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Walter de Winton                               1809-1840           (1st Husband)
Walter was born about 1809, the son of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Eliza Devereux, at Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales.
The family claimed descent from a Norman lord, called de Wintona, whose lands were around Cowbridge. The surname became corrupted, over time, to Wilkins. Walter was the one 		who resumed, by Royal License, the ancient surname of de Winton, on 6 July 1839. It appears that most, if not all family members adopted the name de Winton. Read a brief history of this family.
Julia Cecilia Collinson                        1812-1878
Julia was born on 25 November 1812, the daughter of Rev. John Collinson and Amelia King, at Gateshead, County Durham.
After only nine years of marriage, Walter died. Julia began to write children's books to support her family. She wrote her first novel A Woman's Devotion in 1855. It is the story of a young woman's triumph through self-sacrifice.
Julia remarried in 1857, to William Richard Stretton.
She then wrote two autobiographical novels: The Valley of a Hundred Fires (1860) which describes her parents, and The Queen of the County (1864). Other novels include the highly popular Margaret and her Bridesmaids (1864) and Lords and Ladies (1866).
Charlotte Yonge (1823-1901), a brilliant novelist of the period, wrote about Julia:
"Later she wrote 'The Valley of the Hundred Fires,' tracing 		the habits, characters and the destiny of the family of Gateshead. The father [John Collinson] was by this time dead, and extracts from his sermons and diary appear; but 'Emily,' the mother [Amelia King], is the real heroine of the whole narrative, and though there is so little plot that it hardly deserves the name of novel, there is a wonderful charm in the delineation. There are a few descriptions of manners and of dresses which are amusing; nor must we admit the portrait of the grandmother, Mrs. King (called Reine in the book) daughter to the governor of one of the colonies in America before the separation, with the manners of her former princess-ship and something of the despotism."
Charlotte Yonge, 'Mrs.Stretton' in Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations
(London: Hurst & Blackett 1897) 208-9.

I have identified the following children.
  Walter Born 30 Nov 1832   Glasbury, Radnor Married Frances Jessie Talbot
Emily Gwenllyan Born abt 1833   Glasbury, Radnor Died 1902, Age 68
Francis Walter Born abt 1835   Pittsford, Northamptonshire Married Evelyn Rawson

Birth of Parents
Walter de Winton b: abt 1809         Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
son of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Eliza Devereux

Julia Cecilia Collinson b: 25 Nov 1812  c: 25 Nov 1812             Gateshead, County Durham
daughter of Rev. John Collinson and Amelia King

Marriage
14 Feb 1831
Walter de Winton
Julia Cecilia Collinson

Children
Walter de Winton b: 30 Nov 1832               Glasbury, Radnorshire
son of Walter de Winton and Julia Cecilia Collinson, Maesllwch Castle
Emily Gwenllyan de Winton b: abt 1833  c: 16 Mar 1834             Glasbury, Radnorshire
daughter of Walter de Winton and Julia Cecilia Collinson, Maesllwch Castle
Francis Walter de Winton b: abt 1835               Pittsford, Northamptonshire
son of Walter de Winton and Julia Cecilia Collinson, Maesllwch Castle

Death
Walter de Winton Died 28 May 1840, Age 30,       Maeslough Castle, Radnorshire, Wales       1840 2Q Hay 26 249
 

The Gentleman's Magazine, 1840                 OBITUARIES
WALTER DE WINTON, ESQ. M. P.

  May 28.   At Maeslough Castle, co. Radnor, aged 30, Walter de Winton esq. M.P. for that county.
  He was the eldest son and heir of the late Walter Wilkins, esq. of Maeslough, M.P. for Radnorshire, by the Hon. Catherine-Eliza-Marianna Devereux, (now remarried to William Richard Stretton, esq. sister to the present Viscount Hereford.
  At the general election of 1835 he became a candidate, on the Reform interest, for the county of Glamorgan, which his father had previously represented, and his grandfather for thirty-six years.   He was opposed by Sir John Benn Walsh, Bart. but was successful by a majority of twenty-seven, the termination of the poll being, for
       Walter Wilkins, esq. . . . . .483
       Sir J. B. Walsh . . . . . . . . . .456
  In 1837 he was re-elected without opposition.
  He assumed, together with his brothers and cousins, the name of De Winton instead of Wilkins, by royal license dated July 6, 1839, their descent being derived from Robert de Wintonia or of Winchester, who came into Glamorganshire with Robert Fitz Hamon.
  The death of Mr. De Winton will be felt in a large district of the country, as the liberality with which he expended his princely income was highly beneficial to the agricultural and commercial community.
  He married in 1831, Julia Cecilia, second daughter of the Rev. Richard John Collinson, Rector of Gateshead, co. Durham, by whom he has left an infant family.

1841 Census HO107-1456 7 June 1841 Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
Maeslough Castle     Born in this County?    
Julia C de Winton
Emily Gwenllyan de Winton
Francis de Winton
Frances Sybil Collinson
Emily Collinson
Plus 7 Servants 		Age 28
Age 7
Age 5
Age 30
Age 25 		Lady


Ind
Ind 		no
yes
no
no
no 		  25 Nov 1812
abt 1833
abt 1835
abt 1807
6 Mar 1816

1851 Census HO107-1474 31 March 1851 Chelsea, Middlesex
 
John Collinson
Amelia (Wife)
Thomas Bernard
Cecilia
Sophia
Julia Cecilia De Winton (Dau)(W)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 69
Age 67
Age 29
Age 26
Age 24
Age 38 		Rector of Boldon, Durham

Capt. Royal Engineers 		Bristol
Wendover
Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead 		Gloucester
Buckingham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham 		abt 1781
abt 1783
abt 1821
abt 1824
abt 1826
abt 1812

1851 Census HO107-2491 31 March 1851 Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
Maesllwch Castle
Emily de Winton (Dau)
Emily Collinson (Sis)
Elenor Stedman (Visitor)
 Charles Rawson (BroLaw)(W)
Charlotte E Rawson(Niece)
Lancelot Rawson (Nephew)
Edmund Rawson (Nephew)
Catherine Rawson (Niece)
Plus 7 Servants 		Age 17
Age 35
Age 34
 Age 38
Age 8
Age 7
Age 5
Age 1
Spinster
Governess
 Land Agent
scholar
scholar
scholar 		Glasbury
Gateshead
London
 British subject
Netherwasdale
Boldon
Netherwasdale
Netherwasdale 		Radnor
Durham
Middlesex
 Durham
Cumberland
Durham
Cumberland
Cumberland 		abt 1833
6 Mar 1816
abt 1816
 20 Dec 1812
15 May 1842
20 Nov 1843
24 Apr 1845
abt 1849

1851 Census HO107-1589 31 March 1851 Woolwich Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent
 
Francis de Winton Age 15 Gentleman Cadet Pittsford Northamptonshire abt 1835


William Richard Stretton                       1806-1868                     (2nd Husband)
Richard was born about 1806, in Twickenham, Middlesex. He first married the widow Catherine Eliza Marrianna Wilkins. After her death, he marries the widow Julia Cecilia De Winton.

I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
William Richard Stretton b: abt 1806         Twickenham, Middlesex

Marriage
abt 1857
William Richard Stretton
Julia Cecilia De Winton 		Middlesex       1857 3Q Brentford 3a 78

1861 Census RG9-3988 8 April 1861 Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
 
Alexander Roth
Kate (Wife)
 Julia Stretton (Visitor)
William Richard Stretton (Visitor)
Emily De Winton (Visitor)
Sandford Graham (Visitor)
Perry Lloyd (Visitor)
Francis McDonald (Visitor)
Plus 6 Servants 		Age 42
Age 45
 Age 48
Age 44
Age 27
Age 40
Age 29
Age 32 		Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace

Baronet [3rd of Kirkstall]
Lieutenant Volunteers
Major Monmouth Militia 		Lwann
Ipswich
 Gateshead
Twickenham
Glasbury
London
St Davids
Usk 		Glamorgan
Sussex
 Durham
Middlesex
Radnorshire

Breconshire
Monmouthshire 		abt 1818
abt 1815
 25 Nov 1812
abt 1816
abt 1833
abt 1820
abt 1831
abt 1828

Death
William Richard Stretton Died 24 Mar 1868, Age 61,       1868 1Q Abergavenny 11a 39

The Times, Friday, Mar 27, 1868                         Death
  On the 24th inst., of desease of the heart, William Richard Stretton, Esq., of Brynderwere, Usk, Monmouthshire, aged 63.
MONMOUTH   16 Jul 1868                         Probate
STRETTON, William Richard, Esq. - The Will, with a Codicil, of William Richard Stretton, late of Brynderwen, in the County of Monmouth, Esquire, deceased, who died 24 March 1868, at Brynderwen, aforesaid, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the oaths of Julia Cecilia Stretton, of Brynderwen, aforesaid, Widow, the Relict, Walter de Winton, of Maeslough Castle, in the County of Radnor, Esquire, and Lorenzo Augustus Homfray, of Woodlands, in the County of Monmouth, aforesaid, Esquire, the Executors.   Effects under £14,000.

1871 Census RG10-5307 3 April 1871 Cytha, Monmouthshire, Wales
Baynderwyn House
Julia Cecilia Stretton (Widow)
Emily Gwenllyan de Winton
William Walter Torre Van (Nephew)
Charlotte Ann Elnistie (Cousin)
Michel Angele Wayes (Visitor)



Plus 5 Servants 		Age 58
Age 37
Age 38
Age 53
Age 50 		Landowner
Living on own means
Gold Miner
West Indian Proprietor
Artist, Royal academician Hibernian Marshal of Dublin, Secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin 		Gateshead
Glasbury
Dunkerque
Crickhowel
Waterford 		Durham
Radnorshire
France
Breconshire
Waterford 		abt 1812
abt 1833
abt 1833
abt 1817
abt 1821

Death
Julia Cecilia (de Winton) Stretton Died 17 Jul 1878, Age 65,       1878 3Q Kensington 1a 57

The Times, Saturday, Jul 20, 1878                         Death
  On the 17th inst., in London Julia Cecilia Stretton, widow of the late William Richard Stretton, Esq., of Brynderwen, Usk, Monmouthshire, formerly the widow of the late Walter de Winton, Esq., M.P., of Maesllwch Castle, Radnorshire, and daughter of the late Rev. John Collinson, Rector of Boldon, county Durham, aged 65.
MONMOUTH   10 May 1878                         Probate
STRETTON, Julia Cecilia - The Will of Julia Cecilia Stretton, late of Brynderwen, near Usk, in the County of Monmouth, Widow, who died 17 July 1878, at 18 Clarendon-road, South Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, was proved at the Principal Registry, by George Lewis Parkin, of 5 New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and of 22 Park-lane, both in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, the sole Executor.   Personal Estate under £5,000.
The Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1902                 DEATHS
  DE WINTON - Onthe 18th inst., at the Pentre, Glasbury-on-Wye, EMILY GWENLLYAN DE WINTON, sister of the late Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, Radnorshire, in her 68th year.   Funeral at All Saints Church, Glasbury, at 11:45, on Friday, the 23rd inst.
LONDON   2 Aug 1902                         Probate
DE WINTON, Emily Gwenllyan, of Pentreargo, Glasbury, Radnorshire, spinster, died 18 May 1902, administration (with Will) (Limited), London, 2 August, to Walter Trower, and Montagu Lewis Parkin, solicitors, the attorneys of Richard Stretton de Winton.   Effects £13,188 9s. 9d.