Maria Eliza Coyne

Maria Eliza Coyne

Female - 1840

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  1. 1.  Maria Eliza CoyneMaria Eliza Coyne died on 16 Sep 1840 in Her residence near Carrick-on-Shannnon, Roscommon, Ireland; was buried in Ardcarne Churchyard (Old Church of Ireland).

    Notes:


    --- "Dublin Evening Post" 17 Sep 1840, page 3:
    It is our painful duty to announce the death of Mrs. Peyton, wife of Wynne Peyton, Esq, of Springfield, county Roscommon, J.P., who departed this life on the 16th instant, in the 32d year of her age, after a protracted illness of ten months, which she bore with truly christian RESIgnation. In every relation of life -- as a daughter, wife, mother or friend -- she possessed in a superior degree those qualities which cased her to be beloved by all who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance. By her death the poor of the surrounding neighbourhood have been deprived of a generous benefactress, her hands being at all times and seasons extended in dispensing charity. To her children the love of God, and submission to his will, were ever inculcated, and to her friends and acquaintances her pious and affectionate demeanour made her be looked on as a perfect model of imitation. Her last moments were truly exemplary; after imparting her blessing to her beloved husband and children, by whom she was surrounded, she calmly RESIgned her soul to her Creator, who seemed to grant her the blessing of a happy death, which she so long prayed for, and which the heavenly joy that appeared on her countenance at that moment clearly manifested. -- May she rest in peace.

    --- Ancestry.com Message Boards reply (dated 12 Feb 2017):
    Written by Batjac11
    If you are still out there and are still interested, Wynne Peyton was the son of William Peyton and Dame Jane Chambers O'Rorke. Jane was married to Hugh O'Rorke of Creevagh, County Sligo, who died in January of 1790. Jane remarried to William Peyton later that same year. Wynne Peyton was for a time in the 1840's living in the townland of Cartown in County Leitrim about a mile north of Carrick On Shannon. James Coyne Esq. rented the biggest house in Cartown, and Wynne married his daughter, and only child Maria. Cartown was owned by John Hamilton Peyton, Wynne Peytons cousin. John Hamilton Peyton was the son of Hamilton Peyton and Susanna Chambers of the townland of Port, close by Cartown. Susanna and Jane Chambers were sisters born in County Mayo. I am descended from Hugh Peter O'Rorke, Wynne Peyton's half-brother who also lived in Cartown at the same time. Hope this helps.

    --- "Dublin Evening Mail", 21 Sep 1840 --- seen on BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk (I have a digital copy.)
    Deaths. September 16, at her residence, near Carrick-on-Shannon, in the prime of life, Mary, the beloved wife of Wynne Peyton, Esq.

    --- "The County Families of the United Kingdom" by Edward Walford, Edition 6, 1871, Pub. by Robert Hardwicke, pages 779-80 --- seen on Mocavo.com
    Peyton, Major John.
    Eldest son of the late Wynne Peyton, Esq., J.P.. of Springfield, co. Leitrim, and Cartowns, co. Roscommon, by Maria, only child of the late James Coyne, Esq., of Cartown; b. 1828; m. 1st 1861 Violet, eldest daughter of Col. John Eliot Pringle, Coldstream Guards, and has, with other issue,
    Guy Wynne: b. 186--
    2nd 186-- Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Wingate Henderson, Esq., J.P., of Roke Manor, Romsey, Hants. This family is descended from the Peyton, of Peyton Hall, Suffolk, a younger son of which family was Lord Justice of Ireland, in the 54th year of King Henry the 3rd, A.D. 1269.---
    Army and Navy Club, S.W.; St. James's Club, W.; 34, Cavendish Square, W.

    Maria married Wynne Cornwallis Peyton, Esq. on 25 Oct 1824 in Kiltoghert Church, Ireland. Wynne (son of William Peyton and Jane Chambers) died before 09 Feb 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. James Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Nov 1847.
    2. 3. Unknown Daughter Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. John Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1828; died on 18 May 1909 in 10 Duke St., St. James, Westminster, London; was buried on 22 May 1909 in Kensal Green, Roman Catholic Cemetery (St. Mary), London.
    4. 5. Jane Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1829; was christened on 26 Nov 1829 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 20 Nov 1856 in Woodside, Frant, Sussex; was buried on 26 Nov 1856 in Frant, Sussex.
    5. 6. William Henry Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 21 Nov 1829; was christened on 21 Nov 1829 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland.
    6. 7. William Henry Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1830; died on 21 Jul 1892 in Haslar House, Beaumont-street, Portland Place, Middlesex; was buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Kensal Green, London.
    7. 8. Wynne Chambers Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 25 Jan 1832 in Ireland; was christened on 25 Jan 1832 in Killukin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 29 Dec 1860 in His Father's House, Drumlyon; was buried on 01 Jan 1861 in Ardcarne Churchyard (Old Church of Ireland).
    8. 9. George McDermott Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 22 Apr 1833; was christened on 22 Apr 1833 in Killukin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 14 May 1849 in Springfield, near Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon, Ireland.
    9. 10. Henry Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 15 Jan 1835 in Ireland; was christened on 15 Jan 1835 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland.
    10. 11. Francis Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 19 May 1839; was christened on 19 May 1839 in Killucan, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 16 Nov 1893; was buried on 18 Nov 1893 in Brighton General Cemetery, Church of England Area, Section A, Grave #71.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James PeytonJames Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) died on 30 Nov 1847.

    Notes:


    --- "Limerick Chronicle" 08 Dec 1847, page 3:
    James, son of Wynne Peyton, Esq. of Springfield, near Carrick on Shannon.

    --- "Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette" 4 Dec 1847, page 3:
    On Tuesday, James, second son of Wynne Peyton, Esq., of Springfield, near Carrick-on-Shannon.


  2. 3.  Unknown Daughter PeytonUnknown Daughter Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1)

    Notes:


    Jane Peyton's 1856 obituary lists her as the second daughter of Wynne Peyton, Esq.


  3. 4.  John PeytonJohn Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born about 1828; died on 18 May 1909 in 10 Duke St., St. James, Westminster, London; was buried on 22 May 1909 in Kensal Green, Roman Catholic Cemetery (St. Mary), London.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: 1848, Joined the 18th Hussars
    • Military Service: 21 Jul 1848, Promoted to Rank of Cornet in the 18th Hussars
    • Military Service: 18 May 1849, Promoted to Rank of Lieutenant in the 18th Hussars
    • Military Service: 03 Jun 1854, Captain in the Bombay Infantry
    • Military Service: 31 Aug 1858, Promoted to Rank of Captain in the 18th Hussars
    • Military Service: 30 Jul 1862, Major in the 106 Foot
    • Military Service: 26 Apr 1863, Major in 23rd Native Infantry, Bombay Army
    • Military Service: Aug 1863, With a Squadron of 18th Hussars at North Camp, Colchester
    • Military Service: 28 Jul 1865, Major in 23rd Native Infantry, Bombay Army
    • Military Service: 12 Sep 1866, Lieut.-Colonel in Staff Corps of the Bombay Army
    • Military Service: 17 Apr 1869, Purchased Rank of Major in the 18th Hussars
    • Military Service: 24 Apr 1869, Major in the 7th Dragoon Guards
    • Military Service: Between 1871 and 1876, Commanding Officer of the 7th Dragoon Guards
    • Military Service: 28 Jun 1871, Purchased Rank of Lt.-Col. in the 7th Dragoon Guards
    • Military Service: 03 May 1876, Retirement from 7th Dragoon Guards (Bought Out)
    • Probate: 15 Jun 1909, London, Middlesex

    Notes:


    --- "Aldershot Military Gazette" 26 Sep 1863, page 3:
    Officers on Leave of Absence.
    Captain Peyton. 18th Hussars, from 19th September to 8th October, 1863, on urgent private affairs.

    --- "Homeward Mail from India, China and the East" 28 Jul 1866, page 10:
    BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
    Fairlie, Major J.R., cadre 6th L.C.: order dated May 26, 1866, by the officer comdg. Wellington, appg. this officer to act as station staff officer, during the illness of Capt. J. Peyton, 18th Hussars, confd.

    THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS HAVE LEAVE OF ABS.:---
    Peyton, Capt. J., 18th Hussars, by the overland route.

    --- "The Suffolk Chronicle" 05 Aug 1871, page 9:
    The 7th Dragoon Guards, Colonel John Peyton, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to move as soon as possible after the autumn manoeuvres to Norwich, Ipswich, and Colchester.

    --- "Dover Express" 25 Aug 1871, page 4:
    THE 7TH (PRINCESS ROYAL'S) DRAGOON GUARDS AND THE WEST KENT YEOMANRY
    A portion of this tregiment had a field-day on Monday last with the Maidstone and Cobham troops of the West Kent Yeomanry. The Dragoon Guards were under the command of Col. Peyton, and the Yeomanry under Capt. Nicholson. The men belonging to the Dragoon Guards, consisting of 159 rank and file, Captains George and Rees, and seven subalterns, assembled about a quarter to nine in the morning, and marched to Boxley Warren, where they found a squadron of the West Kent Yeomanry awaiting their arrival. The troops formed in line and marched past by squadrons, trotted past by sections, and galloped past by wings. The troops then went through several maneouvres, and we need hardly say that they were performed in a masterly manner. After several advances and charges, Lieutenant-Colonel Peyton manoeuvred the troops on to the ground on which he intended to picket them, in columns of troops. The usual routine of stable duties took place, and the horses were watered. The trumpet then sounded for dinner, and the men were provided with beer, &c., by the liberality of Lieutenant-Colonel Peyton. The officers also partook of a luncheon. After dinner, on marching from the ground, the squadrons of Yeomanry headed the column from the Warren to the Chatham-road, where one troop diverged to Rochester, the band playing "Auld Lang Syne," and the men cheering most lustily. As each troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards came up and were recognised by Captain Nicholson, who had formerly been attached to this regiment, they cheered him vociferously. The regiment took the road to Maidstone, headed by the Maidstone troop, the band playing several cheerful airs.

    --- "Morning Post" Thursday, 17 Oct 1872 (seen on British Newspaper Archive):
    "Lieutenant-Colonel Peyton, 7th Dragoon Guards, has been instructed to proceed to Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, on the 30 inst., for the purpose of making his annual inspection of the Earl of Yarborough's Corps of Light Horse Volunteers."

    --- "Truth" 04 Jul 1878, page 16:
    KEMPTON PARK RACECOURSE
    With the time-honoured institution of a dinner, at which there was a representative attendance of all classes whose business or pleasure leads them to feel an interest in all such undertakings, a new club-course on the lines of Sandown was declared to be opened last Saturday, though the first race-meeting will not be held there until the 18th of this month. There is still much to be done in preparing the Grand Stand for that occasion, and, probably, there will then be some incompleteness in the arrangements, but the course only wants slight modifications to make it one of the finest near London, and it is in capital order now. The park, with its broad stretches of pleasant pasturage and cool recesses shaded with grand old trees, is of ample area, and looks limitless, for there is nothing ot define the boundaries between it and the grand sweep of woodlands and parks on either hand. The arrangements are perfect in their way, the officials are courteous, and the programme is laid out on a liberal scale. With a railway-station within a few years, and ever accommodation provided for those who prefer the delights of the road -- which, by the way, is one of the pleasantest drives out of London -- there would seem to be no reason why Kempton Park should not become a favourite resort. Colonel Peyton is President, and in this capacity shows the genial qualities which endeared him to all his old comrades of the "Black Horse," and the Secretary of the Club is Mr. Seymour Portman.

    --- "Burton Chronicle" 30 Jun 1881, page 8:
    A want long felt in racing circles has just been supplied by the formation of a club in Bennet-street, St. James's, with the title of "the Racing Club." This club has been established under the auspices of some well-known and responsible racing men, including names such as Colonel Peyton and Captain Batchelor. The object of the club is to grant facilities to its members for the execution of commissions, and for backing horses at the closest prices on the spot, without having to wander forth east or west, to the Victoria Club, or Tattersall's or to Brewer's little establishment. With this view it is proposed to connect the club premises by telephone with all the great racing centres. So that in point of fact a man will be able to make a book on a race at the very last moment, after the numbers have been put up, should he prefer it, without every visiting the racecourse. A charge of two per cent is made on all winnings, except to owners, and five per cent when at starting prices.

    --- "Western Evening Herald" 04 Jun 1897, page 3:
    DERVISH ATTACK
    ENGLISH OFFICER SEVERELY WOUNDED
    The "Daily Mail" Cairo correspondent says: -- It is reported here that a smart skirmish has taken place near Merawi, the most advanced post on the Nile, between the Egyptian forces and a body of the Khalifa's troops. Captain Peyton, who is in command of the Egyptian cavalry, is said to have been severely wounded.
    Captain Peyton, of the 15th Hussars, who is reported to be severely wounded in the fight with the dervishes, is a fine young soldier who has won golden opinions in the Egyptian cavalry. He was specially telegraphed for by the Sirdar when the campaign was undertaken last year, having been well known to him when serving in Cairo as the adjutant of the 7th Dragoon Guards. Captain Peyton was in all the engagements of the last year's business, and only a short time back he was sent up to Merawi in command of a couple of squadrons of Egyptian horse, being intended to lead the advance. The wound he has received is most likely from a spear, and is described as "severe."

    Captain Peyton is the son of Colonel "Jack" Peyton, a veteran officer whose tall, commanding figure and fine presence are probably well-known to all Londoners. He was a very distinguished sabreur in his time, a great Orientalist, who did most gallant service in India, the friend and comrade of Nicholson and the Lawrences. He was colonel of the same regiment -- the 7th Dragoon Guards -- as that in which his son was adjutant quite lately.

    --- "Mid Sussex Times" 21 Oct 1902, page 3:
    Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Peyton, son of that popular old soldier Colonel "Jack" Peyton, has been appointed second in command of the 15th Hussars in India.

    --- "The Times" (London) 19 May 1909, page 1 -- I have a digital copy of the page.
    PEYTON. --- On the 18th May, at 10, Duke-street, St. James's, Colonel John Peyton, late Commanding 7th Dragoon Guards. R.I.P. Funeral. Kensal-green Roman Catholic Cemetery, 11:30a.m., Saturday, 22nd May. This is the only intimation.

    --- "The Times" Thursday, May 20, 1909, page 13 --- seen on Times Digital Archive through Cleveland Library
    OBITUARY.
    COLONEL PEYTON.
    Colonel John Peyton, whose death has occurred at 10, Duke-street, St. James's, was an officer who had seen a good deal of service in India and a veteran of the Mutiny.
    Colonel Peyton served as an engineer officer on the Peshawur frontier in 1854-5, and remodelled the forts of Michnee, Shubkudder, and Abozai, between the Khajbar Pass and the Kabul River, in front of an enemy, his men having been on more than one occasion shot down at their work, and his predecessor, Lieutenant Bulnois, of the Bengal Engineers, was killed in the discharge of that duty. He was present at every engagement which took place with the hill tribes during the above period, and received the thanks of the Government for special services on the frontier of Tibet. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 he was present at the Peshawur outbreaks and second in command of the 18th Penjab Irregulars, the only other European officers being all then severely wounded. He also narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Sealkote mutineers at the engagement on the Ravee under General Nicholson. For his services he recieved the medal. He afterwards commanded the 7th Dragoon Guards, and retired in June, 1871.
    Colonel William Eliot Peyton, D.S.O., who commanded the 15th Hussars, is his third son.
    The funeral will take place at Kensal Green Roman Catholic Cemetery on Saturday, May 22, at 11:30 a.m.

    --- "Eastern Evening News" 20 May 1909, page 3:
    In the "Times" obituary of yesterday is recorded the death of Colonel ("Jack") Peyton, who commanded the 7th Dragoon Guards, and who made himself and his regiment immensely popular in Norwich when stationed here some 30 years ago. There are many citizens still living who will well remember, and with pleasure, Colonel Peyton, Captian Maxwell-Lyte, "Billy" Truman, and others. The funeral of Colonel Peyton will be at Kensal Green Roman Catholic Cemetery, 11.30 a.m., on Saturday.

    --- "Army and Navy Gazette" 22 May 1909, page 15:
    Col. John Peyton, formerly of the 7th Dragoon Guards, died on the 18th inst. at 10, Duke Street, St. James's, aged 80.

    Obtaining his commission in the Indian Army as 2nd Lieutenant July 21, 1848, he became Lieutenant May 18, 1849. He served as engineer officer on the Peshawur Frontier in 1854-55, and remodelled the forts of Michnee, Shbkudder, and Abozai, between the Khyber Pass and Kabul River, in front of an enemy, his men having on more than one occasion been shot down at their work, and his predecessor, Lieut. Boulnois, of the Bengal Enginerrs, killed while on duty. Col. Peyton was present at every engagement which took place with the hill tribes during the above period, and subsequently was on special service on the frontier of Tibet, for which he received the thanks of the Government. During the Indian Mutiny he narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Sealkote mutineers at the engagement at the Peshawur outbreak as second in command of the 18th Punjab Irregulars, the commanding officer and two other European officers present being all severely wounded (medal). His commission as Captian dated from Aug. 31, 1858, when the East India Company was broken up, and he then joined the 18th Hussars, which regiment was that year revived. He remained with the 18th Hussars until April 17, 1869, when he obtained a majority in the 7th Dragoon Guards. Becoming Lieutenant-Colonel June 28, 1871, he retired May 3, 1876, receiving the value of his commission. Col. Peyton had passed the interpreter's examination in Hindustani, and had taken degrees of high proficiency in the Urdu and Persian languages at the colleges of Calcutta and Madras, receiving a reward of £400. His son is Brig.-Gen. W.E. Peyton, D.S.O. (late 15th Hussars), who now commands the Meerut Cavalry Brigade.

    --- "Truth" 26 May 1909, page 6:
    Colonel John Peyton, who died last week, had a very distinguished career in India between 1854 and 1858. He received the thanks of Lord Dalhousie (then Governor-General) for his valuable services on the frontier of Tibet, and he was conspicuous on several occasions during the Mutiny. Colonel Peyton afterwards commanded the 7th Dragoon Guards for some years, but he was a comparatively young man when he retired from the Army. At one time hewas a well-known figure in sporting circles.

    --- "Sporting Times" 29 May 1909, page 7:
    Another death that we have to lament is of that fine soldier Colonel John Peyton, who was the first chairman of the Kempton Park Company. He began his soldiering in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and after a time in India exchanged into the 18th Hussars, from which regiment he again exchanged to the 7th Dragoon Guards, which he commanded for a number of years. In 1871 we were at the first meeting that was held in Paris after the war, and there noted the slovenly appearance of the French cavalry, one of whose officers we saw tumble over his own sword. On the following Tuesday Colonel Peyton came into Newmarket at the head of his regiment, which was marching to Norwich, and we were much struck with his magnificent soldierly appearance, as well as that of the regiment generally, in contrast to what we had seen in France. Colonel Peyton lived to see his son champion Man-at-Arms of the British Army and Colonel of the 13th Hussars. "Jack" Peyton, as he was familiarly called, retired from racing some years ago. The last meeting he attended was at Liverpool, staying at the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, in company with his old friends, the late Mr. Redfern, Captain Pigott, and the late Major Billington, who was known to his friends as "The Sealed Pattern." During the period when Colonel Peyton was more actively connected with racing, a little coterie dined together two or three times a week, when a frequent hose, or guest, was Parson Drake, who used to ride as "Mr. Ekard," and was a brother of "Squire" Drake, of Shardeloes. Other were Mr. Redfern, who for a long time was Father of the Turf, and Captain Pigott.

    --- "The New Annual Army List for 1881" H.G. Hart, John Murray, 1881, page 624:
    Lt. Colonel J. Peyton served as an Engineer Officer on the Peshawur Frontier in 1854-55, and remodelled the Forts of Michnee, Shubkudder, and Abozai, between the Khyber Pass and Cabool river, in front of an enemy, his men having on more than one occasion been shot down at their work, and his predecessor Lieut. Bulnois of the Bengal Engineers killed in discharge of that duty; was present at every engagement which took place with the Hill Tribes during the above period. Received the thanks of Government for special services on the frontier of Thibet. Served during the Indian mutiny of 1857-8 and narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the Sealkote mutineers at the engagement on the Ravee under General Nicholson; was present at the Peshawur outbreak as 2nd in Command of the 18th Punjaub Irregulars, the Commanding Officer, the Adjutant, and the Doing Duty Officer, the only other European officers present, being all three severely wounded (Medal). Lt. Colonel Peyton has passed the Interpreter's Examination in Hindostanee and taken degrees of high proficiency in the Oordoo and Persian languages at the Colleges of Calcutta and Madras, and received the reward --- 400 pounds.

    John married Emily Georgiana Violet Pringle on 09 Jul 1861 in Oratory and St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Emily (daughter of John Henry Pringle and Georgiana Ramsbottom) was born on 30 Dec 1839 in Covent Garden, London; was christened on 30 Apr 1840 in St. George's, Bloomsbury, Camden, London; died on 19 May 1866 in Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, India; was buried on 20 May 1866 in All Saints' Church, Coonoor, Nilgiris, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Guy Wynne Alfred Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 02 Jun 1862 in Brighton, Sussex; died on 28 Jul 1950 in Wynthrop, Chorleywood Rd., Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; was buried on 02 Aug 1950 in Chorley Wood Church.
    2. 13. Ivor Eliot Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jun 1863 in Wilton Terrace, Westminster, London; died on 11 Apr 1938 in Southern Railway Line at Swinley Bridge, Easthampton, Berkshire; was buried on 14 Apr 1938 in All Saints, Ascot Heath, Berkshire.
    3. 14. William "Bill" Eliot Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 07 May 1866 in Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, Madras, India; was christened on 10 Jun 1866 in Wellington, Madras, India; died on 14 Nov 1931 in St. Martin, London, Middlesex, England.

    John married Elizabeth Wingate Henderson on 16 Jun 1868 in All Souls' Church, St. Marylebone, London. Elizabeth was born about 1836 in Somersetshire; died on 30 Oct 1882 in Rossbegh Lodge, Glenbeigh, Killarney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Jane PeytonJane Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born about 1829; was christened on 26 Nov 1829 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 20 Nov 1856 in Woodside, Frant, Sussex; was buried on 26 Nov 1856 in Frant, Sussex.

    Notes:


    --- "Sussex Advertiser" Tuesday, 25 Nov 1856, page 6:
    DEATHS. Peyton --- Nov. 20, at Woodside, Frant, Sussex, Jane, second daughter of Wynne Peyton, Esq., Carrick-on-Shannon, aged 27.


  5. 6.  William Henry PeytonWilliam Henry Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born before 21 Nov 1829; was christened on 21 Nov 1829 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland.

    Notes:


    In Wynne Chambers Peyton's 1860 obituary, it mentions that he is the fifth son of Wynne Peyton, Esq.


  6. 7.  William Henry PeytonWilliam Henry Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born on 27 Dec 1830; died on 21 Jul 1892 in Haslar House, Beaumont-street, Portland Place, Middlesex; was buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Kensal Green, London.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Between 11 and 14 Apr 1852, Attack on Rangoon
    • Military Service: Dec 1850, Entered Indian Army
    • Military Service: 1852, Distinguishes Himself in Burmese War
    • Military Service: 19 May 1853, Assault and Capture of Bassoin
    • Military Service: Dec 1862, Appointed to Madras Staff Corps
    • Military Service: 1864, Captain, 9th Madras Native Infantry
    • Military Service: 09 Dec 1870, Major, Madras S. C.
    • Military Service: Jul 1881, Rank of Colonel
    • Military Service: 1891, Rank of Major-General

    Notes:


    --- Birth date given on Pension paper.

    --- "Dundee Advertiser" 26 Jul 1892, page 8:
    In London, on the 21st July, Major-General William Peyton, Indian Staff Corps, second son of the late Wynne Cornwallis Peyton, of Springfield, County Roscommon, Ireland.

    --- "London Daily News" Tuesday, 26 Jul 1892, page 6 :
    Major-General William Peyton, of the Indian Staff Corps, who has just died in London, was the second son of the late Mr. Wynne Cornwallis Peyton, of Springfield, county Roscommon, Ireland, and was born in December, 1830. He entered the Indian Army in December, 1850, and took part in the Burmese war of 1852-3, being present during the operations before and at the attack on Rangoon from the 11th to the 14th April, 1852, and at the assault and capture of Bassoin on the 19th May, 1853, receiving the Burmese war medal with clasp for Pegu. He was also employed with field detachments on the Hyderabad frontier from November 16, 1858, to March 12, 1859. Appointed to the Madras Staff Corps in December, 1862, he had occupied the position of Deputy Conservator of Forests, Southern Division, Bombay, and was appointed a colonel in July, 1881, and major-general last year.

    --- "The Times (London)" 25 Jul 1892, page 1:
    On the 21st July, in London, Major-General William Peyton, Indian Staff Corps, second son of the late Wynne Cornwallis Peyton, of Springfield, county Roscommon, Ireland.

    --- "Reading Mercury" Saturday, 06 Aug 1892, page 6:
    Major-General William Peyton, of the Indian Staff Corps, has just died in India. In addition to other service he distinguished himself in the Burmese war of 1852.

    --- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1858-1966" (1892, P Ph, Page 1 of 11):
    Peyton William of 8 Holles Street Middlesex major-general India Staff Corps died 21 July 1892 at Haslar House Beaumont Street Portlad Place Middlesex Administration London 14 September to John Peyton colonel late commanding the 7th Dragoon Guards
    Effects 330l. 18s. 10d.

    William married Ada Matilda Ramsbottom-Isherwood on 09 Feb 1864 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Ada (daughter of James Ramsbottom and Emma Batson) was born on 27 Aug 1823 in London; was christened on 20 Nov 1825 in Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire; died on 21 Nov 1912; was buried on 25 Nov 1912 in St. Andrew's, Cobham, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Wynne Chambers PeytonWynne Chambers Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born before 25 Jan 1832 in Ireland; was christened on 25 Jan 1832 in Killukin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 29 Dec 1860 in His Father's House, Drumlyon; was buried on 01 Jan 1861 in Ardcarne Churchyard (Old Church of Ireland).

    Notes:


    --- "Freeman's Journal", 08 Jan 1861, page 3:
    It is with much regret we record the death of the Rev. Wynne Peyton, late curate of Dysart; parish in this diocese. He died on Saturday night, 29th December, at his father's residence, near Drumlyon chapel, in the 29th year of his age. His death was not at all unexpected, he has been ill for the last two years, although labouring zealously on the mission up to a few months before his demise. He caught a severe cold after being removed about two years ago from Frenchpark in the depth of winter, and when beginning to recover he was removed from Frenchpark to Dysart, which brought on a relapse, and from that relapse he never rallied. Deceased was fifth son of Wynne Peyton, Esq., of Springfield. In early youth he gave signs of a vocation and was devoted, like another Samuel, by his pious mother to serve in God's Temple. He studied for several years in Cardinal Wiseman's college, and was sent after to the Irish College, Paris. Since his ordination he laboured like an Apostle during his short but brillian career, and the example of zeal he set will be long remembered by all who knew him. He was a man of promise and of talent. In him the diocese of Elphin has lost one of her most devoted priests. There was a solemn requiem mass on Monday for the Rev. Mr. Peyton, at which the Rev. Michael O'Beirne, C.C., Croghan, was celebrant; Very Rev. Dr. Dawson, deacon, and Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald (Carrick-on-Shannon), sub-deacon, assisted by the neighbouring clergy. He was interred on New Year's Day in Ardcarne churchyard, where his beloved mother reposed, and we have not witness for a long time past so large a concourse of people at any funeral, nor such manifestations of real, genuine, heart-felt sorrow. --- May he rest in peace. --- Roscommon Herald.

    --- "Freeman's Journal", 15 Jan 1861, page 3:
    DEATH OF THE REV. W. PEYTON, C.C. --- We sincerely regret to have to record the death of the Rev. Wynne Peyton, late curate of Dysart, in this diocese. One of the most amiable of men, and an indefatigable minister of God, the death of this young clergyman is deeply mourned by all who had the happiness of his acquaintance, and by none more than by the poor, who were so much indebted to his active benevolence. The lamented gentleman, whose death took place on the 29th ult., at his father's residence, Drumlyon, was for some time labouring under illness, and in consequence was unable to undertake active duty for two or three months to his decease. On the 31st viz., there was a solemn requiem mass for this lamented clergyman, the Rev. Mr. O'Beirne, C.C., Killucan, as a priest celebrant; the Very Rev. Dr. Dawson, V.G., as deacon; and the Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald, subdeacon. The funeral took place on New Year's Day, when the mortal remains of the Rev. Mr. Peyton were interred in the churchyard of Ardcarna; the sincere regrets of those present testifying to the real worth of this excellent clergyman who has gone to reap the reward of the good and faithful servant. --- Sligo Champion.


  8. 9.  George McDermott PeytonGeorge McDermott Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born before 22 Apr 1833; was christened on 22 Apr 1833 in Killukin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 14 May 1849 in Springfield, near Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon, Ireland.

    Notes:


    --- "Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette" 19 May 1849, page 3:
    DIED. On Monday last, of influenza, at Springfield, near Carrick-on-Shannon, George, fourth son of Wynne Peyton, Esq., of said place.

    --- "Limerick Chronicle" 23 May 1849, page 3:
    At Springfield, near Carrick-on-Shannon, George, son of Wynne Peyton, Esq.

    --- Listed in an 1840 Chancery Case as George McDermott Peyton, minor son of Wynne Peyton and Maria E Peyton.


  9. 10.  Henry PeytonHenry Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born before 15 Jan 1835 in Ireland; was christened on 15 Jan 1835 in Killucin, Roscommon, Ireland.

    Notes:


    Baptism entry is in on 14 Dec 1835 and 15 Jan 1835, same entry on two days.


  10. 11.  Francis PeytonFrancis Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born before 19 May 1839; was christened on 19 May 1839 in Killucan, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland; died on 16 Nov 1893; was buried on 18 Nov 1893 in Brighton General Cemetery, Church of England Area, Section A, Grave #71.

    Notes:


    --- Godparents listed on Christening Record as James Coyne and Catherine Graham

    --- "The Argus" (Melbourne, Vic), 11 Oct 1920, page 1:
    PEYTON. --- On the 8th October, at her residence, "Roubaix", Black street, Middle Brighton, Alice Margaret, widow of Francis Peyton, Melbourne, and daughter of the late Henry Jones, Bendigo.

    --- "The Argus" (Melbourne, Vic), 17 Nov 1893, page 1:
    The Friends of the late Mr Francis Peyton are informed that his remains will be interred in the Brighton Cemetery.
    The Funeral will leave his late residence, Purno, Black-street, Middle Brighton, on Saturday, the 18th inst., at 2:30p.m.
    A.A. Sleight, Undertaker, 182 Collins-street.

    --- "Morning Bulletin" (Rockhampton, Qld), 24 Nov 1893, page 5 :
    The news of the death of Mr. Francis Peyton, says the Melbourne "Argus" of Saturday last has been received in town with much regret. The deceased gentleman was fifty-two years of age, and was a colonist of nearly thirty-six years standing. About fifteen or sixteen years ago he became associated with the firm of Messrs. Peyton, Dowling, and Co., which succeeded to the former business of Messrs. R. and S. Gibbs, but about three years ago he retired from active business. He was also interested in pastoral pursuits in Queensland. Mr. Peyton was distinguished for his high sense of honour, and was held in universal esteem by all with whom he came into contact.

    --- "The Argus" (Melbourne, Vic) 21 December 1893:
    Application for probate of the will of Francis Peyton, deceased, late of the firm of Peyton, Dowling, and Co., is being made bu the Trustees, Executers, and Agency Company Limited, the execturo appointed under the will. The date of the testator's death was 16th November last. By his will, which was executed on the 10th February, 1893, he bequeaths to his wife all his household furniture and effects, a legacy of 500 pounds, and his shares in the Metropolitan Gas Company, free from the liability thereon if any; to his friend George Chisholm he leaves the sum of 500 pounds; to Stanley Jackson, Gordon Jackson and Norman Jackson, sons of William Bell Jackson, formerly a partener of his in the firm of Peyton, Dowling, and Co., each 200 pounds. The income of his estate he directs to be paid to his wife during her life, and subject thereto in trust for his children in equal shares, in default of children to his three nephews, Guy Wynne Peyton, Ivor Elliott Peyton, and William Elliott Peyton, in equal shares. The estate is valued at 7,478 pounds 5 shillings 8d., all personally



Generation: 3

  1. 12.  Guy Wynne Alfred PeytonGuy Wynne Alfred Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 02 Jun 1862 in Brighton, Sussex; died on 28 Jul 1950 in Wynthrop, Chorleywood Rd., Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; was buried on 02 Aug 1950 in Chorley Wood Church.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 26 Apr 1894, Justice of the Peace (Queensland)
    • Awarded: 24 Aug 1917, M.B.E. (Honours for War Work)
    • Occupation: 24 Aug 1917, Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary, War Office
    • Electoral Register: 1918, St. James, Westminster, London
    • Probate: 25 May 1951, London, Middlesex

    Notes:


    --- "London Standard" 6 Jun 1862:
    Peyton.--- On the 2d inst., at Brighton, the wife of Captain Peyton, 18th Hussars, of a son.

    --- "The Times" 31 Jul 1950, page 1:
    PEYTON. --- On July 28, 1950, at Wynthrop, Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth, GUY WYNNE ALFRED PEYTON, the beloved husband of Letita Peyton. Funeral, Wednesday, August 2, at 11 a.m., at Chorley Wood Church.

    --- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966" (1951, P, Ph, 1 of 14):
    Peyton Guy Wynne Alfred C.B.E. of Wynthrop Chorleywood-road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire died 28 July 1950 Probate London 25 May to Westminster Bank Limited and Florence Letitia Lawrence Peyton widow. Effects 48,116 l. 1s. 7d.
    Resealed Brisbane 20 June 1952.

    Guy married Florence Letitia Lawrence Cusse between Jul and Sep 1947 in Westminster, London. Florence was born before 03 Apr 1889; was christened on 03 Apr 1889 in St. Martin's, Salisbury, Wiltshire; died on 19 Mar 1967 in Wynthrop, Chorleywood Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Ivor Eliot PeytonIvor Eliot Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 30 Jun 1863 in Wilton Terrace, Westminster, London; died on 11 Apr 1938 in Southern Railway Line at Swinley Bridge, Easthampton, Berkshire; was buried on 14 Apr 1938 in All Saints, Ascot Heath, Berkshire.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 13 Aug 1894, Justice of the Peace (Queensland)
    • Electoral Register: 1903, Nive Downs, Maranoa, Queensland, Australia
    • Electoral Register: 1905, Nive Downs, Maranoa, Queensland, Australia
    • Electoral Register: 1908, Tambo, Maranoa, Queensland, Australia (Occupation: Manager)
    • Military Service: 18 Dec 1914, Second Lieut. of S. Nottinghamshire Hussars
    • Electoral Register: 1918, St. James, Westminster, London
    • Probate: 14 Jul 1938, London, England
    • Probate: 08 Mar 1939, Brisbane, Australia (Resealed)

    Notes:


    --- "Lancashire Evening Post" 11 Apr 1938, page 10:
    J.P.'S FALL TO DEATH
    Mr. Ivor Peyton, of Englemere Hill, Ascot, 74-year-old member of the Ascot Bench and Berkshire County Council, fell 30 feet to his death over the parapet of a road bridge in front of a train near his home today. He was killed instantly.

    --- "Yorkshire Evening Post" 11 Apr 1938, page 11:
    Mr. Ivor Peyton (74), a magistrate, of Ascot, fell from Swinley Bridge, Berks, in front of a train today and was killed instantly. He was a Berkshire County Councillor and a well-known landowner.

    --- "The Times" Tuesday, 12 April 1938, page 1:
    PEYTON.. --- On April 8, 1938, suddenly, at Ascot, Ivor Eliot Peyton, second son of the late Col. John Peyton, 7th Dragoon Guards. No flowers, by special request. Funeral private.

    --- "Caledonian Mercury" Saturday, 4 Jul 1863:
    "Peyton.-- At Wilton Terraace, London, on the 30th ult., the wife of Captain Peyton, 18th Hussars, of a son."

    ---- "The Courier-Mail" (Brisbane, Qld) 25 May 1938:
    Mr. I.E. Peyton
    Mr. Ivor Eliot Peyton, who accidentaly met his death in England recently, was well known in the Charleville--Auguthella district of Queensland. He was a son of the late Colonel John Peton of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and at the age of 18 settled in Australia with his eldest brother, Guy, where he acquired an interest in the Oakwood station and Chatham grazing selection near Charleville. He returned to England in 1912.

    --- "The Courier-Mail" (Brisbane, Qld) 28 May 1938:
    Peyton of Oakwood
    More than 40 years ago two young Englishmen, Guy and Ivor Peyton, came to Queensland and became part owners of Oakwood stationin the Charleville district. Later they acquired considerable property in Brisbane, which is still held by the family.
    They returned to England some years ago, Ivor becoming a member of the staff of his brother, General Sir William Peyton, in Gallipoli, afterwards commanding a labour battalion in France. After the war he bought Englemere Wood at Ascot, in Berkshire, taking a prominent part in the local affairs of his district.
    This week I had information that Ivor, then 74 years of age, had been accidentally killed by falling from a railway bridge. A detailed report in an English newspaper says that he was taking his dogs for a walk and fell from the bridge in a fit of giddiness.
    Many old RESIdents of the Charleville district will remember the kindly owners of Oakwood.

    ---- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" (1938-P, PF,1):
    "Peyton, Ivor Eliot of Inglemere Wood Ascot Berkshire died 11 April 1938 on the Southern Railway line at Swinley Bridge Easthampton Berkshire Probate London 14 July to Dorothy Helen Peyton widow and Guy Wynne Alfred Peyton of no occupation. Effects 22,136 pounds 2 shillings 9d. Resealed Brisbane Australia 8 March 1939."

    --- Monumental Inscription:
    The grave is in Priory Road Churchyard and the inscription is as follows.
    Double grave with kerbstones and raised stone in centre engraved on both sides

    This stone
    was placed here
    in memory of those
    who lie beneath it
    IVOR ELIOT
    PEYTON
    30 June 1863 - 11 April 1938
    his loved & loving wife
    DOROTHY HELEN
    19 June 1888 - 14 August 1977
    and their much loved
    youngest son
    HENRY ELIOT PITT
    22 Oct 1925 - 8 Feb 1931
    "Where I am there shall also
    My servant be"

    Reverse

    This stone
    also commemorates
    TOMMY
    THOMAS GRENVILLE PITT PEYTON
    5 June 1921 - 28 March 1942
    Most dearly loved
    second son of
    IVOR and DOROTHY.
    He was killed
    when serving with
    No 2 Commando
    in the attack on
    St Nazaire.
    "All you had hoped for
    all you had, you gave
    to save mankind"

    On surround

    The peace of God which passeth all understanding

    Ivor married Dorothy Helen Elphinstone on 05 Nov 1917 in St. James, Westminster, London. Dorothy was born on 19 Jun 1888; died on 14 Aug 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. John Wynne William Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Feb 1919 in 6 Berkeley-street, England; was christened on 24 Mar 1919 in St. James, Westminster, London; died on 22 Nov 2006.
    2. 16. Thomas Grenville Pitt Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 Jun 1921 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; died on 28 Mar 1942 in St. Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France.
    3. 17. Henry Eliot Pitt Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1924 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; died on 08 Feb 1931 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; was buried on 10 Feb 1931 in All Saints, Ascot Heath, Berkshire.

  3. 14.  William "Bill" Eliot PeytonWilliam "Bill" Eliot Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 07 May 1866 in Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, Madras, India; was christened on 10 Jun 1866 in Wellington, Madras, India; died on 14 Nov 1931 in St. Martin, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 15 Jan 1932, London, England

    Notes:


    --- "Morning Post" 06 July 1866:
    Peyton. --- On the 7th May, at Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, the wife of Captain Peyton, 18th Hussars, of a son.

    --- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" (1932, P, PH, 1) "
    Peyton, Sir William Eliot K.C.V.O. K.C.B. of the Army and Navy Club 46 Pall Mall Middlesex died 14 November 1931 Probate London 15 January to Guy Wynne Alfred Peyton and Ivor Eliot Peyton gentlemen. Effects 4,695 pounds 16 shillings 10d.

    William married Mabel Maria Gage on 27 Apr 1899 in Holy Trinity, Folkestone, Kent. Mabel was born on 10 Jun 1866; died on 12 May 1901 in 29 Wimpole-street, W., London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Ela Violet Ethel Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1900 in 35, Beaufort-gardens, S.W., London; was christened on 01 Jan 1901 in St. Saviour's, Chelsea, Kensington, London.

    William married Gertrude Hay Lempriere on 14 Nov 1903 in Bombay, Bombay, India. Gertrude was born about 1865; died on 21 Oct 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Guy Arthur Eliot Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1907 in India; was christened on 31 Dec 1907 in Muttra, Bengal, India; died on 06 Feb 1958.


Generation: 4

  1. 15.  John Wynne William PeytonJohn Wynne William Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (13.Ivor3, 4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 13 Feb 1919 in 6 Berkeley-street, England; was christened on 24 Mar 1919 in St. James, Westminster, London; died on 22 Nov 2006.

    Notes:


    --- "The Times (London)" 15 Feb 1919, page 1:
    PEYTON.--- On the 13th Feb., at 6, Berkeley-street, Dorothy Helen, wife of Ivor Eliot Peyton, of a son.

    ---- "The Guardian" 26 Nov 2006:
    Lord Peyton of Yeovil
    Former Conservative Minister, He Stood Against Thatcher for the Tory Leadership
    by John Biffen

    Lord Peyton of Yeovil, who has died aged 87, was a former Conservative minister of transport industries (1970-74) under Edward Heath, and MP for Yeovil from 1959 to 1983. He was a man who relished controversy rather than consensus, and thus he might have settled for the role of backbench gadfly, but instead he aspired to high ministerial office. He unsuccessfully stood against Margaret Thatcher for the Tory leadership in 1975 and his failure to be included in her cabinet from 1979 was a great disappointment to him. This he did not hide, but he bore it with a commendable lack of rancour. Peyton was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. At that point, he showed only a modest interest in politics, confessing: "I became overfond of racing." He joined the supplementary reserve of the 15/19 Hussars, and, with the onset of the second world war, was despatched to France. He was taken prisoner in Belgium in 1940, an experience he graphically described in his autobiography Without Benefit of Laundry (1997). His younger brother was killed in action at St Nazaire in 1942.

    As a prisoner, he studied law, and, after the war made tentative steps in pursuing a legal career, but the attractions of politics proved stronger. In the 1950 general election, he unsuccessfully fought the Labour stronghold of Bristol Central, but in 1951 won Yeovil. His first decade at Westminster was spent on the backbenches. He was a natural "below the gangway" politician, with an eye for the political jugular and an acerbic wit. From there, he became the parliamentary private secretary to Nigel Birch, a junior defence minister, a match in style. He joined the government in 1962 as parliamentary secretary to the minister of power but this spell in office was terminated by Labour's general election victory in 1964.

    He next took office in 1970 with the general election victory of Heath. He was initially appointed minister of transport, but after six months the post was renamed ministry of transport industries. It was a change in name rather than in function, and it was the kind of gobbledygook that irritated Peyton. He was confronted by a railway system that was dilapidated and under-capitalised, a road network that was outstripped by vehicle growth, and ports that were bedevilled by restrictive practices. He yearned for the transport reforms that were eventually carried out by Conservative ministers after 1979.

    In minor matters, however, Peyton was able to indicate his implicit radicalism. In 1971, Thomas Cook, British Rail's travel agency, was denationalised. He insisted that a white paper on port finances be reduced from an initial 100 pages to less than five - a modest matter but within Whitehall a triumph. Peyton's greatest claim to ministerial fame was his dispassionate view of nationalised industry executives and his determination to leave them relatively free from political supervision.

    After the Conservatives' election defeat in February 1974, Heath offered him the novel post of shadow leader of the house. Peyton enthusiastically played the aggressive role that Heath had assigned to him. Nevertheless, he had only a modest time to develop his skills before prime minister Harold Wilson increased his majority in October 1974, and the Conservatives subsequently arranged a leadership election. Peyton stood at the second ballot when Thatcher, who had already despatched Heath on the first vote, defeated all candidates. There was puzzlement as to why Peyton should have stood. Unlike fellow contestants, Geoffrey Howe and James Prior, he had no cabinet experience; and unlike William Whitelaw, another contestant, he had no traditional constituency within the parliamentary party. The gesture, although heroic, did not promote Peyton's reputation. He obtained 11 votes and was bottom of the poll. His behaviour was seen as the tactics of a maverick.

    Thatcher offered him the post of agriculture in her shadow cabinet. He loyally carried out this task; but the man and the post were not an ideal partnership. Peyton was too honest to accommodate the special pleading that dominates agricultural politics. On the other hand, his determination to end the distortions of the "green" pound were generally approved by farmers.

    The Conservative election in 1979 was an acutely unhappy episode for Peyton. All other members of the shadow cabinet were confirmed in office; he alone was excluded. He made public his disappointment, but he was as good as his word in disavowing any plans to be an embittered backbench critic. He was sent to the Lords in 1983, from where he frequently questioned the wisdom of the Commons.

    Peyton also managed to pursue other activities. He was chairman of the British subsidiary of the American company Texas Instruments (1974-90) and of British Alcan Aluminium (1987-91).

    As treasurer of the Zoological Society of London (1984-91), which is responsible for London Zoo and Whipsnade wild animal park, there was much public interest, and rancour, over measures needed to repair the society's finances. Peyton was much concerned that these should be put on a sound footing and that this would require government financial assistance. Eventually, Peyton, and others, RESIgned when efforts failed to bring about fiscal realism.

    Peyton was an essentially private person. Few realised the extent of his grief at the loss of his brother, and later, the childhood death of one of his sons. He may not have succeeded in the quest for political office, but there can be no doubt about the impact of his craggy individualism, a quality he brought to Westminster. Interestingly, he opposed capital punishment.

    He is survived by his second wife, Mary, whom he married in 1966, and by the son and daughter of his first marriage.

    · John Wynne William Peyton (Lord Peyton of Yeovil), politician, born February 13 1919; died November 22 2006

    ---- Obituary in "The Times" 24 Nov 2006

    Tory minister who advised Edward Heath to go like a good sport after his defeat by Margaret Thatcher

    John Peyton was one of the four senior Conservatives present when Edward Heath was told the result of the first ballot for the Conservative leadership in February 1975. When asked what action Heath, unexpectedly beaten into second place by Margaret Thatcher, should take, Peyton said that, though the British had differing views about winners, they admired good losers.

    When Heath withdrew, Peyton was one of those who was persuaded to enter the second ballot, a decision he regretted, since he came bottom of the poll, gaining only 11.

    Although Peyton served in Margaret Thatcher?s Shadow Cabinet for four years, he was the only opposition spokesman not to become a minister in May 1979, not surprisingly as his contributions had not always been from the Thatcher hymn sheet. In January 1973, during a discussion on two policy documents, Peyton said that Conservatives should be ?against appeasement and confrontation, but there had to be a third way?, a pre-echo of later Blairite sentiments.

    Disappointed at his rejection, he told the whips that he intended to change his name to Cinderella and obey the Fairy Godmother?s instructions not to stay out too late.

    Thereafter he concentrated on his business career, leaving the Commons at the general election of 1983, when he became a life peer. His seat at Yeovil, which he had held for 32 years, was lost to Paddy Ashdown, the future Liberal Democrat leader.

    John Wynne William Peyton was born in 1919 and educated at Eton, where, as a member of the OTC, he was in the honour guard within the grounds of Windsor Castle at the state funeral of King George V in 1936.

    In 1937 he went up to Trinity College, Oxford, to read law. He dabbled in university politics and spoke at the Union, then under the presidency of Edward Heath. But in the summer of 1939 he sought a commission in the l5th/l9th Hussars. Going abroad with the British Expeditionary Force, he was captured in Belgium in May 1940. (His younger brother was killed in action at St Nazaire in 1942.)

    Imprisoned first at Laufen in Bavaria, he was later sent to Warburg in Westphalia. The long years were made endurable by study for his future Bar exams. In the summer of 1942 he was moved to Eichstatt in Bavaria. In the spring of 1945 a forced march to a fourth camp at Moosburg suffered casualties when Allied aircraft strafed the columns which they mistook for German formations. Soon afterwards the camp was liberated by the Americans.

    He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple and joined the chambers of Patrick Devlin. One of his first briefs was on House of Lords business, after which he was offered, but declined, the post of assistant private secretary to Lord Jowitt, the Labour Lord Chancellor.

    In early 1946 he was appointed personal assistant to Walter Monckton on the eve of his tour of duty in India to prepare for the transfer of power. Peyton was at Viceroy?s House when the health of the King Emperor was drunk by Mountbatten for the last time.

    On his return to England Peyton became a Lloyd?s broker and sought a Conservative candidacy. He fought the Labour stronghold of Bristol Central in the 1950 general election, and entered the Commons in October 1951 as Member for Yeovil. In 1952 he became parliamentary private secretary to Nigel Birch at the Ministry of Defence, an appropriate first step on the rung, as Westland Helicopters and the Fleet Air Arm at Yeovilton were important constituency concerns.

    Seen by some as a maverick rightwinger (he was later a member of the Monday Club), Peyton was a more complex political persona than that. He was a consistent opponent of capital punishment at a time when this could lead to difficulties in Conservative constituencies.

    After his spell at the Ministry of Defence, Peyton had to wait eight years for his next post, as parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Power, in 1962. After the 1964 Tory defeat, he shadowed the post in Opposition until Edward Heath?s reshuffle in the summer of 1966.

    Peyton felt that his political career was now at an end, but in 1969 Heath invited him to produce a West Country strategy document for the next election, and when the Conservatives unexpectedly won power in June 1970, he was appointed Transport Minister. The post was soon subsumed into a super-ministry in October and his job description became ?Minister for Transport Industries in the Department of the Environment?. He was sceptical of the value of such departmental integration, preferring to plough his own furrow.

    In November 1970 Peyton had to deal with the aftermath of the collapse of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Port Board, and in January 1971 he announced the sale of British Rail?s travel agency, Thomas Cook. He did not sympathise with the 1971 Industry Bill and when the ?payroll ministers? were whipped to ensure victory over dissident backbenchers, Peyton?s room at the House was the scene of a desolate picnic supper attended by three unhappy ministers.

    Further controversy came with Peyton?s decision to make the wearing of helmets compulsory for motorcyclists and, later, seatbelts for motorists. The Green Paper of March 1973 on the proposed Channel Tunnel was his responsibility, and he signed the initial agreement with his French counterpart. His friendship with John Betjeman, who accompanied him on some ceremonial railway events, was a feature of this time.

    Another close friend was William Walton, and he generously allowed Heath to take over the 70th birthday celebrations he had been arranging for the composer, which became a semi-state function at Downing Street in the presence of the Queen Mother. When the Heath Government encountered industrial difficulties in the autumn of 1973, Peyton was a strong advocate of a pre-Christmas election. He believed, not merely with hindsight, that the February 1974 contest was a miscalculation.

    After the Conservatives? second defeat in the general election of October 1974, Peyton, who had taken up business posts with Texas Instruments (of which he was UK chairman, 1974-90), Alcan Aluminium, and the London and Manchester Assurance Company, became Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, a post in which his humour and geniality were valuable assets at a difficult parliamentary time.

    In February 1975 he was caught up in the dramatic events following the fall of Heath ? but he was never a serious candidate for the leadership. His place in the leader?s consultative committee was thereafter a tenuous one, and when he was made agriculture spokesman in 1976, he regarded that as one place nearer the door, which indeed closed behind him when the Conservatives returned to office in May 1979.

    After leaving the Commons and entering the Lords he resumed his business career, becoming chairman of British Alcan Aluminium in 1987. He was an energetic treasurer of the Zoological Society of London, 1984-91. In 1997, Peyton published a memoir, Without Benefit of Laundry.

    Peyton married in 1947 Diana Clunch, with whom he had two sons, one of whom died in childhood, and a daughter. This marriage was dissolved in 1966, and Peyton married Mary Cobbold. There were no children of his second marriage. He is survived by his wife and by a son and daughter of his first marriage.

    Lord Peyton of Yeovil, politician, was born on February 13, 1919. He died on November 22, 2006, aged 87

    John married Mary C. Cobbold between Jul and Sep 1966 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    John married Diana Clinch on 11 Dec 1947 in St. Martin's in the Vold, Johannesburh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Sarah Grenville Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1948.
    2. 21. Thomas Richard Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1950.
    3. 22. Charles Michael Eliot Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1955; died in 1960.

  2. 16.  Thomas Grenville Pitt PeytonThomas Grenville Pitt Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (13.Ivor3, 4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 05 Jun 1921 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; died on 28 Mar 1942 in St. Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France.

    Notes:


    --- "The Times (London)" 07 Jun 1921, page 1:
    PEYTON.--- On the 5th June, at Englemere Wood, Ascot, Dorothy Helen, wife of Ivor Eliot Peyton --- a son.

    Newspaper Obituary (England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 [Death-P-4572] ):
    "Peyton.--- On March 28, 1942, previously reported missing, now known to have been killed in raid on St. Nazaire, Lieut. Thomas Grenville Pitt Peyton, The King's Royal Rife Corps, serving with a Commando, second son of the late Ivor Peyton and Dorothy Peyton, of Englemere Wood, Ascot, aged 20 years. Please, no letters."


  3. 17.  Henry Eliot Pitt PeytonHenry Eliot Pitt Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (13.Ivor3, 4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 22 Oct 1924 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; died on 08 Feb 1931 in Englemere Wood, Ascot; was buried on 10 Feb 1931 in All Saints, Ascot Heath, Berkshire.

    Notes:


    --- "The Times" 24 Oct 1924, page 1:
    PEYTON. --- On the 22nd Oct., at Englemere Wood, Ascot, to Dorothy Helen, wife of Ivor Eliot Peyton --- a son.

    --- "The Times" 10 Feb 1931, page 1:
    PEYTON. --- On Feb. 8, 1931, at Eaglemere Wood, Ascot, of bronchitis, suddenly, HENRY, dearly loved youngest son of Dorothy and Ivor Peyton. Funeral private.


  4. 18.  Ela Violet Ethel PeytonEla Violet Ethel Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (14.William3, 4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 28 Nov 1900 in 35, Beaufort-gardens, S.W., London; was christened on 01 Jan 1901 in St. Saviour's, Chelsea, Kensington, London.

    Notes:


    --- "The Times (London)" 29 Nov 1900, page 1:
    Peyton. --- On the 28th inst., at 35, Beaufort-gardens, S.W., the wife of Major W.E. Peyton, 16th The King's Hussars, of a daughter.


  5. 19.  Guy Arthur Eliot PeytonGuy Arthur Eliot Peyton Descendancy chart to this point (14.William3, 4.John2, 1.Maria1) was born on 21 Oct 1907 in India; was christened on 31 Dec 1907 in Muttra, Bengal, India; died on 06 Feb 1958.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: 01 Sep 1927, 19th H (Cavalry) -- Promoted from Gentleman Cadet at Royal Military College; Rank of 2nd Lt. 15th

    Notes:


    --- "The Times" 03 Oct 1936, page 15:
    MR. G.A.E. PEYTON AND MISS J. SEBAG-MONTEFIORE
    The engagement is announced between Guy Arthur Eliot Peyton, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, son of the late General Sir William Peyton, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., 15th (The King's) Hussars, and the late Mrs. Peyton, and Joan, younger daughter of the late Cecil Sebag-Montefiore and of Mrs. Sebag-Montefiore, of Green's Norton, Towcester, and 14, Hyde Park Terrace, W.2.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Elizabeth Clarice Joan Peyton  Descendancy chart to this point