ED 250 04 02
Reference code
ED 250 04 02
Title
Papers of Richard Durnford, 1843 - 1934
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Second child and eldest son of the Bishop of Chichester, Richard was at Eton from September 1853 to July 1861 and was elected a King's Scholar in 1855. He was in the Newcastle Select in 1861 and played in College Wall in 1860. He went on to King's College, Cambridge, where he won the Camden Medal in 1864 and took a 1st class but although he became a fellow of the college he then went to the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1869. In 1877 he became an Assistant Charity Commissioner and remained with the Commission until his retirement, being promoted to Secretary in 1900.
In 1884 he married Beatrice, daughter of Prideaux Selby, and the Selby family home of Paxton, at Berwick, was a favourite refuge thereafter, although Hartley Wespall House, inherited from his uncle Rev. John Charles Keate remained the family home. They had six children, two of whom were killed in World War I. (See ED 250/5). His elder daughter, Violet Mary (known as Mamie) married John Chaloner Chute, an Eton master.
In 1884 he married Beatrice, daughter of Prideaux Selby, and the Selby family home of Paxton, at Berwick, was a favourite refuge thereafter, although Hartley Wespall House, inherited from his uncle Rev. John Charles Keate remained the family home. They had six children, two of whom were killed in World War I. (See ED 250/5). His elder daughter, Violet Mary (known as Mamie) married John Chaloner Chute, an Eton master.
Date
1871 - 1934
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- Richard Durnford: Letter to sister, ED 250 04 02 01, (12 January 1884)
- Richard Durnford: Letters to daughter, ED 250 04 02 02-22, (1916 - 1933)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from E. Radcliffe, ED 250 04 02 23, (13 January 1884)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from H. Ewing Reid, ED 250 04 02 24, (26 August 1917)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from the Red Cross, ED 250 04 02 25, (10 September 1917)
- Richard Durnford: 'The Fox Incident', ED 250 04 02 26, (1832 - 1897)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from William Richard Wood Stephens, ED 250 04 02 27, (10 December 1898)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from Sir Wasey Sterry, ED 250 04 02 28, (2 April 1898)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from Sir Herbert Warren, ED 250 04 02 29, (20 August 1895)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from Mary Wayland, ED 250 04 02 30, (20 February 1849)
- Richard Durnford: Letter from Edith, ED 250 04 02 31, (11 June 1849)
- Richard Durnford: Warrant of appointment, ED 250 04 02 32, (5 March 1900)
- Richard Durnford: Obituary, ED 250 04 02 33, (12 January 1934)
- Richard Durnford: Order of service, ED 250 04 02 34, (13 January 1934)
- Richard Durnford: Diaries, ED 250 04 02 35, (1873 - 1912)
- Richard Durnford: Game book, ED 250 04 02 36, (1871 - 1896)
- Richard Durnford: Accounts and diary, ED 250 04 02 37, (1866)
- Richard Durnford: Auction catalogue, ED 250 04 02 38, (1908)