgerald's son, John Purcell Fitzgerald. Seaford College remained at Corsica Hall for many years and one of its noted pupils was author Anthony Buckeridge.
Mary Frances Fitzgerald was descended from the Earls of Kildare. She was a daughter of Dr. John Fitgerald, a very wealthy landowner, with estates in Ireland, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, and elsewhere.
She married her 1st cousin, John Purcell, in 1801.When her father died, in 1818, his estate was left to Mary, as her only sibling, Peter, had died.
John Purcell then changed his and his family's surname to Fitzgerald.
John & Mary's son, Edward Fitgerald, was a poet & author. He was said to be about 9 years old when his grandfather (John Fitgerald) died.
Extracts from "The Life of Edward FitzGerald" (son)
FitzGerald's mother was a vivid, gifted woman, of fashionable and social tastes, a good linguist, and fond of poetry. Her portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence, to whom she more than once sat, shows a face of a haughty type, with bold dark eyes, an aquiline nose, black lustrous hair, and a small thin-lipped mouth, which gives an imperious and not wholly agreeable look to the face.Her children admired her intensely, but felt rather awe than love for the majestic and superb lady.
The FitzGeralds lived in considerable splendour. The house in which Edward was born was the White House, Bredfield (now called Bredfield House), a stately, plastered, Jacobean mansion near Woodbridge. They had a town-house in Portland Place, as well as a Manor-house at Naseby, called Naseby Woolleys, where some of FitzGerald's early life was spent. There was another house on an estate at Seaford, and another at Castle Irwell, near Manchester.
They owned pictures, old china, and gold plate; they had a box at the Hay market ; Mrs. FitzGerald drove about in a coach-and-four. Mr. FitzGerald spent money profusely on his stable, his electioneering expenses, his shooting. He seems to have had little head for business; he was robbed by his bailifs; but his fortune could have stood considerable inroads had he not conceived a wild design of digging for coal under his Manchester property, a scheme which was eventually to engulph a great part of his fortune.
When Edward was five years old, his father took a house in Paris ; and several months were spent there in each of the next few years. In 1821 the boy went to King Edward's School, Bury St. Edmunds, under Dr. Malkin. In 1825 the FitzGeralds left Bredfield and moved to a fine house near Ipswich, Wherstead Lodge, which had previously been let to Lord Granville, with the shooting, for 1000 a year; it was famous for its collection of pictures, and contained works by Hogarth, Cosway, Kneller, Lely, and Reynolds.
1851 Census: Manor House, Ham-with-Hatch, Surrey (Probably Mary - separated from John)
Mary Frances FitzGerald, Head, Wid, 70, Fundholder, b. London, Middlesex
Amy Gumm?, Visitor, Un, 64, b. Letheringham, Suffolk
+ 10 servants (including one from Bredfield, Suffolk, where her children were born)
An article about John Purcell Fitzgerald can be found at:
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/history/A-saintly-benefactor-who-was.2108179.jp
Edward Marlborough Purcell (FitzGerald)
Edward Fitgerald was a writer, poet, and good friend of Alfred Lord Tennyson and other literates. He is best known for his English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1123), a Persian Poet, Mathematician and Astronomer.
Several accounts of Edward's life can be found on the internet, including his works and biography, "The Life of Edward FitzGerald" by Thomas Wright, which can be viewed online or downloaded from The Internet Archive
Also see his entry at Wikipedia, which has photos and several other links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_(poet)
His life is also detailed in the book "Creating Literature Out of Life" by Doris Alexander
John Purcell, was a wealthy Irish doctor, a Dublin man, who traced his descent from Cromwell ; among the family relics were the Protector's sword and watch.
From "The life of Edward FitzGerald". (John's grandson)
John was a very wealthy landowner, owning much property in Ireland and England. When he died, about 1818, his estate was left to his daughter, Mrs. Mary Frances Purcell. She had married her cousin, John Purcell, in 1801. John Purcell then changed his and his family's surname to Fitzgerald.
John & Mary's son, Edward Fitgerald, was a poet & author. He was said to be about 9 years old when his grandfather (John Fitgerald) died.
The Fitzgerald family were awarded the land on Little Island for their part in the Norman invasion of 1170. During the 15th and 16th centuries the Fitzgeralds were Kings of Ireland in all but name and hosted many feasts and banquets on the island.
1841 Census: Church Street?, Prescot, Lancashire
Thomas Plant, 45, Surgeon, b. Lancashire
Margaret Plant, 40, b. Lancashire
Mary Plant, 10, b. Lancashire
Alice Plant, 6, b. Lancashire
Anne Plant, 4, b. Lancashire
+ 2 Servants1871 Census: 2 Hooleys Walk, Prescot, Lancashire
Mary Driffield, Head, Wid, 41, Money Invested, b. Prescot, Lancashire
Margaret Plant, Mother, Wid, 74, Money Invested, b. Knowsley, Lancashire
Emily M. Driffield, Daur, Un, 15, Scholar, b. Knowsley, Lancashire
Letitia k. Driffield, Daur, Un, 7, Scholar, b. Prescot, Lancashire
Lancelott G. Driffield, Son, Un, 5, Scholar, b. Prescot, Lancashire
Frederick Driffield, Son, Un, 2, b. Prescot, Lancashire