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Carlisle Journal, 5 Aug 1853
At Long Lodge, near High Hesket, on the 22nd ult, Mrs Margaret Bell, widow, age 90.

1860 map Old Town
https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340806#zoom=5&lat=9759&lon=8343&layers=BT

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30072/supplement/4743

Haig's list continued 22 May 1917

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30086/supplement/5027

London Gazette (page 7199)
War Office 17 July 1917
REGULAR FORCES
The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (attd) 27 June 1917

Page 7201 (top col. 2)...

I see you got my drift!
regards

"Hardwicke's" 1753 Act - nothing like a drop of legalese on a sleepy Sunday.

https://statutes.org.uk/site/the-statutes/eighteenth-century/1753-26-geo-2-c-33-prevention-of-clandestine-marriages/

You don't have a birth/baptimal record - only family folklore

Western Morning News, Tuesday 12 Dec 1876
OUR MALTA LETTER - Valetta, 5 Dec.

"On the afternoon of Saturday, the 2nd, the 74th Highlanders embarked on board the Orontes, which sailed the same...

The 74th "quitting Malta January 1877" was a quick check of the newspaper column "Stations of the British Army". However, having been given a specific date (7 Jan) now need to be more specific.
...

Malta BMDs
https://en.geneanum.com/malta.html

They are "patchy" - eg limited coverage births/baptisms Vittoriosa.

The 74th quit Malta Jan 1877 for Penang/Singapore, returning to the UK Dec...

I can see the 23 Sep 1876 marriage in Malta but cannot spot a '77 birth/baptism. The 74th left Malta in January 1877. What details do you have for the 1877 Malta birth/baptism?

https://www.british-genealogy.com/forum/threads/97062-Benjamin-Hick-Watts-of-Bath-Somerset?highlight=benjamin+hick+watts

The Dalton/Macken marriage is on line at Irish Genealogy (1921). Does the 1930 birth come under the 100 year rule?

Deeny,
Have you established lodger Edward W Watts' pedigree?
There's a baptism of an Edward William Watts, 19 June 1835, Walcot, parents Edward and Mary. There are earlier Walcot baptisms of Susan...

The Straits Times, 30 Nov 1941, reported Robert having a winner in "Tommy Mack" at Kuala Lumpur races that day.

The race card for the first day of the 6 Dec 1941 IPOH race meeting lists Robert...

Earliest Singapore sighting of Robert post war -

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19190319-1.2.38?qt=fenn&q=fenn

Doreen,
There's a great deal out there about Robert and his racing activities but now and again up pops items like...

Robeert heading for Singapore 1908?
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19080904-1.2.38?qt=robert,%20james,%20fenn&q=robert%20james%20fenn
...

J R Fenn listed among those being sought
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19460529-1.2.31?qt=robert,%20james,%20fenn&q=robert%20james%20fenn

See entry for "Fenn Robert James"
https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/evacuation_ships/html/hms_giang_bee_passenger_list.htm

A very warm welcome to Brit-gen.
An obituary in the Salisbury & Winchester Journal, 1 Aug 1803, gives his age as 72, confirming a birth year about 1730. That's all I can establish as to birth...

The Enumerators list of the 1911 Census describes Roland Mansions as "1 Block of 8 Flats with 4 Shops below".

The occupants include "2 x Colonel, 1 x Independent means, 1 x Banker's Chief Clerk...

This street map of London (1885) shows Roland Mansions at the junction of Rosary Gardens and Old Brompton Road. The 1939 Register shows 8 apartments at Roland Mansions
...

The 1861 marriage cert shows Samuel Jean Vallon, as "Deceased".

If you check post 1 Doreen it has Henri "remarrying" - subsequent posts explain more than one Henri involved.