Catherine Cecilia Florence Lamoury

 Name: Thomas William Alfred Edwards

Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 May 1867
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Father's Name: Anthony Edwards
Spouse's Name: Catherine Cecilia Florence Lamoury
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Spouse's Father's Name: Anthony Dides Lamoury

Name: Catherine Cecilia Florence Edwards

Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 24 Aug 1901
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Death Date: 24 Aug 1901
Spouse's Name: Thomas William Edwards
Spouse's Gender: Male

Name: Grace Rosalind Maria Lamoury
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 20 Nov 1867
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1866
Mother's Name: Catherine Cecelia Florence Lamoury

Westhampnett in Peace and War

 Westhampnett in Peace and War

We know that Reginald and Violet Peel moved to the village of Westhampnett, near Chichester in West Sussex, around 1926, as Laurence was born there in 1927 and Michaell in 1929.

The village has a Saxon origin, predating the Norman conquest, and lies on Stane (‘Stone’) Street, the 50-mile Roman road from London to Noviomagus Reginorum (Saxon Chichester, home to the Celtic Regnenses, a satellite of the Atrebates tribe), now the A285 A-road. In the Domesday Book, when the village was part of the ancient manor of Boxgrove, there was woodland, scrubland for grazing pigs, a mill and 16 cottager holdings, with an annual value to the lord of the manor of £3.

Just over a mile up the road are the ruins of the fortified manor of Halknaker (locally called ‘Ha’naker’) and the windmill on Halnaker Hill, which gives us another Vlieland connection. The poet Hilaire Belloc, a prominent voice in the ‘Flee to the Fields’ movement along with William Shove (eldest son of Alice Vlieland’s sister Bertha and Frances Vlieland’s best man at her marriage to Reginald Peel in 1906), mourned the death of rural England in his 1923 poem Ha’naker Mill, which reminds us of the desolation of the Coulson mills in Boughton under Blean the 1870s:

‘the sweeps have fallen from Ha’naker Mill. ...

Ruin a-top and a field unploughed.’

There is another description of Westhamptnett, in 1940: ‘a small grass airfield, nestled at the foot of the downs’ from where the crews of 145 Squadron took part in the Battle of Britain. Squadrons based at Westhampnett during World War II took part in almost every aerial engagement in the European war, and were one of the jewels in the crown of the RAF. The Squadron Leader in charge of 145 Squadron was John Ralph Alexander Peel DFC, DSO, the son of Basil Gerard Peel DSO CBE of the Indian Army 1st Madras Pioneers (decorated in George V’s Birthday Honours in 1923). John Peel is credited with firing the first shots of the Battle of Britain in July 1940; he was in action again on 8 August 1940 when in defence of 20 merchant ships in Convoy CW9, Convoy Peewit, his Squadron of Hurricanes ‘fought the fight of their lives’ in a vicious engagement with German dive-bombers over the Channel.

We do not yet know why Reginald and Violet settled in Westhampnett, when Reginald’s family were from Exeter and their later years were in Brighton. Certainly John seems not to be the link, as he only came to the village when he joined his Squadron. We are now exploring the baptismal records for Laurence and Michael to find out their parents’ address when they registered the births and when they arrived in the village. More, we hope, will follow.


The description of RAF Westhampnett as ‘a small grass airfield ...’, and other details in the post, are taken from Westhampnett at War by Mark Hillier, with many thanks.

Thanks Barbara 

Thomas William Alfred Edwards

Name: Thomas William Alfred EdwardsEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 May 1867
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Father's Name: Anthony Edwards
Spouse's Name: Catherine Cecilia Florence Lamoury
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Spouse's Father's Name: Anthony Dides Lamoury

Name: Thomas William Alfred Francis Edwards
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 22 Feb 1848
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1847
Father's Name: Anthony Henry Edwards
Mother's Name: Harriet

Anthony Dides Lamoury

Name: Thomas William Alfred EdwardsEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 May 1867
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Father's Name: Anthony Edwards
Spouse's Name: Catherine Cecilia Florence Lamoury
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Spouse's Father's Name: Anthony Dides Lamoury


Name: Anthony Dedro Lamoury
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Sep 1842
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Father's Name: Francis Lamoury
Spouse's Name: Eliza Rodrigues
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Rodrigues

Maria d'Reys

Name: Nathaniel Peel

Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Jul 1855
Event Place: Vepery, Tamil Nādu, India
Event Place (Original): Vepery, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Maria d'Reys
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph d'Reys

Samuel Peel

Ann Peel wife of Samuel Peel

Event Type: Burial

Event Date: 26 Oct 1853
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Year (Estimated): 1815AA
Death Date: 26 Oct 1853
Spouse's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Gender: Male

Father of Nathaniel Peel


Name: Nathaniel Peel
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jun 1856
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Eliza Lamaury
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Rodrigues

Name: Nathaniel Peel
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Jul 1855
Event Place: Vepery, Tamil Nādu, India
Event Place (Original): Vepery, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Maria d'Reys
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph d'Reys

Name: Nathaniel Peel
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Sep 1866
Event Place: Bombay Presidency, India
Event Place (Original): Poona, Bombay, India
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Constance Amelia Bird
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Bird

Elizabeth Lamaury

Name: Elizabeth Lamaury
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 12 Sep 1827
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Quilon, Madras, India
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 9 May 1827
Father's Name: Michael Lamaury
Mother's Name: Louisa

Name: Anthony Dedro Lamoury
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Sep 1842
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Father's Name: Francis Lamoury
Spouse's Name: Eliza Rodrigues
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Rodrigues



Name: Nathaniel Peel
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jun 1856
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Eliza Lamaury
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Rodrigues

Ann Peel wife of Samuel peel

Name: Ann Peel

Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 26 Oct 1853
Event Place: Madras, India
Event Place (Original): Madras, Madras, India
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Year (Estimated): 1815
Death Date: 26 Oct 1853
Spouse's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Gender: Male
Samuel Peel and Ann Peel are the parents of Nathaniel Peel 

Agnes Peel

Name: Agnes Peel

Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 15 Oct 1870
Event Place: Bombay Presidency, India
Event Place (Original): Poona, Bombay, India
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1870
daughter of Nathaniel Peel and Constance Amelia Bird.

Edith Peel

Name: Edith Peel

Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 3 Aug 1868
Event Place: Bombay Presidency, India
Event Place (Original): Asseerghur, Bombay, India
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1868
daughter of Nathaniel Peel and Constance Amelia Bird.

Clifford Peel

Name: Clifford Peel

Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 15 Jun 1874
Event Place: India
Event Place (Original): Indr, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 May 1874
Birthplace: Sealkote Bengal India
 son of Nathaniel Peel and  Constance Amelia Bird.

Constance Amelia Bird

Name: Constance Amelia Bird
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 28 Mar 1849
Event Place: Bombay Presidency, India
Event Place (Original): Byeullah, Bombay, India
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1849
Father's Name: Thomas Bird
Mother's Name: Catherine Eliza Anna

She married 

Name: Nathaniel Peel

Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Sep 1866
Event Place: Bombay Presidency, India
Event Place (Original): Poona, Bombay, India
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Samuel Peel
Spouse's Name: Constance Amelia Bird
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Bird 

Their children

Nathaniel and Constance Peel had several children .

name:	Edith Peel
gender:	Female
baptism/christening date:	03 Aug 1868
baptism/christening place:	Bombay, Bombay, India
birth date:	14 Jan 1868

name:	Agnes Peel
gender:	Female
baptism/christening date:	15 Oct 1870
baptism/christening place:	Poona, Bombay, India
birth date:	28 Sep 1870

name:	Reginald Peel
gender:	Male
baptism/christening date:	02 Mar 1873
baptism/christening place:	Moradabad, Bengal, India
birth date:	13 Feb 1873

name:	Clifford Peel
gender:	Male
baptism/christening date:	15 Jun 1874
baptism/christening place:	India
birth date:	19 May 1874
birthplace:	Sealkote Bengal India

Laurence Peel and Lawrence Peel

Laurence Peel and Lawrence Peel

We know that Reginald’s Peel’s fourth son was called Laurence Peel. 

This could well have been in remembrance of another Laurence Peel (1801–88), sixth son
of Sir Robert Peel, who was an MP and philanthropist. 

The Peel family crypt wasvat St George’s Chapel, Eastern Road Brighton, just across the road from EatonvPlace where we know Reginald was living in his last years. 

Laurence bought thefreehold of the church from Thomas Kemp, who had built it in 1826 as part of his development of the Kemp Town district, and the church became very fashionable
in the 1830s when Adelaide, wife of King William IV, worshipped there. 

Charles Lennox Peel, Laurence’s son, who had a chancel and a new east window
constructed, willed it in trust to its congregation on his death in 1889.
Reginald may also have had in mind Lawrence Peel (1799–1884), also related to
Sir Robert Peel, who was a legendary figure in Bengal, Chief Justice and
Advocate-General during his career and undoubtedly known by reputation to
both Reginald and George Nelson Grant during their years in the Bengal civil and
military administration.

Thanks Barbara !

Laurence Peel

 Name: Laurence Peel

Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1927
Registration District: Westhampnett
County: Sussex
Event Place: Westhampnett, Sussex, England
Mother's Maiden Name: Grant

Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flosie May  Grant

Irene Helen Whibley

 Name: Irene H Whibley

Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1920
Registration District: Reigate
County: Surrey
Event Place: Reigate, Surrey, England
Mother's Maiden Name: Hall

Name: Reginald K Peel

Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Place: Hove, Sussex, England
Registration District: Hove
County: Sussex
Registration Year: 1938
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Affiliate Line Number: 130
Volume: 2B
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Whibley
Possible Spouse: Irene H Whibley

 Irene (known as Rene) had one child, a baby daughter named Barbara.

John Eustace Peel

 Name: John Eustace Peel

Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 15 Feb 1923
Event Place: Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Dibrugarh, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1923
Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flosie May

Name: John Eustice Peel

Event Type: Military Service
Event Year Range: 1921-1941
Event Place: United Kingdom
Birthplace: India
Birth Year: 1922

Name: John Eustace Peel

Event Type: Death Registration
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1986
Registration District: Camden
County: London
Event Place: Camden, London, England
Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969): 23 Jan 1923

SURREY MIRROR AND COUNTY POST

... stealing £4 10s. and a bottle of gin, John Eustace Peel, (25), said be a deserter from the Army, and living at Samdcrossroad, Reigate, was at Surrey Quarter Sessions sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Peel, who had one previous conviction, asked ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1948
Newspaper: Surrey Mirror
County: Surrey, England
Type: Article | Words: 3002 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Clarence Nathaniel Peel

Name: Clarence Nathaniel Peel

Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 21 May 1919
Event Place: Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Calcutta, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1919
Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flossy May

Questions on Reginald Peel

On a messageboard we found this question.

Reginald PEEL, Clerk, Indian Railways. Born about 1874 : Died 14.1.1938 in registration district Brighton, Sussex. He had one son, born about 1917, Reginald Keith PEEL, who was missing presumed dead after the sinking of HMS Hood in 1941. I think that he may also have had younger sons, possibly called Laurence and Michael. Reginald Keith PEEL married in 1938, but I am unable to trace the date and place of his birth. I believe it to be Sussex. If anyone can help I will be very grateful.

We looked in the blog and there are a lot of answers there.And lots of Information.

Name: Reginald Peel
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 2 Mar 1873
Event Place: Morādābād, West Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Moradabad, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1873
Father's Name: Nathaniel Peel
Mother's Name: Constance

Reginald Peel was first married to Frances Maude Vlieland they had 3 children .

1.Francis Reginald V. Peel Registered Apr May Jun 1907 - Exeter 5b 412

29/11/1907 Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - 27 Nov at Ajmor, India Francis Reginald Vlieland, dearly loved child of Reginald and Frances Maude Peel , aged 9 months
2.Clifford Nicholas Vlieland Peel born 1909
3.Barbara Peel born 25 November 1911.

After Frances died he remarried Violet Mona Flossy May Grant and after Reginald died she remarried Horace Grant

Name: Reginald Keith Peel
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 19 Sep 1917
Event Place: Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Naini Tal, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1917
Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flossie May

Name: Clarence Nathaniel Peel
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 21 May 1919
Event Place: Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Calcutta, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1919
Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flossy May

Name: John Eustace Peel
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 15 Feb 1923
Event Place: Bengal, India
Event Place (Original): Dibrugarh, Bengal, India
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1923
Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flosie May

Name: Laurence Peel
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1927
Registration District: Westhampnett
County: Sussex
Event Place: Westhampnett, Sussex, England
Mother's Maiden Name: Grant

Father's Name: Reginald Peel
Mother's Name: Violet Mona Flosie May

Name: Michael Peel
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1929
Registration District: Westhampnett
County: Sussex
Event Place: Westhampnett, Sussex, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3): Violet Grant
fathers name  Reginald Peel
Volume: 2B
Page: 498

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