BEAUMONT/Holborow engagement

[colinp]

Hein of Nobiliana reports that Michael Patrick Beaumont b 1991 and Alice Emily Holborow b 1992 have announced their engagement on social media on 30 June 2019

He is the son of Hon Hubert Wentworth Beaumont (b 1956) [son of Rev and Rt Hon Lord Beaumont of Whitley (LP 1967) (1928-2008), a scion of the Viscounts ALLENDALE, and Mary Rose WAUCHOPE] and (m 1980 div 1998) Katherine Emma (b 1961) dau of Col Richard Francis ABEL SMITH (a descendant of QUEEN VICTORIA) (1933 -2004) Head of the LG family SMITH formerly of Wilford House, and Marcia KENDREW

[colinp]

Hein has reported that the marriage took place on 5 October 2019

[G. Willis]

Thanks Colin; I had a look at Alice Holborow in case she was related to Katharine Mary Holborow, granddaughter of the 8th Earl of Courtown, who married Robert Anstey Preston Wild, of Stanford House, Stanford-on-Avon, Northants. [see Wild (formerly Preston) of Warcop Hall, BLG 1937, and Faber of Ampfield House, BLG 1972]. Katharine's father was Geoffrey Jermyn Holborow, O.B.E., High Sheriff of Cornwall 1977, and s. of George Holborow, of Red House, Alderholt, Dorset; her brother, Crispin, married Louise Powell, scion of the Kennard Baronets, and has two sons, b. 1997 and 1999.

Unfortunately the only record I could locate pertaining to Alice Holborow was that of her birth, giving mother's maiden name as 'Greatorex'; no other apparent Holborow/ Greatorex births, nor a marriage for her parents, so I'll have to admit defeat on this one! 'Holborow' doesn't seem like a very common name, though. G. J. Holborow was noted to be 'youngest son' of George Holborow, so there's some room for a relationship to exist, but I'd really need Alice Holborow's father's name to make any use of anything. She doesn't even show up in a U.K. household with parents or siblings in an electoral roll check (appearing alone at Mansfield and Nottingham, Notts.), which is usually helpful in the absence of a parental marriage record. There are other Holborows in the same area, but that family doesn't appear to be a match.

[colinp]

Could you confirm her date of birth?

[G. Willis]

Hello Colin, the birth record for Alice Emily Holborow, mother's maiden name 'Greatorex' was August 1992, at Worcester. I checked for all births of Alice E. Holborows between 1950 and 2006 (just to allow for every possibility!) and that's the only option; pity I can't locate a marriage record as it'd be interesting to see if there was a link!

One of her social media URLs (now using 'Alice Holborow Beaumont' with lots of wedding pictures) is 'agreatorexholborow', which is corroborative; I'll do a little looking around and post if I find anything.

[G. Willis]

I'm afraid there just doesn't seem to be enough to work with, so I have to throw in the towel, despite some promising leads!

Facebook friends included a William and a Louise Holborow, from which I managed to locate other individuals including some turning out to be siblings (as follows) and based on a memorial post and BMD records establish them to be children of Richard W. Holborow, of Tetbury, and his first wife, Devina Mona Mary (1920- pre-2017), née Rule. Along with William, who is gay (which does not of course preclude the possibility of a previous marriage and issue, although U.K. records do not indicate such), is another son, James Richard (b. 1953), who m. 1977, a Theresa A. Isaac and had issue a son (b. 1988) and two daus (b. 1979 and 1984). He appears to have married secondly, 2004, Virginia V. Clarke (the above is corroborate by electoral roll and other sources). Given Alice Holborow's birth to mother 'Greatorex' but no apparent marriage, the possibility exists of there not having been one; the relationship would fit timewise with James Holborow's marriages, but this is of course only supposition.

Richard W. Holborow (regarding whom I was unable to locate very much information; no very likely birth or death records) was married secondly in 1981 to Anthea Kathleen (1944-), dau. of Reginald Alfred Henry Reardon[-]Smith (possibly a scion of that baronetical family?) of Green Farm Cottage, Farmborough, nr Bath, and Rona Kathleen, dau. of Capt. Wilfred Haden Hickman, 1st/ 6th South Staffordshire Regiment, descended from Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bt. The above corroborated by marriage records and Debrett's.

Given the ages of his children (the eldest, Victoria, b. 1944, the youngest, William, b. 1958), it would be reasonable to place Richard W. Holborow's year of birth between, say, 1900 and 1925; this would appear to bar a close relationship to the Holborows related by marriage to the Earls of Courtown, as I mentioned in a previous post:

George Holborow, of The Red House, Alderholt, Dorset was, on further research, Rev. George Holborow (1898-1966), of 222, Botley Road, Oxford [per probate record], formerly of The Red House, Alderholt, of Kettering, Northants., and of Wangford, Suffolk. He was educ. Exeter Coll., Oxon. (B.A. 1922) and Ripon Hall, in Oxford, was rector of Kettering and Hon. Canon of Peterborough Cathedral, formerly formerly of Ringsfield with Redisham Parva, Suffolk, and curate of Beccles 1923-6. His wife (m. 1924) was Barbara Stella (1892-1971) [of Pilgrims Cottage, Fressingfield, Diss, Norfolk per probate; at the time of their son Geoffrey's marriage they must have been separated, because 'Mrs Barbara Holborow' was given at that time as of Fressingfield. They had three sons, which is where Richard W. Holborow as above is firmly excluded; eldest son, David George (b. 1925), educ. Repton, Exeter Coll., Oxon. (M.A. 1948), Emmanuel Coll., Cantab. (Dip.Ed. 1949), was director, N.Z. Institute of International Affairs, formerly N.Z. Ambassador to Brazil (res. Chile; 1978-81), the Philippines (1981-4) and South Korea (1980-4) m. Rowena Joan, dau. of Tom Husband [possibly had issue; haven't researched this]. Second son, Christopher Adrian (b. 1927) was an eminent ENT surgeon according to his father's obituary, provided by his mother, in the Emmanuel College magazine (https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/publications/EmmaMagazine2016.pdf ); he may have married and had issue but haven't checked as isn't really relevant here; third son Geoffrey (1929-2015), as above, founder, Stratton & Holborow land agents, vice-president, Council of Land Agents, O.B.E. (1979), High Sheriff of Cornwall 1977, m. Lady Mary, dau. of 8th Earl of Courtown.

I can't locate a U.K. birth record for George Holborow, nor any likely individuals in the 1901 or 1911 census, suggesting him to have been born elsewhere; the possibility exists that Richard W. Holborow, seemingly grandfather of Alice E. Holborow, was his brother or possibly even nephew, but lacking evidence no relationship can be established. There are Holborows at Tetbury in 1901 and 1911 census records, but nothing I can really use to confirm anything, unfortunately.

[Mary-Ann]

I have found a possible link regarding Alice Emily Holborow's parentage:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120313502/

Unfortunately I can only access the OCR text, which show "Alexander and Candice HOLBOROW (Greatorex) July 27. 1992" and further down "Alice Emily".

Maybe something for G.Willis to work on :)

[G. Willis]

Hello Mary-Ann, thanks for that- I had come across the OCR earlier (the only thing I could find anywhere combining 'Holborow' and 'Greatorex'!), but couldn't make much of it, and wasn't able to find anything more on the two names, so discarded it. However, now I've had another look, the 'Worcestershire' next to 'a daughter (Alice Emily)' might very well suggest (however disjointed the text may be!) this is the right couple; Alice Emily Holborow was certainly registered as a Worcester birth! Thanks again for bringing it to my attention- a fresh pair of eyes definitely always helps, as in this case!

How an Alexander Holborow would fit into the family of Alice Holborow's apparent grandparents/ uncles/ aunts as tentatively outlined above, I'm not sure; will have to give this another look tomorrow when I'm more awake!

EDIT: Actually, no- I think I've cracked it; the OCR doesn't really help the eye make sense of anything, but it's actually 'HOLBOROW (Greatorex) July 27. 1992. to Susan and Geoffrey, of Whitbourne. Worcestershire a daughter (Alice Emily)'.

This is, presumably, not the Geoffrey Holborow who married Lady Mary Stopford (as above), as nothing indicates they were ever separated, but the name may be suggestive. There are results for a 'Geoff Holborow' at Whitbourne, and the electoral roll indicates a Geoffrey G. Holborow of 'Worcester, Hereford and Worcester, HR6' 2002-4. A Susan M. Holborow was resident at Bromyard, Herefords. in 2002-3. Plenty to look into tomorrow I think!

[G. Willis]

OK, might as well post this whilst it's fresh:

A Geoffrey G. E. Holborow m. 1991, Susan M. Hendry; in 1986, Susan M. Greatorex m. Michael A. W. Hendry. G. G. E. Holborow had seemingly previously married, in 1983, Margaret L. Brooker.

Geoffrey G. E. Holborow b. 1953, mother's maiden name 'Hemens'; 1952 marriage record for a David J. Holborow and Margaret E., dau. of - Hemens. This memorial notice for a 'Margo Holborow' mentions husband David, their residence at Tetbury (note this location having appeared in previous posts with relation to the family of Alice Holborow's Facebook friend relatives), and that she was a 'grandmother'- https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/12863384.MARGO_HOLBOROW/

Other sources indicate this 'Margo Holborow' to have been a Margaret. Two other children in U.K. birth records: Brian A. (b. 1955) and Lesley E. (b. 1962). Several sources indicate David Holborow, of Tetbury, to be a Rotarian (former 'District Governor'- I'm not familiar with exactly what that means however), and he is noted as a contributor to a history book on Tetbury, 'Tetbury through Time', by Lynne Cleaver, featuring the 'Holborow & Sons' (later 'Cotswold Dale Stone Company'). A now-dead page on a property site gives 'An excellent Cotswold stone built cottage style modern home... The property was built by Holborow & Sons of Tetbury in 1956... Cotswold stone from the local Cotswold Dale Stone Company'. 

Therefore it's reasonable to conclude a relationship exists between David J. Holborow and the Richard W. Holborow mentioned in a previous post, also of Tetbury, with the Holborows seemingly fairly established there; possibly they are brothers? Given the Tetbury factor, the David J. Holborow b. 1929 at Tetbury, mother's name 'Pidsley' is a likely candidate. Further increasing the likelihood (aside from Alice's Facebook friends, which is more or less a confirmation of some kind of familial relationship) of a link between Richard W. Holborow and David J. Holborow is the 1916 marriage record between Richard Edward Holborow and Christina Harriet, dau. of R. H. Pidsley. A Richard 'Edwards' Holborow b. 1888 at Tetbury, and a Richard Holborow b. 1861 d. 1931 at Tetbury, presumably his father based on probate ['Richard Holborow of 4, Northfield Road, Tetbury... Probate to Richard Edwards Holborow, builder']. Christina Harriet Holborow (per probate, of Stafford House, Tetbury) d. 1956, her husband being named as personal representative. Per census and marriage records, Richard Holborow senior was a 'grocer shopkeeper' m. in 1887 at Tetbury to Caroline Fanny Smith.

Probably more can be done with this later, re: connecting the Holborows of Tetbury, and perhaps connecting them to the Rev. George Holborow of The Red House, Alderholt as previously posted.