Sandown Isle of Wight
Wimbledon
Addresses after Gretna:
1925 – 1 Harley Gardens, Kensington
1935 – 10 Manor Road, Sidcup
1939 – 22 Barham Road, Wimbledon
1957 – 229 Combe Lane, Wimbledon
Additional information
Agnes was born on 1st April 1891 just in time to be included on the 1891 census along with her Mother, Father and 4 siblings plus servants. Her father had lived on the Isle of Wight since birth and was a Justice of the Peace (JP) amongst other positions held. They lived in Chad Hill, Hill Street, Sandown which is now a successful hotel. In 1897, the family moved to much grander surroundings namely Purlieu House, Dibden, Hampshire where in 1902 Agnes’s sister died aged 13. Only a few years later a double tragedy struck the family. In 1909 the family had moved from Purlieu House to Villa Amalthea, on the front at Hythe. Her father was suffering a prolonged illness and in June 1909 died. Within a matter of weeks, her brother Gerald had passed away as well. Apart from a very large funeral, later the German Kaiser instructed the German Ambassador in London to travel to Hampshire to not only visit Agnes’s family but to place a wreath on his behalf. Robert Fox had been for many years the English Tutor to the Kaiser and his family in Germany. After Robert’s death the family moved into London. Ellen, Agnes’s sister, married Arthur Hugo Daly after the Great War. Her brother Victor, serving in the Irish Guards was killed in action on 18 May 1915. Whilst it is pure supposition Agnes might well have been involved with the Suffragette movement and this is how and why she was an officer (Sub Inspector) in the Women Police Service at Gretna. After the war she travelled with mostly her mother to North America and by the 1939 registration document, was employed as a ‘Clerk of the Christian Science Church’. For many years she lived in and around Wimbledon, SW20, but passed away on 14 April 1970.
Sources Consulted
Source
Item consulted
Ancestry UK
English/ Welsh Census 1891, 1901,
1911, 1921, 1939 registration
Census, electoral registers
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burial/ Cemetery records
Immigration and travel
British Newspaper Archive
Local, National & Scottish Newspapers
National Archives Kew
Ministry of Munitions & Women Police Service
National Archives Edinburgh
Gretna Police Area records
Devils Porridge Museum Archives
Valuation Roll for Gretna
Electoral Register 1918-1919
Dumfries Archives
Police & Court records
Scotlandspeople
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Valuation Roll for Gretna
Court, prison and legal records
Bow Street Court and Holloway Prison
Sandown Isle of Wight
Wimbledon