| Name |
Eleanor Matthews |
| Birth |
9 Jul 1824 |
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England  |
| Christening |
17 Jul 1824 |
St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1841 |
Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
- Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
/Elizabeth Mathews - 42 - Schoolmistress - yes born in county
Elizabeth Mathews - 21 - yes
Eleanor Mathews - 17 - yes
George Mathews - 14 - no
Eliza Mathews - 12 - yes
/Thomas Tuck - 73 - yes
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| Occupation |
1881 |
| Housekeeper to Duke of Edinburgh at Clarence House, Westminster, Middlesex, England |
| _FGLINK |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186856176 |
| _FGRAVE |
186856176 |
| Death |
1900 |
Hendon, Middlesex, England |
- Death - Mar 1900 - Ellen Matthews age 75 Hendon
|
| Burial |
Willesden New Cemetery, Franklyn Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England |
|
| Notes |
- Her nephew Charles Fordham inherited a wardrobe with the Royal Crest on it from his Aunt. (She was possibly called Aunt Ginny, of Carlton Vale ? - wrong - now proved this is his Aunt Eleanor Matthews). This Aunt used to work as a housekeeper at Clarence House to the Duke of Edinburgh. She lived in a tied cottage or flat when she retired.
Charles' great-nieces, Rose & Daisy dealt with their Great-Uncle's Will and they had to contact Buckingham Palace to see if they could keep the wardrobe as it was very valuable. It was eventually left to his wife, Emily, despite her not being related to the Aunt.
note:
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 - 30 July 1900) was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigning between 1893 and 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster in the peerage of the United Kingdom on 24 May 1866.
When he became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha he surrendered his British allowance of £15,000 a year and his seats in the House of Lords and the Privy Council, but retained the £10,000 granted on his marriage in order to maintain Clarence House as his London residence. In 1866, it became the home of Queen Victoria's second son and fourth child Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh until his death in 1900.
On 23 January 1874, the Duke of Edinburgh married Her Imperial Highness The Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, the second (and only surviving) daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%2C_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
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| Person ID |
I1374 |
FamilyTree1 |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2024 |
Centuries Past
1824 - 1900 (75 years)