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Augustus George Kirby                       1847-1926
Augustus was born on 22 June 1847, the son of George Goldsmith Kirby and Harriet Sarah Watts, in r. After attending Rugby school, he entered Trinity Hall College, Cambridge in 1865. He received his B.A. in 1869, and his M.A. in 1874. He was ordained a deacon in 1870, and priest in 1871. He was the Curate at Farnham, Surrey, from 1870 to 1875, then at Northchurch, Herts, 1875-1880. He married Edith Smith-Dorrien. He was Rector at Pebmarsh, Essex, 1881-1912, then Vicar at South Weald 1912-1924. He then resided at Hythe, Kent.
Edith Smith Dorrien                             1853-
Edith was born on 30 December 1853, the daughter of Robert Algernon Smith Dorrien and Mary Ann Drever, at Berkhamsted, Hertford.
I have identified the following children.
Horace Augustus Born abt 1880   Newnham, Hampshire  
Robert Dorrien Born 2 May 1882   Pebmarsh, Essex  
Alma Edith Born abt 1883   Pebmarsh, Essex Married Bryan William Grace Oates
Ernest Seymour Born abt 1884   Pebmarsh, Essex  
Mary Evelyn Born abt 1885   Pebmarsh, Essex  
Eric Dorrien Born abt 1889   Pebmarsh, Essex  
Beatrice Gwendoline Born abt 1892   Pebmarsh, Essex Married Capt. William Joshua Rowley
Frances Geraldine Born abt 1896   Pebmarsh, Essex Married Geoffrey Wyndham Breitmeyer

Birth of Parents
Augustus George Kirby b: 22 Jun 1847         London       1847 4Q Kensington 3 335
son of George Goldsmith Kirby and Harriet Sarah Watts

Edith Smith Dorrien b: 30 Dec 1853           Berkhamsted, Hertford       1854 1Q Berkhampstead 3a 501
daughter of Robert Algernon Smith Dorrien and Mary Ann Drever

Marriage
abt 1880
Augustus George Kirby
Edith Smith Dorrien 		Buckinghamshire       1880 2Q Amersham 3a 621

Children
Horace Augustus Kirby b: abt 1880               Newnham, Hampshire       1880 2Q Basingstoke 2c 187
son of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien

1881 Census RG11-1255 4 April 1881 Newnham, Hampshire
The Cottage
Augustus George Kirby
Edith (Wife)
Horace Augustus
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 33
Age 27
Age 3 Mon 		Curate of Newnham, Hants Kensington
Gt Berkhamsted
Newnham 		Middlesex
Herts
Hants 		22 Jun 1847
30 Dec 1853
abt 1880

Robert Dorrien Kirby b: 2 May 1882               Pebmarsh, Essex       1882 3Q Halstead 4a 480
son of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien
Alma Edith Kirby b: abt 1883               Pebmarsh, Essex
daughter of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien
Ernest Seymour Kirby b: abt 1884               Pebmarsh, Essex       1885 2Q Halstead 4a 616
son of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien
Mary Evelyn Kirby b: abt 1885               Pebmarsh, Essex       1885 4Q Halstead 4a 537
daughter of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien
Eric Dorrien Kirby b: abt 1889               Pebmarsh, Essex       1889 3Q Halstead 4a 557
son of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien

1891 Census RG12-1419 6 April 1891 Pebmarsh, Essex
Rectory
Augustus George Kirby
Edith (Wife)
Alma Pauline Smith-Dorrien (SisLaw)
Alma Edith Kirby
Ernest Seymour
Mary Evelyn
Eric Dorrien
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 43
Age 37
Age 35
Age 7
Age 6
Age 5
Age 2 		Rector of Pebmarsh London
Gt Berkhamsted
Gt Berkhamsted
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh
Herts
Herts
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex 		22 Jun 1847
30 Dec 1853
abt 1855
abt 1883
abt 1884
abt 1885
abt 1889

1891 Census RG13-603 4 April 1891 Morden, Croydon, Surrey
Brightwell School
Horace A. Kirby (Pupil)
Robert D. Kirby (Pupil) 		Age 10
Age 8 		Scholar
Scholar 		Newnham
Pebmarsh 		Hants
Essex 		abt 1880
2 May 1882

Beatrice Gwendoline Kirby b: abt 1892               Newnham, Hampshire       1892 4Q Halstead 4a 585
daughter of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien
Frances Geraldine Kirby b: abt 1896               Newnham, Hampshire       1896 2Q Halstead 4a 674
daughter of Augustus George Kirby and Edith Smith Dorrien

1901 Census RG13-1720 1 April 1901 Pebmarsh, Essex
Rectory
Augustus Kirby
Edith (Wife)
Horace
Ernest
Gwendoline
Frances
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 53
Age 47
Age 20
Age 17
Age 8
Age 4 		Clergyman Kensington
Gt Berkhamsted
Newnham
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh 		London
Herts
Hants
Essex
Essex
Essex 		22 Jun 1847
30 Dec 1853
abt 1880
abt 1884
abt 1892
abt 1896

1901 Census RG13-816 1 April 1901 Sheerness, Kent
33 Alma Road
Lydia Hoy (Widow)
 Robert D. Kirby
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 61
 Age 19 		Lodging House Keeper
 Captain Militia 		Leysdown
 Pebmarsh 		Kent
 Essex 		abt 1839
 2 May 1882

1911 Census RG14-(209) 3 April 1911 Bude & Stratton, County Durham
Bude Vicarage   (13 Rooms)
Augustus George Kirby
Edith (Wife)
Eric Dorrien (Son)
Beatrice Gwendoline (Dau)
Amy Smith Dorrien (SisLaw) Plus 2 Servants 		Age 63
Age 57
Age 22
Age 18
Age 57 		Clerk in Holy Orders Kensington

Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh
Berkhamsted
Essex
Essex
Berkhamsted 		22 Jun 1847
30 Dec 1853
abt 1889
abt 1892
22 Aug 1852

The Times, Saturday, May 6, 1916    DEATHS
DIED OF WOUNDS
  KIRBY - On the 29th April, died from wounds received when in the gallant execution of his duty, Robert Dorrien, second son of the Reverand A. G. and Mrs. Kirby, of South Weald.
ROLL
of the sons and daughters
of the Anglican Church Clergy throughout the world,
and of the Naval and Military Chaplains of the same,
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.


Rev. Robert Dorrien Kirby,
son of Rev. Augustus George Kirby, Vicar of South Weald,
Died at Yule, Illama, New Guinea, April 29, 1916.
Richard Ussher,
Vicar of Westbury,
Brackley, Northants.

Ernest Seymour KIRBY
Station Manager
Gundaline, Hay, New South Wales

Enlisted: 1 Nov 1915, Age 30, Single
9932, Gunner, Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 13
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales,
on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 Dec 1915

Died of disease 2 February 1918
Sergeant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 626), Scotland

Australian Imperial Force Project Database
IN Memory of
Cadet ERNEST SEYMOUR KIRBY
9932, 14th Field Artillery Bde., Australian Field Artillery
Who Died
ON 2 February 1918
REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR
EDINBURGH (SEAFIELD) CEMETERY,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Death
Augustus George Kirby Died 13 Jul 1926       19 Cromwell Crescent, London       1926 3Q Kensington 1a 104

The Times, Thursday, Jul 15, 1926                         DEATHS
  KIRBY - On Tuesday, the 13th July, at 19 Cromwell Crescent, the Rev. AUGUSTUS GEORGE KIRBY, late Vicar of South Weald, Aged 74.   Funeral on Saturday, at Ashley Green, Berkhampstead, 12 noon.
LONDON   13 Sep 1926                         Probate
KIRBY, the Reverend Augustus George, of 19 Cromwell-crescent, Kensington, Middlesex, died 13 July 1926, Administration, London, 13 September, to Horace Augustus Kirby, major H.M. army.   Effects £338 7s. 8d.

Death
Edith (Smith Dorrien) Kirby Died abt 1924, Age 70,       1924 1Q Hampstead 1a 1004a

SPECIAL THANKS  to Iain McGibbon, of Havelock North, New Zealand, for many of the details provided above.