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Harold Douglas Briggs                    1877-1944 Harold was born on 29 September 1877, the son of Charles James Briggs and Sarah Ann Douglas, of Hylton Castle. He was a Lieutenent in the Royal Navy at the time of his marriage in 1902. He was a Commander when he took flying lessons at Central Flying School, Uphaven, and earned his pilot's certificate on 26 November 1915, in a Maurice Farman Biplane. He is pictured here, on that date, as he become a member of the Royal Aero Club. In 1916 he served in the Inspection of Training of the Royal Navy Air Service, then Commander of the base of the Royal Navy Air Service, Vendome. In 1918 he served on a tempory basis as a Brigadier General in The R.A.F., then returned to the Royal Navy with the rank of Captain. Mabel Thompson                             1876- Mabel was born 24 Mar 1876 of Robert Thompson and Lillias Scott Simpson, at Sunderland. She married Harold Douglas Briggs on 23 August 1902. I have not searched for children.

Birth of Parents

Harold Douglas Briggs

b: 29 Sep 1877    Hylton, County Durham son of Charles James and Sarah A. Briggs, Hylton Castle       1877 4Q Sunderland 10a 668

Mabel Thompson

b: 24 Mar 1876   c: 28 Jul 1876   Holy Trinity, Southwick   1876 2Q Sunderland 10a 726a daughter of Robert and Lillias Thompson, Carley Lodge, Southwick, Shipbuilder

Marriage

23 Aug 1902 Harold Douglas Briggs  (24) Mabel Thompson  (25)

St. Mary's, Whitburn, County Durham   1902 3Q Sunderland 10a 1293 Bachelor, Lieut. R. N., Hylton Castle, Father: Charles James Briggs, Gentleman Spinster, West Hall, Whitburn, Father: Robert Thompson, Shipbuilder After Banns, Wit: Robert Thompson, Kathleen M. Briggs

1911 Census	RG14-41	3 April 1911	HMS Devonshire
Armoured Cruiser
Herbert C. C. Da Costa (s) Walter B. Compton (s) Harold D. Briggs (M) and 446 others	Age 34 Age 33	Captain Commander Lieutenant	London Durham	Middlesex Co. Durham	abt 1876 abt 1977

1911 Census	RG14-41	3 April 1911	Warblington, Havant, Hampshire
Woodlands, Southleigh   (12 Rooms)
Mabel Briggs Iris Constance (Dau) Plus 3 Servants	Age 34 Age 2		Southwick Kensington	Durham London	24 Mar 1876 abt 1908

The marriage ended in Divorce in 1930.

Death

Mabel (Thompson) Briggs

No Data

Death

Harold Douglas Briggs

Died 13 Sep 1944, Age 67,       1844 3Q Paddington 1a 22

The Times, Thursday, Sep 14, 1944                     DEATHS   BRIGGS - On Sept. 13, 1944 at a nursing home in London Captain Harold Douglas Briggs, C.M.G., R.N., yoinger son of the late Colonel Briggs of Hilton Castle, Co. Durham.   Cremation private, no flowers, please.

LLANDUDNO   27 Aug 1945                         Probate BRIGGS, Harold Douglas, of Hill House, Feltwell, Norfolk, died 13 September 1944, at The Cleveland Nursing Home, Hyde Park, London W.2, Probate Llandudno, 27 August, to Ronald Walter Briggs, lieutenant-commander R.N., and John Samuel Whitman, solicitor.   Effects £7,063 8s. 10d.