Evelyn Charles Martin

1847 - 1904  (56 years)

• Name	Evelyn Charles Martin
  Born	05 Jul 1847	The Close, Exeter, Devon
  Christened	04 Aug 1847	Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon   [1]
  Died	03 May 1904	Henwick Hall, Worcester
  Buried	07 May 1904	St. Nicholas Church, Queenhill, Worcestershire
  Person ID	I01542	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Reverend George Martin,   b. Abt 1791, Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire ,   d. 27 Aug 1860, Harberton Vicarage, Harberton  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Renira Henrietta Aldenburgh Bentinck,   d. Jan 1868, Severn Grange, Worcester
  Family ID	F00400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Edith Henrietta Dorothea Martin
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Exeter and Plymouth Gazette" 10 Jul 1847, page 5: BIRTHS. July 5, in the Close, the lady of the Rev. Chancellor Martin, of twins, a son and a daughter, the latter of which survived only a short time. --- "The Tewkesbury Register" 14 May 1904, page 5: Funeral of the Late Colonel E. C. Martin. On Saturday last the funeral of the late Colonel Evelyn Charles Martin, of Heath House, Upton-on-Severn, took place in the quiet and quant old churchyard of Queenhill. The grave was decorated with primroses, fruit blossom, May and moss. The coffin was of polished oak with brass furniture, and bore the following inscription: -- "Evelyn Charles Martin, late Royal Irish Fusiliers' Regiment, and late 1st Royal Scots Regiment, born 5th July, 1847, died 3rd may, 1904." The body, which had been cremated at the new Birmingham Crematorium, was conveyed overnight to upton, laid in the chapel at Upton Cemetery, and was met on Saturday at Queenhill Church by the Rev. E. R. Dowdeswell, who read the service, assisted by the Rev. W.H.R. Longhurst . . .

  
  

• Sources

  Scan of Original Baptism Record.