Captain Sir Lionel Edward Darell, 5th Baronet JP DL (6 September 1845 – 17 February 1919) was an English landowner and soldier.
Captain Sir Lionel Darell, Bt | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Gloucestershire | |
| In office 1887–1887 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Sartoris |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Marling, 2nd Baronet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lionel Edward Darell 6 September 1845 |
| Died | 17 February 1919 (aged 73) |
| Spouse |
Helen Frances Marshland
(m. 1870; died 1919) |
| Children | 8, including Lionel, William |
| Parent(s) | Sir William Darell, 4th Baronet Harriet Mary Tierney |
| Residence | Fretherne Court |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Early life
editDarell was born on 6 September 1845.[1] He was the eldest son of the Rev. Sir William Darell, 4th Baronet, Rector at Fretherne, and Harriet Mary Tierney.[2] Among his siblings were Flora Mary Darell (who married Edward Stopford Claremont, a son of Edward Stopford Claremont).[3][4][5] Before his parents were married in 1843, his father had been married to Mary Ford (a daughter of Sir Francis Ford, 2nd Baronet) in 1840. Mary died in 1842. After his mother's death in 1873, his father married Fanny Julia Braithwaite (a daughter of Alfred Braithwaite) in 1880.[6]
The Darell family derived its fortune from service in the East India Company in the late eighteenth century. His paternal grandparents were Sir Harry Darell, 2nd Baronet and Amelia Mary Anne Beecher. His maternal grandfather was Sir Edward Tierney, 2nd Baronet. Through his brother Edward Tierney Gilchrist Darell, he was uncle to Florence Mary (née Darell), Countess of Kinnoull (second wife of Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull).[6]
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1864.[1]
Career
editUpon the death of his father on 1 June 1883, he succeeded as the 5th Baronet Darell, of Ancaster House, Richmond Hill (historically in Surrey). His father had moved the family from Richmond Hill to Fretherne Court, which say on 676 acres situated in the Severn Vale between the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and the River Severn, in Fretherne, Gloucestershire.[7]
Sir Lionel, a longtime member of the Gloucestershire County Council and Captain in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. He served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1887.[6]
Personal life
editOn 26 June 1870, Darell was married to Helen Frances Marshland, the only child of Edward Marshland of Henbury Park, Cheshire.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[2]
- Violet Mary Darell (1871–1938), who died unmarried.[6]
- Evelyn May Darell (1873–1949), who died unmarried.[6]
- Marguerite Helen Darell (1875–1944), who married Brig.-Gen. Montgomery Lancelot Carleton, son of Gen. Henry Alexander Carleton, in 1908.[6]
- Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet (1876–1954),[9] who married Eleanor Marion Edwards-Heathcote, a daughter of Capt. Justinian Edwards-Heathcote, MP for North West Staffordshire, in 1903.[10]
- William Harry Verelst Darell (1878–1954), a Brigadier-General who married Eva Jeffie Bainbridge, a daughter of Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, MP for Gainsborough, in 1907.[6]
- Dorothy Muriel Darell (1882–1961), who married Capt. John Sturges Burrow Hill, eldest son of Edward Burrow Hill, in 1910.[11] They divorced in 1930.[6]
- Guy Marsland Darell (1883–1947), a Lt.-Col. with the Coldstream Guards who married Esmé Violet Stewart-Savile, daughter of Capt. Walter Stewart-Savile, in 1914.[6]
- Barbara Gladys Darell (d. 1913), who died unmarried.[6]
Sir Lionel died on 17 February 1919 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Lionel. As he left seven children and a widow who needed to be supported, Lionel had to sell the family seat, Fretherne Court, which had been in the family for nearly a hundred years by that time.[12]
Descendants
editThrough his eldest son Lionel, he was a grandfather of Margaret Eleanor Phyllis Darell (wife of Baron Helmut William Bruno Schröder of Schroders and mother to British banker and billionaire Baron Bruno Schroder),[13] and Nancy Brenda Darell (wife of Lt.-Gen. Sir George Gordon-Lennox, son of Maj. Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox).[13]
Through his second son William, he was a grandfather of Sir William Oswald Darell, 7th Baronet, and Elizabeth Joy Darell (wife of Peter Julian Clive, a son of Sir Robert Henry Clive and Hon. Magdalen Muir Mackenzie, a daughter of the 1st Baron Muir Mackenzie).[6]
Through his youngest son Guy, he was a grandfather of Cynthia Mary Darell (wife of Michael Webster Harrap) and Brig. Sir Jeffrey Lionel Darell, 8th Baronet, who was part of "a small group of men responsible for the protection of the Royal family" during the beginning of World War II.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward (1 January 1900). Complete Baronetage: Volume V. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 299. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1911. p. 542. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Office, Great Britain Foreign (1866). The Foreign Office List. Harrison & Sons. p. 21. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1909). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. print. p. 66. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Obituary Notices: Mrs. Claremont. Gloucestershire Chronicle, Page 4 Saturday, 2 March 1907.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1030.
- ^ "Fretherne and Saul: Introduction Pages 155-160 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds". British History Online. Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1920. p. 198. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Obituary. Col. Sir Lionel Darell, Bart". The Birmingham Post. 28 May 1954. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1925). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Burke Publishing Company. p. 857. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 542. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet (1876–1954). His biography titled - Ratcatcher Baronet: The Memoirs of Schoolboy, Soldier, Sportsman and County Councillor during Five Reigns - 1951. (with a foreword by The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Gloucester) - privately printed.
- ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1963. p. 662. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Brigadier Sir Jeffrey Darell, 8th Bt". The Telegraph. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2024.