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Robert Edward Wellington Garnham      1825-1907
Robert was born on 31 August 1825, the son of Lt.-Col. Robert Claremont Garnham of Ashfield Lodge, Suffolk, on board ship sailing from London to Calcutta, in the Bay of Bengal. His father, who was serving in India, had, not too long before, served under Wellington, and would himself die on board ship, February 27, 1827.
Robert was in the 6th West Yorks Militia when he married Marian Nash, and it took him 12 years to rise to lieutenant-colonel. The Garnhams spent a lot of their time at Densworth, the Sussex house they had inherited from  A. J. 		  Nash, but during the Season lived at 14 Montagu Square, London (another A.J. Nash legacy). The colonel was shy and ill at ease in society, but went the rounds for the sake of his daughters. At Densworth, In 1826 he acquired, from Bosham Manor, for 80 pounds, the parcel of land called Cucumber Field. Robert died in September 1907.
On July 1, 1908 the butler at Densworth packed up the contents of the silver-safe into three large boxes. His inventory survives, pinned to the back of the cellar door. When Marian died Densworth went to her daughters
Jessie Marian Nash                             1839-1908
Marian was born on 17 April 1839, the daughter of Andrew John Nash and Elizabeth Nash, at Bray, Berkshire.
I have identified the following children.
  Jessie Maude Born abt 1857   Dover, Kent  
Edith Emily Born abt 1864   London Married Harold Jellicorse

Birth of Parents
Robert Edward Wellington Garnham b: 31 Aug 1825                   (At Sea)     Bay of Bengal
son of Lt.-Col. Robert Claremont Garnham of Ashfield Lodge, Suffolk

Jessie Marian Nash b: 17 Apr 1839                   Bray, Berkshire
daughter of Andrew John Nash and Elizabeth Nash

Marriage
Dec 1856
Robert Edward Wellington Garnham
Jessie Marian Nash 		St James, Dover, Kent

Children
Jessie Maud Garnham b: abt 1857               Dover, Kent
daughter of Robert Edward Wellington Garnham and Jessie Marian Nash
Edith Emily Garnham b: abt 1864               London
daughter of Robert Edward Wellington Garnham and Jessie Marian Nash

1871 Census RG10-1123 3 April 1871 East Ashling, Funtington, Sussex
Densworth House
Robert E. W. Garnham
Jessie M. (Wife)
Jessie M.
Edith E.
Plus 8 Servants 		Age 45
Age 31
Age 13
Age 6 		Capt of Militia

Scholar
Scholar 		Bay of Bengal
Bray
Dover
London 		India
Berkshire
Kent
Middlesex 		31 Aug 1825
17 Apr 1839
abt 1857
abt 1864

1881 Census RG11-1136 4 April 1881 East Ashling, Funtington, Sussex
Densworth House
Robert E. W. Garnham
Jessie M. (Wife)
Jessie M.
Edith E.
Plus 9 Servants 		Age 55
Age 41
Age 23
Age 16 		Lt-Col of Militia


Scholar 		East Indies
Bray
Dover
London
Berkshire
Kent
Middlesex 		31 Aug 1825
17 Apr 1839
abt 1857
abt 1864

1891 Census RG12-850 6 April 1891 East Ashling, Funtington, Sussex
Densworth House
Robert E. W. Garnham
Jessie M. (Wife)
Jessie M.
Edith E.
Percy Smith Beamish (Visitor)
Ethel M. H. Beamish (Visitor)
Genivieve Marshall (Visitor)
 Plus 8 Servants 		Age 65
Age 51
Age 33
Age 26
Age 54
Age 24
Age 30 		Retired Lt-Col of Militia



Civil Service - Admiralty
Living on own means
Living on own means 		Bay of Bengal
Bray
Dover
London
London
London
France
Berkshire
Kent
Marylebone
Paddington
Paddington
(Brit Subject) 		31 Aug 1825
17 Apr 1839
abt 1857
abt 1864
abt 1836
abt 1866
abt 1860

The Times, Friday, Aug 4, 1893                           Marriages
  On the 1st August, at Funtington Parish Church, by the Revd. George Pearson, Vicar and Rural Dean, assisted by the Revd. Prebendar Jellicorse, Rector of Clunbury, Shropshire, and by the Revd. W. F. Shaw, Rector of West Stoke, Sussex, Mr. HAROLD JELLICORSE, 1st Battn, the Royal Sussex Regiment, son of the late E. J. R. Jellicorse, Esq., to EDITH EMILY, younger daughter of LIEUT.-COLONEL GARNHAM, of Densworth, near Colchester.
  1893 3Q Westbourne 2b 821

1901 Census RG13-975 1 April 1901 East Ashling, Funtington, Sussex
Densworth House
Robert E. W. Garnham
Jessie Marian (Wife)
Jessie Maud
Plus 9 Servants 		Age 75
Age 61
Age 43
 Retired Lt-Col of Militia Bay of Bengal
Bray
Dover 		East Indies
Berkshire
Kent 		31 Aug 1825
17 Apr 1839
abt 1857

Death
Robert Edward Wellington Garnham Died 29 Sep 1907, Age 82,   near Chichester, Sussex
Burial, Funtington, Sussex           1907 4Q Westbourne 2b 243

The Times, Thursday, Oct 3, 1907                         DEATHS
  GARNHAM - On the 29th Sept., at his residence, Densworth, Chichester, suddenly, of heart failure, LT.-COL. ROBERT EDWARD WELLINGTON GARNHAM, late 4th Batt. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt., Aged 82.   No Flowers, by special request.
LONDON   9 Nov 1907                         Probate
GARNHAM, Edward Wellington - of Densworth-house, Funtingham, near Chichester, died 29 September 1907, Probate London 9 November, to George Broomfield Winckworth, esquire, and Jessie Marian Garnham, widow.   Effects £671 19s. 3d.

Death
Jessie Marian (Nash) Garnham Died 30 Aug 1908, Age 69,           1908 3Q Westbourne 2b 218

LONDON   4 Nov 1908                         Probate
GARNHAM, Jessie Marian - of Densworth house, near Chichester, widow, died 30 August 1908, Probate London 4 November, to George Bromfield Winckworth, esquire and Harold Jellicorse, a retired Major in His Majesty's Army.   Effects £5,540 13s. 10d.


SPECIAL THANKS  to John Stewart, a descendant of Capt. William Dixon, R.A, for the details provided above.