Thomas Francis Pardoe

1837 - 1925  (87 years)

• Name	Thomas Francis Pardoe  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Known as	"Tom"
  Birth	29 Jul 1837	The Copse, Kidderminster   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Baptism	01 Sep 1837	St Mary, Kidderminster   [1]
  Residence	Mar 1851	Wall Heath, Kingswinford   [2]
  Occupation	abt 1865 - 1885	Army Officer, Seaforth Highlanders (72nd Regt)  [5]
  	Lieutenant-Colonels Retired on Full or Retired Pay or on a Pension: Pardoe, Thomas Francis Pardoe, Cheshire Regt. Army ranks: 31 May 1859: Cornet, 2nd Lieut or Ensign; 10 May 1862: Lieut; 24 Apr 1869: Captain; 21 Jul 1881: Major; 21 Jul 1881: Lieut-Colonel. [Harts Army List 1888] Listed under 2 different infantry regiments in 2 units, as well serving as instructor at School of Musketry, Hythe. Note: designations of infantry regiments after 1881 army reforms: - 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot became the Cheshire Regiment. - 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot became the Seaforth Highlanders.
  Occupation	30 Apr 1867	Lieutenant, Instructor of Musketry, 72nd Foot  [6]
  	72nd Foot - Lieut. Thomas Francis Pardoe to be Instructor of Musketry. [London Gazette]
  Post/Rank/Title	24 Apr 1869	Captain, 22nd (Cheshire) Regt  [7]
  Occupation	Apr 1871	Half pay, Captain of Infantry  [3]
  Residence	Apr 1871	Redhill, Stourbridge   [3]
  	with grandmother
  Marriage	24 Oct 1871	All Saints, Isleworth ; Maria Hay, ~1846-1874  [8]
  	Maria Hay, born Sunderland abt 1846, dau of John Hay, b Sunderland abt 1803, JP & Landowner, resid 1871 St Margarets, Isleworth. She died abt Feb 1874 in Chester. Maria Hay's 1st husband was Robert Mather, marr abt Feb 1864 in Sunderland. He was born abt 1841 in Gateshead and died abt May 1869 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In Apr 1861 occupation was Ironmonger, resid 6 Argent Terrace, Gateshead. Child of Maria Hay and Robert Mather: Amy Mather, born abt Aug 1869 in Notting Hill, resid Apr 1871, St Margarets, Isleworth. Not found in any census aft 1871. Children of Maria Hay and Thomas Pardoe were 2 unmarr daughters: (i) Hilda Marian Pardoe, born Aldershot Camp abt Nov 1872; resid Apr 1891, 4 Clarendon Sq, Leamington (with grandmother); resid Mar 1901, 35 Brunswick Place, Hove; resid Apr 1911, Hove, with father & step-mother; died Flat 38 Gwydr Mansions, Hove, 15 Jan 1950; death reg Hove 1Q1950 age 77; probate London 25 Mar 1950 effects £1,393 12s. 4d. Stayed 06 to 09 Sep 1909 at Gt Ryburgh rectory with Frederick & Helen Tatham: "My great regret, I never came before!" [G R Visitors' Book]; founder member of the Halcyon Club in London; met Silvia Tatham there Sep 1921 [Silvia Tatham, diary, 28 Sep 1921]. (ii) Frances Maria Hay Pardoe, born abt Feb 1874 in Hough Green, Chester; resid Apr 1891, 30 Oriental Place, Brighton; resid Mar 1901, 12 Elm Park Mansions, Chelsea, age 27 b Chester, actress; resid 1959 75 St Mark's Rd, Henley; died St Andrew's Nursing Home, Henley, 08 Jun 1959; death reg Henley 2Q1959 age 86; probate London 29 Oct 1959 effects £4,974 3s. 8d.
  Occupation	Sep 1874	Hythe ; Captain, 22nd Regt & Staff School of Musketry  [9, 10]
  Marriage	07 Dec 1875	St John the Evangelist, Paddington
  	Mary Ann Tatham,   b. 17 Sep 1835, West Hill, Highgate ,   d. 11 May 1915, 35 Brunswick Place, Hove
  Occupation	27 Feb 1877	Cork ; Captain; Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General, District Staff  [7]
  Post/Rank/Title	01 Jul 1881	Lieutenant-Colonel  [11]
  Occupation	Apr 1891	Army Officer, Colonel, retired  [12]
  Residence	Apr 1891	30 Oriental Place, Brighton   [12]
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Retired Lieut-Col, Infantry   [13]
  Residence	Mar 1901	35 Brunswick Place, Hove   [13]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Lieut: Colonel in H M Army  [14]
  Residence	Apr 1911	35 Brunswick Place, Hove   [14]
  Residence	Jan 1913	Brighton   [15]
  	Pubsey and Aunt Jessie came twice to lunch at the Hotel [Warne's Hotel, Worthing], on Monday and on Sunday, when Pubsey gave a luncheon party there for us and the Pardoes - Hilda and Uncle Tom -, who came over from Brighton [Hove?]. I had never seen Uncle Tom before, he is very smart looking - and good looking too. It was nice to see Hilda again. Aunt Mary was not well enough to see us. [Silvia Tatham, Diary 19 Jan 1913]
  Marriage	abt Aug 1916	Steyning ; Frances Ferdinande Tankerville Chamberlaine, ~1867-1942  [16]
  	Frances Ferdinande Tankerville Chamberlaine, b Egypt abt 1867, dau of Charles Tankerville Chamberlaine (abt 1840-1920), naval officer and consular agent to Khedive of Egypt. Her 1st marriage reg Kingston/T 3Q1888 to Charles Rowe Sawyer (abt 1862-1911), solicitor; 2nd marriage reg Marylebone 3Q1912 to John Stanley (abt 1840-1915), Lt-Col late 47th Regt; 4th marriage reg Kensington 4Q1933 to John L Reid (abt 1860-1937); her death reg Brighton 2Q1942 age 76 ie b abt 1866; probate 19 Jan 1946, Frances Ferdinande de Varios Reid, of Court Royal Hotel, Kemp Town, Brighton, widow, died 26 Jun 1942 at 1 Eastern Terrace, Brighton, effects £9980 14s. 10d.
  Residence	bef Jul 1925	Pulteney Hotel, Bath   [17]
  Death	28 Jul 1925	Dr Cléret's Clinique, Chambéry, France   [5, 17]
  	On the 28th July (on the eve of his 88th birthday), at Chambéry, France, Lt-Col. Thomas Francis Pardoe, late Seaforth Highlanders, only son of the late Thomas Pardoe, of Winterdyne, Worcestershire. R.I.P. [The Times, 31 Jul 1925]
  Probate	08 Feb 1926	London ; £541 10s. 10d.  [17]
  	Pardoe Thomas Francis of Pulteney Hotel Bath died 28 July 1925 at Dr. Cleret's Clinique Chambery France Probate London 8 February to Frances Ferdinande Pardoe widow. Effects £541 10s. 10d. [NPC]
  Notes	not found in 1841 census (not = Thomas Pardoe, 3, resid Ribbenhall, Kidderminster, with John Pardoe, 27, farmer; Elizabeth, 33; + 3 elder siblings). not found in 1861 census (but possibly = Thomas Pardoe, 23 b Kidderminster, police officer, resid Halesowen Rd, Dudley) not found in 1881 census - presumably at Cork Visited his brother-in-law Charles Tatham in Devon abt 1911. Went for a walk up Haytor together with Meaburn & Eileen Tatham, recently married. Had lunch afterwards in the hotel. Tom Pardoe said "Charles, these are the finest potatoes I ever had in my life!" [Eileen Roden to RCC, Aug 1962] Nephew of Parthenia Pardoe: her daughter Elizabeth Susan Block ("Betha") married George Edmund Tatham, brother of his wife Mary Ann Tatham.
  Person ID	I0023	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pardoe,   b. 04 Oct 1807, Kidderminster ,   d. 29 Jul 1838, The Copse, Kidderminster  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Marian Downing,   b. 18 Oct 1813, Dudley ,   d. 19 Jul 1896, 42 Lansdowne St, Hove  (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	09 Feb 1836	St Thomas, Dudley   [18]
  Notes	Thomas only child. [Times, death notice]
  Family ID	F0019	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Tatham,   b. 17 Sep 1835, West Hill, Highgate ,   d. 11 May 1915, 35 Brunswick Place, Hove  (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	07 Dec 1875	St John the Evangelist, Paddington   [10, 19, 20, 21]
  		Thomas Francis Pardoe & Mary Ann Tatham Marriage Register
  Notes	no children of this marriage [Curtis; 1911 census; not found in BMD indexes]. 6 servants in Apr 1911, incl caretaker, Old Hunt Kennels, Goodwood
  Last Modified	09 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F0016	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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