Frederick John Leather 1835

Frederick John Leather 1835-1890
Frederick was born about 1835, the son of John Towlerton Leather and Maria Leather, at Whittington, Derbyshire.
Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters 1842-1918
Gertrude was born on 24 October 1842, the daughter of Rev. Charles Walters and Ellen Marianne du Sautoy, at Corhampton, Hampshire.
I have identified the following 10 of her 11 children.

Beatrice Gertrude Maria	Born abt 1864	Cheltenham, Gloucester	Married Robert Scott
Gerard Frederick Towlerton	Born 16 Aug 1865	Edinburgh, Scotland	Married Margaret Ethel Coates
Percival Charles Du Sautoy	Born 28 Mar 1867	Edinburgh, Scotland	Married Sophia Talbot Laing
Ernest Arthur	Born abt 1868	Penge, Surrey	Married Mildred Louise Harrison
Eleanor	Born abt 1870	Penge, Surrey	Married Bryan Laing
Millicent Ellen Marianne	Born abt 1872	Yorkshire	Married Geoffrey Staniland
Rosamond Mary	Born abt 1876	Tickhill, Yorkshire
Kenneth John Walters	Born abt 1878	Tickhill, Yorkshire	Married Sybil Margaret Laing
Edward Wilberforce	Born abt 1880	Tickhill, Yorkshire
Christopher	Born abt 1882	Tickhill, Yorkshire

Birth of Parents

Frederick John Leather

b: abt 1835 Whittington, Derbyshire
son of John Towlerton Leather and Maria Leather

Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

b: 24 Oct 1842 Corhampton, Hampshire 1842 4Q Droxford 7 67
daughter of Rev. Charles Walters and Ellen Marianne du Sautoy

Marriage

8 Jul 1863
Frederick John Leather
Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

1863 3Q Banbury 3a 1033

Children

Beatrice Gertrude Maria Leather

b: abt 1864 Cheltenham, Gloucester 1864 2Q Cheltenham 6a 397
daughter of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Gerard Frederick Towlerton Leather

b: 16 Aug 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather

b: 28 Mar 1867 Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia. Walters

Ernest Arthur Leather

b: abt 1868 c: 18 Dec 1868 St John, Penge, Surrey 1868 4Q Croydon 2a 220
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Eleanor Leather

b: abt 1870 Penge, Surrey 1870 3Q Croydon 2a 234
daughter of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

1871 Census 6 Hawcourt Road	RG10-851	3 April 1871	Croydon, Surrey
Frederick J. Leather Gertrude E. S. (Wife) Beatrice G. M. Gerard F. T. Percival C. D. Ernest A. Eleanor Plus 3 Servants	Age 35 Age 28 Age 6 Age 5 Age 4 Age 2 Age 7 Mo.	None Scholar Scholar	Sheffield Corhampton Cheltenham Edinburgh Edinburgh Penge Penge	Yorkshire Hampshire Gloucester Scotland Scotland Surrey Surrey	abt 1835 24 Oct 1842 abt 1864 16 Aug 1865 28 Mar 1867 abt 1868 abt 1870

Millicent Ellen Marianne Leather

b: abt 1872 Leventhorp Hall, WR Yorkshire 1872 4Q Tadcaster 9c 723
daughter of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Rosamond Mary Leather

b: abt 1876 Tickhill, WR Yorkshire 1876 2Q Doncaster 9c 709
daughter of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Kenneth John Walters Leather

b: abt 1878 Tickhill, WR Yorkshire 1878 3Q Doncaster 9c 664
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

Edward Wilberforce Leather

b: abt 1880 Tickhill, WR Yorkshire 1880 1Q Doncaster 9c 667
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

1881 Census	RG11-4685	4 April 1881	Tickhill, Yorkshire
West Gate
Frederick J. Leather Gertrude E. S. (Wife) Beatrice G. M. Eleanor Millicent M. E. Kenneth J. W. Edward W. Plus 8 Servants	Age 45 Age 38 Age 16 Age 10 Age 8 Age 2 Age 1	Magistrate Scholar Scholar Scholar	Whittington Corhampton Cheltenham South Penge Leventhorpe Hall Tickhill Tickhill	Derbyshire Hampshire Gloucester Surrey Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire	abt 1835 24 Oct 1842 abt 1864 abt 1870 abt 1872 abt 1878 abt 1879

Christopher Leather

b: abt 1882 St John, Penge, Surrey 1882 3Q Doncaster 9c 681
son of Frederick John Leather and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Walters

1881 Census	RG11-3077	4 April 1881	Rugby, Warwick
Boarding House To Rugby School, Barby Road
Gerard F.T. Leather (Boarder)	Age 15	Scholar		Scotland	16 Aug 1865

1881 Census	RG11-1232	4 April 1881	St Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire
St Thomas, St Chernocke House
P. C. D. Leather (Boarder)	Age 14	Scholar		Scotland	28 Mar 1867

Death

Frederick John Leather

Died 7 Jan 1890, Age 54, 1890 1Q Belford 10b 281

The Times, Friday, Jan 10, 1890 Death

On the 7th Jan., in his 55th year Frederick John Leather, J.P., of MIddleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland, and Leventhorpe Hall, Leeds.

Northumberland 1 Mar 1890 Probate

LEATHER, Frederick John, Esq. - The Will with two Codicils, of Frederick John Leather, late of Middleton Hall, Belford, in the County of Northumberland, Esquire, who died 7 January 1890 at Middleton Hall, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Gerard Frederick Towlerton Leather, of Middleton Hall, Esquire, the Son, the Honourable George Edwin Lascelles, of Sion Hill, near Thirsk, in the County of York, William Sheepshanks, of Harrogate, in the County of York, and of 24 Rutland-gate, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, and the Reverend John Vodin Walters, of St. Columba's Vicarage, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, Clerk, the Executors. Personal Estate £84,096 15s. 2d.

1901 Census	RG13-4404	1 April 1901	Tickhill, Yorkshire
The Friary
Gertrude E. S. Leather (Widow) Millicent E. M. (Dau) Rosamond M. (Dau) Daphne M. (GDau) Guy V. (GSon) Plus 6 Servants	Age 58 Age 28 Age 25 Age 6 Age 4	Living on Own Means Living on Own Means Living on Own Means	Corhampton Leventhorpe Hall Tickhill Aldershot Southsea	Hants Yorkshire Yorkshire Hants Hants	24 Oct 1842 abt 1872 abt 1876 abt 1895 abt 1896

1911 Census	RG14-(13)	3 April 1911	Tickhill, Yorkshire - West Riding
The Friary (14 Rooms)
Gertrude E. S. Leather (Widow) Plus 5 Servants	Age 68	Private Means	Corhampton	Hampshire	24 Oct 1842
Data also records that she had 11 children, one has died.

1911 Census	RG14-(4)	3 April 1911	Middleton, Detchant, Ross, Elwick and Easington Grange Northumberland
Middleton Hall, Belford (29 Rooms)
Gerard Frederick Towlerton Leather Margaret Ethel (Wife) Plus 8 Servants	Age 45 Age 39	Retired Army Major	Crammond Dunmurry	Midlothian, Scotland Antrim, Ireland	16 Aug 1865 abt 1871

1911 Census	RG14-(19)	3 April 1911	Fawdon and Clinch Reaveley Ingram, Linhope, Greenshawhill - Northumberland
Ingram Powburn Alnwick (10 Rooms)
Christopher Leather (s) Rosamond Mary (s) Plus 2 Servants	Age 28 Age 34	Private Means Private Means	Tickhill Tickhill	Yorkshire Yorkshire	abt 1882 abt 1876

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser 3 Dec 1912

SIX SOLDIER SONS

REMARKABLE FAMILY GATHERING.

When the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers was stationed in the Straits, amongst the officers that proceeded to Penang with the two companies that formed th Penang detachment, was Lieut Gerard Frederick Towlerton Leather, a fine upstanding figure of a soldier. He is sure to have some old friends in Penang who will be pleased to read this, of a remarkable family gathering at his house, of which the venerable Mrs. Leather was the honoured central personage:-
Belford, Northumberland, October 23, .-
Middleton Hall, two miles from here, a beautiful country seat in the midst of a 9,000 acre estate, will to-morrow be the scene of a remarkable family gathering. In the hall dining-room in the evening six soldier brothers (one of whom has a soldier son) and their wives and four daughters - two of whom have soldier husbands - will gather at the family board to do honour to their mother, who on that day reaches her seventieth birthday. Words of affectionate congratulation will be offered, and then, all standing, the old lady's health will be drunk in a port that

was laid down specially for the purpose sixty-five years ago.
The venerable mother is Mrs. Leather of the Friary, Tickhill, Doncaster. She is as tall and straight as her soldier sons. Traces of silver are only just beginning to show in her dark hair. She can walk better than many women forty years younger, and spends hours a day in the open either walking or busy at her favorite hobby of gardening. Of her ten children there is none that is not straight and shapely and strong. Of her thirteen grandchildren the same can be said. On Active Service The eldest son is Major Gerard Leather, of the 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers, better known as "The Fighting Fifth." It is in his place, Middleton Hall, that the gathering will be held. Major Leather's son Ralph, who comes of age next year, will also be present. He holds a commission in the Warwickshire Yeomanry.
Five of the brothers saw active service in South Africa with north-country regiments. Captain du Santory Leather, the second son, now of the 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, served with the 3rd Durham Light Infantry. Captain Ernest served with the 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

Major Kenneth, now of the 4th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, served in the war with the 1st Battalion. Edward the fifth son, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, and Christopher, the youngest, succeeded getting a commission at the age of seventeen with the 3rd Durham Light Infantry. In South Africa he was transferred to the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and saw more fighting than many of his senior officers. He was in command of a small detachment that held a kopje for three hours against a much heavier surrounding force.
Four Daughters Of the four daughters of Mrs. Leather, Beatrice, the eldest is the wife of Colonel R. Scott, D. L., now commanding the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers. He served in the war with the 3rd Battalion. Eleanor, the second daughter, is the wife of Mr. Bryan Laing, who served with the Northumberland Yeomanry. The remaining daughters are Mrs. Geoffrey Stannisland and Miss Rosamund Leather.

Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland

A splendid record ! Mrs. Gertrude E. Leather of Belford, Northumberland, who is 70 years of age,
with her six sons, all of whom have served or are still serving in the Army.
Gerard Frederick Towlerton is pictured third from the left

Death

Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (Walters) Leather

Died 7 Aug 1918, Age 75, 1918 3Q Doncaster 9c 1037

LONDON 19 Nov 1918 Probate

LEATHER, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia, of the Friary, Tickhill, Yorkshire, widow, died 7 August 1918, Probate London, 19 November, to Gerard Frederick Towlerton Leather, colonel, H.M. Army, and Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather, captain, H.M. Army.
Effects £12,660 13s. 10d.

IN Memory of
LIEUTENANT
CHRISTOPHER Leather
3rd Bn., attd. 1st Bn.,Northumberland Fusiliers
Who Died on 25 October 1914 Age 31

SON OF MR AND MRS FREDERICK J. LEATHER,
of MIDDLETON HALL
BELFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND

REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR

Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

IN Memory of
CAPTAIN
Edward Wilberforce Leather
3rd Bn., Yorkshire Regiment
Who Died on 18 April 1915 Age 35

SON OF MR AND MRS FREDERICK J. LEATHER,
of MIDDLETON HALL
BELFORD, NORTHUMBERLAND
SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

IN Memory of
Major ERNEST ARTHUR LEATHER
15th Bn. attd. 27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers
WHO DIED AGE 48
ON 10 FEBRUARY 1916

Third son of the late Frederick John
and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Leather,
of Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland,
and The Friary, Tickhill, Yorks.
Husband of Mildred L. Leather, of The Cottage, Northaw, Herts

REMEMBERED WITH HONOR

RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais, France

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

SPECIAL THANKS to Mr. Douglas Willoughby Walters, a descendant researcher, from South Africa, who provided the family photograph, from the magazine The Throne, dated 30 October 1912. and also to Mrs Angela Walters, another descendent researcher, from England for providing many details of this family.