Descendants of Abraham Messervy

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1 Abraham Messervy (1579-1612) m (1601, St Mt) Susanne Dumaresq ( -1652)
- 2 Clement Messervy (1602-1670) (St Mt) m 1 (1617, St Mt) Jeanne Baudain; 2 (1622- ) (Gr) Marie Fauvel (1603-1670) daughter of RIchard ( -1621) and Susanne, nee Amy (1575-1642)
  - 3 Rachel Messervy (1630-1680) (St Mt)
  - 3 Jean Messervy (1632-1692) (St Mt) m 1 (1661, St Mt) Mabel Godfray (1636-1669)
    - 4 Jeanne Messervy (1661-1665) (St Mt)
    - 4 Laurens Messervy (1662-1664) (St Mt)
    - 4 Rachel Messervy (1664- ) (St Mt)
    - 4 Elizabeth Messervy (1666- ) (St Mt)
    - 4 Clement Messervy (1669- ) (St Mt) m (1689, St Mt) Francoise Richardson (1664-1756) daughter of Thomas (1638-1690) and Francoise (1632-1697)
      - 5 Jean Messervy (1689-1769) (St Mt) m (1719, St Mt) Susanne Mallet (1687-1781) daughter of Philippe (1649-1723) and Susanne (1651-1702)
        6 Francoise Messervy (1720-1720) (St Mt)
        6 Susanne Messervy (1720-1720) (St Mt)
        6 Susanne Messervy (1722-1802) (St Mt)
        6 Jean Messervy (1725-1769) (St Mt) m (1756, Tr) Marguerite Nicolle ( -1788) daughter of Jean
        7 Jean Messervy (1757- ) (St Mt)
        7 Clement Messervy (1759-1826) (St Mt) m (1782, St S) Sara Messervy (1760-1828) daughter of Clement (1726- ) and Elizabeth, nee Cabot (1729- )
        8 Elizabeth Messervy (1783-1847) (St Mt)
        8 Susanne Messervy (1785- ) (St Mt)
        8 Clement Messervy (1786- ) (St Mt) m (1825, St H) Susanne du Feu (1802- ) daughter of Laurens (Tr)
        9 Susanne Messervy (1825- ) (Tr)
        9 Clement Messervy (1827-1874) (Tr)
        9 Anne Messervy (1830- ) (Tr)
        9 Fanny Messervy (1834-1904) (Tr)
        9 George Messervy (1837- ) (Tr)
        9 Alfred Messervy (1843-1912) (Tr) ^[1] m (1875, St S) Mary de Gruchy (1856-1887)
        10 Martha Mary Messervy (1876-1959) (Tr)
        10 Alfred George Messervy (1877-1930) (Tr)
        10 Clement Charles Messervy (1878-1950) (Tr)
        10 Edgar Philip Messervy (1880-1924) (Tr) ^[2] m (1905, Tr) Adela Jane Picot (1881- )
        11 Edgar Messervy (1906- )
        11 Albert Messervy (1908-1985)
        11 Doris May Messervy (1909-1999) m (1932, St P) Edmund Garnet de Gruchy (1901-1980) (Tr)
        
        10 Raymond Messervy (1881-1891) (Tr)
        10 Edwin Messervy (1883-1963) (Tr)
        10 Rodney Messervy (1884-1884) (Tr)
        10 Albert Messervy (1885-1949) (Tr)
        
        8 Marie Messervy (1789-1801) (St Mt)
        8 George Messervy (1792-1818) (Tr)
        8 Jean Messervy (1794-1849) (Tr) m (1834, St H) Nancy Marett (1797-1876)
        9 Jean Messervy (1833, St Mt) m ^[3] Susanne Le Riche (1837- )
        10 Louisa Messervy (1871- )
        10 John William Messervy (1870- ) (St Mt) ^[4] m (1905, St Martin) Lydia Bettina Billot (1875- ) daughter of Charles ^[5]
        10 Alfred George Messervy (1875-1898)
        10 Susan Messervy (1877- )
        
        9 George Messervy (1835-1898) (St Mt) m (1863, St S) Mary Ann Poingdestre (1835-1902)
        10 George Augustus Messervy (1866-1946) (Methodist baptism) ^[6] m (1908, Methodist) Lydia Maria du Feu (1882-1951)
        11 Beatrice Lydia Messervy (1911-1981)
        11 Noella Ada Messervy (1916-1993) m David John Henley
        11 George Thomas Messervy (1923-2003)
        
        10 Walter John Messervy (1868-1927) (Methodist baptism) ^[7] m (1906, Birkenhead) Florence Beatrice Whittaker
        11 Roy Whittaker Messervy (1908- ) (Birmingham)
        11 Beatrice Gwendoline Messervy (1910- ) (B`ham)
        
        9 Thomas Messervy (1838- ) (St Mt)
        
        8 Anne Marguerite Messervy (1796- ) (Tr)
        8 Esther Messervy (1797-1804) (Tr)
        8 Philippe Messervy (1798-1800) (Tr)
        8 Philippe Messervy (1801-1849) (Tr) m (1825, St H) Jeanne Bouton (1793-1867)
        9 Philip Messervy (1826-1892) (St H) ^[8] m (1864, St H) Anne Mary Bradley (1843-1929)
        10 Philip Messervy (1864- ) (St H)
        10 Francis Henry Messervy (1868-1868) (Liverpool)
        10 Julie Beatrice Messervy (1871-1955) (Liverpool)
        10 Annie Margaret Messervy (1873-1890) (Liverpool)
        10 Bertram Lyon Messervy (1875-1878) (Liverpool)
        10 Ralph Norman Messervy (1879-1956) (Liverpool) ^[9] m (1905, Victoria, Aus) Maude Eva Martin (1886-1962)
        11 Margaret Anne Jean Messervy (1906-2002) (Aus)
        11 Leila Julie Alice Messervy (1907-1968) (Aus)
        11 Philip Martin Messervy (1910-1945) (Aus)
        
        10 Edmund Sidney Messervy (1885-1917) (Liverpool) ^[10] m (1905, Lancashire) Kathleen Jane Graham (1879- )
        11 Kathleen Julie Messervy (1907-1992)
        11 Evelyn Graham Messervy (1908-1915)
        
        9 Francois Bouton Messervy (1828-1844) (St H)
        9 Daniel Marett Messervy (1830-1887) (St H) m (1884, Lancashire) Rose Ellen Gromwell (1855-1884)
        9 Charles Bertram Messervy (1832-1913) (St H) ^[11] m (1868, St S) Leila Miriam Cooke (1845-1926)
        9 Edouard George Messervy (1834- ) (St S)
        9 Thomas Richardson Messervy (1837- ) (St S)
        
        7 Marguerite Messervy (1762-1850) (St Mt)
        7 Susanne Messervy (1765-1847) (St Mt)
        
        6 Clement Messervy (1726- ) (St Mt)
      - 5 Philippe Messervy (1693- ) (St Mt)
      - 5 Charles Messervy (1695- ) (St Mt)
      - 5 Clement Messervy (1698- ) (St Mt)
      - 5 Lauren Messervy (1702- ) (St Mt)
      - 5 Susanne Messervy (1706-1770) (St Mt)
  - 2nd wife of Jean Messervy (1670, St Mt) Catherine Godfray (1634-1697)
    - 4 Abraham Messervy (1671- ) (St Mt)
    - 4 Philippe Messervy (1673- ) (St Mt)
    - 4 Elizabeth Messervy (1676- ) (St Mt)
  - 3 Laurens Messervy (1635-1662) (St Mt)
  - 3 Abraham Messervy ( -1651) (St Mt)
  - 3 Marie Messervy ( -1644) (St Mt)
- 2 Edouard Messervy (1603- ) (St Mt) m (1633, St Mt) Marie Cabot
  - 3 Marguerite Messervy (1633- )
  - 3 Jeanne Messervy (1634- )
  - 3 Elizabeth Messervy (1638- )
  - 3 Abraham Messervy (1641- )
  - 3 Marie Messervy (1642- )
  - 3 George Messervy (1643- ) m ^[12] Marie Perchard
    - 4 Susanne Messervy (1676- ) m Aaron Messervy
      - 5 Aaron Messervy (1707- )
    - 4 Edouard Messervy (1677- )
    - 4 George Messervy (1681- ) m (1706, St Mt) Marie Dolbel
      - 5 George Messervy (1707- )
      - 5 Jean Messervy (1710- )
      - 5 Thomas Messervy (1714- ) ^[13] m (1746, St Mt) Elizabeth Valpy (1724- )
        6 Thomas Messervy (1746- ) m (1771, St Mt) Elizabeth Messervy
        7 George Messervy (1772- )
        7 Sara Messervy (1773- )
        7 Marie Messervy (1779- )
        7 Anne Messervy (1779- )
        7 Jeanne Messervy (1782- )
        7 Jeanne Messervy (1784- )
        7 Jeanne Messervy (1786- )
        7 Francoise Messervy (1789- )
        7 Susanne Messervy (1792- ) unm. (1861)
        7 Thomas William Messervy (1795- ) m (1820, St H) Mary Elizabeth Le Vesconte
        8 Thomas William Messervy
        8 Philip Messervy
        8 Philip John Messervy
        8 Mary Elizabeth Messervy
        8 Caroline Messervy
        8 Amelia William Messervy
        
        7 George Messervy (1799-1870) m (1818, St Mt) Elizabeth Bree (1797-1872)
        8 Susanne Messervy
        8 George Messervy (1819-1888) ^[14] m (1841, St H) Charlotte Augusta Louisa Bolt (1818- ) daughter of Robert
        9 George Frederick Messervy (1842-1905, Croydon, ae 62) OV. ^[15] m 1 (1865, St B) Caroline Bush (1845-1883) daughter of Robert ^[16] and Charlotte (Eng)
        10 George Messervy (1866- ) (St H) OV ^[17] m (1899, St H) Ada Grace Lanlo daughter of Louis (St H) ^[18]
        11 Cecil Messervy (1904- ) (St H)
        11 Douglas Messervy (1907- ) (St H)
        
        by the 2nd wife of George Frederick Messervy, m (1885, Fulham) Caroline Eliza Marian Reece
        10 Kate LLewellyn Messervy (1886- ) (Hammersmith)
        10 Caroline Eva Messervy (1887- ) (Eng)
        10 Frederick Henry Edward Staines Messervy (1889- ) (Parsons Green > Aus.) m Vesta Chambers Green
        11 Norman Henry Edward Messervy (1915-1943) (Brisbane) KIA ^[19]
        
        9 Edward Messervy (1844- ) ^[20]
        9 Alfred Messervy (1846-1913) B.A. (Oxon) ^[21] m (1896, Australia) Gertrude Cardwell Dewbury ( -1963)
        10 Gertrude Messervy (1896- )
        10 Alfred Messervy (1898-1931)
        10 Albert Messervy (1902-1903)
        
        9 Charlotte Lydia Messervy (1847- ) m ( -- ) Gordon ( -by 1881) ^[22]
        9 Charles Messervy (1849-1925) ^[23] m (1875, St S) Emilie de Faye (1854- )
        10 Charles de Faye Messervy (1876- ) (Trinidad) ^[24] m (1905, Wandsworth) Ada Brown daughter of John Giles, Gent.
        10 John Messervy (1877- )
        10 Ethel Mary Messervy (1878- )
        10 Constance Messervy (1880- )
        
        9 Frederick Messervy (1852-1926) OV. m (1881) ^[25] Emily Louisa Rider (1862-1942)
        10 Frederick Gordon Messervy (1883-1949)
        10 Lionel Messervy (1886- )
        10 Keith Messervy (1890- )
        10 Muriel Vera Messervy (1892- )
        
        9 Henry Messervy (1858-1909) ^[26] m Marian Anderson ( -1949) ^[27]
        10 George Forshaw Messervy, OV. ^[28]
        10 Roney Forshaw Messervy, OV. ^[29]
        10 Marjorie Messervy, liv. 1949
        
        9 Ernest Francis Messervy (1860-1891) ^[30]
        9 Walter John Messervy (1861- ) ^[31] m Myra Naida de Boissiere (1869-1933) (Jamaica)
        10 Frank Walter Messervy (1893-1974) General ^[32] m (1927) Patricia, daughter of Colonel E. Waldegrave (Issue: 2 sons, 1 daughter)
        10 Andrew Messervy (1896- )
        10 Audrey Franca Myra Messervy (1896-1978) m Frederick William Milling (issue)
        
        9 Mary Frances Messervy (1863- )
        
        8 Anne Messervy 1831- ) (St Mt) ^[33]
        
        6 Jean Messervy (1748- )
        6 Jean Messervy (1764- ) m Mary Aubin
        7 Jean Messervy (1790- ) m Ann Marett
        7 Mary Messervy (1794- ) m George Godfray
        7 Delicia Elizabeth Messervy (1797- ) m Elias Renouf
        7 Others ^[34]
        
        6 Mary Messervy (1768- ) m Charles de Quetteville
        6 Sara Messervy
        6 Jeanne Messervy (1772- )
      - 5 Clement Messervy (1717- ) m Marguerite Messervy
      - 5 Abraham Messervy (1722- )
    - 4 Abraham Messervy (1685- )
    - 4 Clement Messervy (1689- ) m Elizabeth Messervy
      - 5 Elizabeth Messervy (1712- )
- 2 Abraham Messervy (1605-1686) (St Mt) m Mary Noel
  - 3 Abraham Messervy (1635- )
  - 3 Susanne Messervy (1638- )
  - 3 Elizabeth Messervy (1640- )
  - 3 Noah Messervy (1645- )
- 2 Elizabeth Messervy (1608- ) (St Mt) m Edouard Nicolle

Notes and references

↑ Datestone at Le Carrefour, Tr for Alfred and his son Edgar Philip
↑ Datestone at Le Carrefour, Tr for Edgar Philip and his father
↑ 1878 datestone at Ville Bree Farm, St Martin. Farmer
↑ Farmer, at Ville Bree Farm in 1901, living with his sister Louisa
↑ Proprietor
↑ Living at Clos Durell, Trinity in 1941 and died there in 1946
↑ Company Secretary, Stationery: 1911 Census, Birmingham
↑ Solicitor. Moved to England in 1868
↑ To Australia in 1897 on the Orizaba
↑ Killed Flanders in Great War. Advertising manager before the war
↑ Working for HM Customs in Lancashire in 1861. Returned to Jersey where in 1901 he was living at Maison Herault, St Brelade, and working as Chief of the Bonds for HM Customs
↑ Marriage record not found
↑ 1741 datestone at Les Alpes, St Martin, apparently with his initials and his mother's. Second (1851) datestone with his intials and his wife's
↑ Master Taylor, of 9, Beresford Street, St Helier, employing in 1861, 10 men and 5 women: 1861 Census, St Helier; otherwise Woollen Draper. With the family there was living George`s 69 year-old St Martin-born spinster aunt, Susanne Messervy (gen. 7) and his 30 year-old unmarried sister Anne, who was still living with them in 1881 at Mont Cantell, in George`s retirement--into being by then a Landed Proprietor: 1881 Census, St Helier. The business, which appears, from directories, to have been sold or terminated, between 1876 and 1878, was described in Hill`s Directory (1874), as that of: "Tailor, woollen draper, hatter, shirt-maker, hosier, glover, and gent`s outfitting establishment, 9 Beresford Street"
↑ (OV 92): "Son of G. Messervy, Beresford Street. Of the Colonial Office, deceased [by 1929]": Victoria College Register. G. F. Messervy seems to have been, as the eldest son, the only one to have initially entered, on leaving College, his father`s business. On marriage in April 1865, he described himself as a Tailor, aged 22, "son of George, Tailor", which agrees with his identity, as given in the Victoria College Register. However, Jersey Directories show that this business was sold or terminated by 1876, as shown also by his father`s entry in the 1881 census, above. George Frederick seems to have made use, after the death of his first wife, of both his education and family connections with the Colonial office, migrating to London to a clerical job in the Colonial Office, as stated by his Victoria College Register entry
↑ Of 15, Queen`s Road, St Helier, Grocer
↑ (OV.1814). Attended Victoria College, Jersey, 1881-1883, "son of George Frederick (OV. 92)": Victoria College Register. He had no longer any family business to enter, its having cessed by 1876, so he worked in St Helier as an assistant in a Tea Store. The real problem was revealed, however, in the 1911 St Helier Census, when it transpired that George had been blind for seven years, hence having, by then, no occupation, and will have been, in all likelihood, in failing sight long before that time
↑ The groom`s father was described as "George Frederick Messervy, Draper", being the father`s former occupation, known locally
↑ DFC; Squadron Leader, RAF, Mosquito bomber pilot, killed in action, 1943, "only son": England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976, at www.ancestry.co.uk
↑ OV; Tea Planter: op.cit.
↑ OV. Winner of mathematics, modern languages and gold French medals at Victoria College; winner of scolarship to Exeter Coll., Oxford; Asst. Master at Haileybury, Fettes and Derby; Rector, Royal College, Mauritius and Vice-President, Diocesan Council, Mauritius: Victoria College Register
↑ George Messervy`s 34 year-old daughter, the widowed Charlotte L. Gordon, was living with her retired parents in 1881 at Mont Cantell: 1881 Census, St Helier
↑ OV. Architect, Surveyor and Civil Engineer in the West Indies; J.P. for Grenada and St Lucia: op. cit.
↑ OV (2227) 1888: "Son of C. Messervy, Eagle House, David Place. Left 1892. Entered R. N. In the Great War he was Eng.-Cmdr. and mentioned in despatches." On his marriage in 1905, he was a Lieutenant, serving on H.M.S. Cornwallis, in the Channel Fleet
↑ Marriage record not found
↑ OV. Planter in Ceylon, then Estate Manager in Ceylon and Demerara; Manager of Gold mines in British Guiana: op.cit
↑ "1949, at ...Holland Park, Marian Anderson, widow of Henry Messervy of Jersey and British Guiana and mother of Shaw, Marjorie and Roney, aged 86": England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976, at www.ancestry.co.uk
↑ 1907: "Son of H. Messervy, Georgetown, Demerara. Brother of [next]. Went back to his father. Served in the B[ritish] Guiana V. A." : Victoria College Register (OV. 2938)
↑ 1907: "Brother of [above]. In the Great War he was a Captain in the W[est] Yorks. Rgt.": op.cit. (OV. 2939)
↑ OV. Planter in Ceylon, Hon. Secretary, Planters` Association: op.cit.
↑ OV. Accountant in Trinidad (1914), aged 53, and Banker (1923), employed in Colonial Bank; latterly Manager: op.cit. and various sources at www.ancestry.co.uk
↑ KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, commissioned into the Indian Army, 1913 as 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Hodson`s Horse; Captain 1917; Brigade Major 1928-1932; Commanding Officer (Lieut.-Colonel), 13th Duke of Connaught`s Own Lancers 1938-1939; General Staff Officer 1939-41; Temp. Brigadier 1941; Major-General 1941-1944, GOC 7th Indian Infantry Division, 1943-1944; GOC IV Corps, Burma 1944-5, Lieut.-General; GOC Malaya 1945-1946; GOC Northern Command, India 1946-1947; Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army 1947-1948; retired in the rank of General: Online sources, including Wikipedia; see also Frank Le Blancq, in Corbet, Francis L. M. (ed.), A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey, Volume 2, (Jersey: Société Jersiaise, 1998), 304-6
↑ Living with her brother George`s family 1861--1881--, described as his St Martin-born sister in censuses
↑ See Descendants of Jean Messervy (1280)

[0] Datestone at Le Carrefour, Tr for Alfred and his son Edgar Philip

[1] Datestone at Le Carrefour, Tr for Edgar Philip and his father

[2] 1878 datestone at Ville Bree Farm, St Martin. Farmer

[3] Farmer, at Ville Bree Farm in 1901, living with his sister Louisa

[4] Proprietor

[5] Living at Clos Durell, Trinity in 1941 and died there in 1946

[6] Company Secretary, Stationery: 1911 Census, Birmingham

[7] Solicitor. Moved to England in 1868

[8] To Australia in 1897 on the Orizaba

[9] Killed Flanders in Great War. Advertising manager before the war

[10] Working for HM Customs in Lancashire in 1861. Returned to Jersey where in 1901 he was living at Maison Herault, St Brelade, and working as Chief of the Bonds for HM Customs

[11] Marriage record not found

[12] 1741 datestone at Les Alpes, St Martin, apparently with his initials and his mother's. Second (1851) datestone with his intials and his wife's

[13] Master Taylor, of 9, Beresford Street, St Helier, employing in 1861, 10 men and 5 women: 1861 Census, St Helier; otherwise Woollen Draper. With the family there was living George`s 69 year-old St Martin-born spinster aunt, Susanne Messervy (gen. 7) and his 30 year-old unmarried sister Anne, who was still living with them in 1881 at Mont Cantell, in George`s retirement--into being by then a Landed Proprietor: 1881 Census, St Helier. The business, which appears, from directories, to have been sold or terminated, between 1876 and 1878, was described in Hill`s Directory (1874), as that of: "Tailor, woollen draper, hatter, shirt-maker, hosier, glover, and gent`s outfitting establishment, 9 Beresford Street"

[14] (OV 92): "Son of G. Messervy, Beresford Street. Of the Colonial Office, deceased [by 1929]": Victoria College Register. G. F. Messervy seems to have been, as the eldest son, the only one to have initially entered, on leaving College, his father`s business. On marriage in April 1865, he described himself as a Tailor, aged 22, "son of George, Tailor", which agrees with his identity, as given in the Victoria College Register. However, Jersey Directories show that this business was sold or terminated by 1876, as shown also by his father`s entry in the 1881 census, above. George Frederick seems to have made use, after the death of his first wife, of both his education and family connections with the Colonial office, migrating to London to a clerical job in the Colonial Office, as stated by his Victoria College Register entry

[15] Of 15, Queen`s Road, St Helier, Grocer

[16] (OV.1814). Attended Victoria College, Jersey, 1881-1883, "son of George Frederick (OV. 92)": Victoria College Register. He had no longer any family business to enter, its having cessed by 1876, so he worked in St Helier as an assistant in a Tea Store. The real problem was revealed, however, in the 1911 St Helier Census, when it transpired that George had been blind for seven years, hence having, by then, no occupation, and will have been, in all likelihood, in failing sight long before that time

[17] The groom`s father was described as "George Frederick Messervy, Draper", being the father`s former occupation, known locally

[18] DFC; Squadron Leader, RAF, Mosquito bomber pilot, killed in action, 1943, "only son": England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976, at www.ancestry.co.uk

[19] OV; Tea Planter: op.cit.

[20] OV. Winner of mathematics, modern languages and gold French medals at Victoria College; winner of scolarship to Exeter Coll., Oxford; Asst. Master at Haileybury, Fettes and Derby; Rector, Royal College, Mauritius and Vice-President, Diocesan Council, Mauritius: Victoria College Register

[21] George Messervy`s 34 year-old daughter, the widowed Charlotte L. Gordon, was living with her retired parents in 1881 at Mont Cantell: 1881 Census, St Helier

[22] OV. Architect, Surveyor and Civil Engineer in the West Indies; J.P. for Grenada and St Lucia: op. cit.

[23] OV (2227) 1888: "Son of C. Messervy, Eagle House, David Place. Left 1892. Entered R. N. In the Great War he was Eng.-Cmdr. and mentioned in despatches." On his marriage in 1905, he was a Lieutenant, serving on H.M.S. Cornwallis, in the Channel Fleet

[24] Marriage record not found

[25] OV. Planter in Ceylon, then Estate Manager in Ceylon and Demerara; Manager of Gold mines in British Guiana: op.cit

[26] "1949, at ...Holland Park, Marian Anderson, widow of Henry Messervy of Jersey and British Guiana and mother of Shaw, Marjorie and Roney, aged 86": England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976, at www.ancestry.co.uk

[27] 1907: "Son of H. Messervy, Georgetown, Demerara. Brother of [next]. Went back to his father. Served in the B[ritish] Guiana V. A." : Victoria College Register (OV. 2938)

[28] 1907: "Brother of [above]. In the Great War he was a Captain in the W[est] Yorks. Rgt.": op.cit. (OV. 2939)

[29] OV. Planter in Ceylon, Hon. Secretary, Planters` Association: op.cit.

[30] OV. Accountant in Trinidad (1914), aged 53, and Banker (1923), employed in Colonial Bank; latterly Manager: op.cit. and various sources at www.ancestry.co.uk

[31] KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, commissioned into the Indian Army, 1913 as 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Hodson`s Horse; Captain 1917; Brigade Major 1928-1932; Commanding Officer (Lieut.-Colonel), 13th Duke of Connaught`s Own Lancers 1938-1939; General Staff Officer 1939-41; Temp. Brigadier 1941; Major-General 1941-1944, GOC 7th Indian Infantry Division, 1943-1944; GOC IV Corps, Burma 1944-5, Lieut.-General; GOC Malaya 1945-1946; GOC Northern Command, India 1946-1947; Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army 1947-1948; retired in the rank of General: Online sources, including Wikipedia; see also Frank Le Blancq, in Corbet, Francis L. M. (ed.), A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey, Volume 2, (Jersey: Société Jersiaise, 1998), 304-6

[32] Living with her brother George`s family 1861--1881--, described as his St Martin-born sister in censuses

[33] See Descendants of Jean Messervy (1280)

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