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Ernest Vaux                                         1865-1925
Ernest was born on 5 March 1865, the son of John Story and Harriet Vaux, at Bishopwearmouth. He married Emily Eve Lellam Ord. He attained the rank of Leutenant-Colonel in the Durham Light Infantry.

Emily Eve Lellam Ord                         1875-1966
Emily was born 24 December 1875, the daughter of Henry Moon Ord and Evelyn Rosa Denton, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have identified the following children:
  Rosa Lellam Ord Born 3 Feb 1907   Sunderland Married Robert Vernon Savell D'Arcy Hildyard
Emily Henrietta Ord Born 16 Nov 1909   Sunderland Married L. Morragh-Ryan
N. Hill-Gardner
Ernest Ord Born 20 Nov 1911   Sunderland
Peter Douglas Ord Born 8 Nov 1913   Sunderland Married Suzanne P. Rolt

Birth of Parents
Ernest Vaux b: 5 Mar 1865  c: 10 May 1865         St. Michael's, Bishopwearmouth
son of John Story and Harriet Vaux, Brewer, 15 Nelson Street

Emily Eve Lellam Ord b: 24 Dec 1875               Sunderland, County Durham       1875 1Q Sunderland 10a 661
daughter of Henry Moon Ord and Evelyn Rosa Denton

Captain Ernest Vaux and some of the men he served with in the Boer War (1899-1902).

Marriage
25 Jan 1906
Ernest Vaux (40)
Emily Eve Lellam Ord (30)		 Parish Church of St. Marylebone, London             1906 1Q Marylebone 1a 843
Bachelor, Brewer, Langham Hotel, Father: John Story Vaux, Brewer
Spinster, Esplanade, Sunderland, Father: Henry Moon Ord, Esq.
By License, Wit: Edwin Vaux, E. R. Moon Ord, H. M. Ord, Cuthbert Vaux, C. Wright

Children
Rosa Lellam Ord Vaux b: 3 Feb 1907  c: 28 Mar 1907   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth     1907 1Q Houghton 10a 560b
daughter of Ernest Vaux and Emily Eve Lellam Ord, Brewer, Grindon     Died 1994
Emily Henrietta Ord Vaux b: 16 Nov 1909  c: 15 Dec 1909   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth     1909 4Q Houghton 10a 544
daughter of Ernest Vaux and Emily Eve Lellam Ord, Brewer, Grindon
Died 26 Aug 1994, 1994 3Q Chelmsford 4681A-A54G-012-0894

1911 Census RG14-280 3 April 1911 Silksworth, County Durham
Grindon   (18 Rooms)
Ernest Vaux
Emily Eve Lellam (Wife)
Rosa Lellam Ord (Dau)
Emily Henrietta Ord (Dau)
Plus 5 Servans 		Age 45
Age 35
Age 4
Age 1 		Brewer Sunderland
Sunderland
Silksworth
Silksworth 		Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham 		5 Mar 1865
24 Dec 1875
3 Feb 1907
16 Nov 1909
Emily had Two children, and all are still living.

Ernest Ord Vaux b: 20 Nov 1911  c: 22 Nov 1911   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1911 4Q Houghton 10a 1039
son of Ernest Vaux and Emily Eve Lellam Ord, Brewer, Grindon   Died 29 Dec 1936
Peter Douglas Ord Vaux b: 8 Nov 1913  c: 24 Dec 1913   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth     1914 1Q Houghton 10a 1121
son of Ernest Vaux and Emily Eve Lellam Ord, Brewer, Grindon
Died 7 Jun 1980, 1980 2Q Richmond 2-2348

Brettanby Manor, Barton, Richmond, North Yorkshire
Photo  © Copyright Hugh Mortimer and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence


Death
Ernest Vaux Died 21 Nov 1925, Age 60,   Windsor Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne     1925 4Q Newcastle T 10b 150
Residence: Brettanby Manor, Barton, North Yorkshire
Buried 25 Nov 1925, Barton Parish Church, North Yorkshire

The Times - Wednesday 25 Nov 1925  Death notice

DURHAM   7 Jun 1926                         Probate
VAUX, Ernest - of Brettanby Manor, Barton, Yorkshire, died 21 November 1925, at Windsor-crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Probate Durham 7 June, to Frank Nicholson, chartered accountant, and Emily Eve Lellam Vaux, widow.
  Effects £121,466 10s. 2d.   Resworn £151,488 3s. 4d.
The Times, Thursday, Dec 31, 1936                         Death
  VAUX - On Dec. 29, 1936, at Aden, as a result of an accident playing polo, Ernest Ord Vaux. The Queen's Bays and Somaliland Camel Corps, King's Africa Rifles, eldest son of the late Colonel Ernest Vaux and of Mrs. Vaux, of Brettanby Manor, Barton, Yorkshire, aged 25 years.

1939 Register Birth Date September 1939
Brettanby Manor, Croft, Yorkshire (North Riding)
Emily E. L. (Widow)
Emily H. O. Vaux (s)
Peter D. O. Vaux (M)
Plus 11 Servants 		24 Dec 1875
16 Nov 1909
8 Nov 1913 		Private Means
Private Means
Farms own estate

Death
Emily Eve Lellam (Ord) Vaux Died 10 Nov 1966, Age 90,             1966 4Q Northallerton 1b 816
Buried, Barton Parish Church, North Yorkshire


IN
PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
 LIEUT. COLONEL ERNEST VAUX
CMG, DSO, DL
OF BRETTANBY MANOR
WHO COMMANDED THE MAXIM GUNS OF
THE FIFTH IMPERIAL YEOMANRY IN SOUTH
AFRICA 1899-1901 AND THE 7TH DLI
TF IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM 1914-1918
DIED 21ST NOVEMBER 1925 AGED 61 YEARS

HIS WIDE SYMPATHIES AND KINDLY
DEEDS WILL LIVE IN THE MEMORY OF
ALL WITH WHOM HE CAME IN CONTACT

ALSO OF HIS SON
ERNEST ORD VAUX
THE QUEEN'S BAYS SECONDED TO THE
SOMALILAND CAMEL CORPS K.A.R. DIED
AT ADEN 29TH DEC 1936 AFTER A POLO
ACCIDENT AT HARGESIA 26TH DEC
BURIED AT ADEN AGED 25 YEARS

ALSO OF
EMILY EVE Lellam
WIFE OF
COLONEL ERNEST VAUX
DIED 10TH NOV 1966 AGED 90 YEARS

BELOVED BY ALL
ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD
BARTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE



Robert Vernon
SAVELL
D'ARCY HILDYARD
BORN 1904
DIED 1965

ALWAYS HEPFUL

AND HIS WIFE
ROSA LELLAM ORD
D'ARCY HILDYARD

BORN 1907
DIED 1994

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTON

ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD
BARTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
 PETER DOUGLAS ORD VAUX
WING COMMANDER
608 (NORTHERN RIDING) SQUADRON
OF BRETTANBY MANOR
7TH JUNE 1980
AGED 66 YEARS

LOVE IS EVERLASTING

IT ENDURETH FOREVER

ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD
BARTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE


SPECIAL THANKS  to Andrew Davison, of South Shields, a descendant of Cuthbert Vaux, for many of the details provided above.