John Lingen Seager b. 08 Feb 1847 Stevenage d. 18 Feb 1899 Whitchurch, Herefordshire: The Tatham Family of County Durham

1847 - 1899 (52 years)

Name	John Lingen Seager [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Birth	08 Feb 1847	Stevenage [1, 3, 5, 7]
Education	1861 - 1866	Rugby School [7, 8]
Education	Entrances in April 1861: Seager, John Lingen, son of the Rev. John Osborne Seager, Stevenage, aged 14, February 8. Left 1866. Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1870, M.A. 1875. Vicar of Little Wymondley, Herts 1891-5. [Rugby School Who's Who]
Residence	Apr 1861	Stevenage [9]
Residence	with John Osborne Seager, 54 b Evesham, schoolmaster M.A. without cure of souls; Elizabeth Anne, wife, 51 b St Neots; + 5 sisters; + 4 serv.
Education	1866 - 1870	Trinity College, Cambridge [7, 10]
Degree/Qualif.	1871	Cambridge University ; BA [7, 10]
Occupation	Apr 1871	Teacher in preparatory school [11]
Residence	Apr 1871	High St, Stevenage ; Lodger [11]
Degree/Qualif.	1875	Cambridge University ; MA [10]
Occupation	1875 - 1879	St Nicholas, Stevenage ; Curate [10]
Ordination	1877	St Albans ; Priest, Church of England [10]
Marriage	25 Apr 1878	St Mary & St Helen, Neston
Marriage	Frances Gertrude Newcomen Gleadowe, b. abt May 1855, Neston, Cheshire d. 18 Oct 1928, Stevenage
Occupation	1879 - 1881	Holy Trinity, Weston, Herts ; Curate [10]
Occupation	1881 - 1891	St Mary the Virgin, Great Wymondley ; Curate [7, 10]
Occupation	Apr 1881	Clergyman of Church of England [12]
Residence	Apr 1881	High St, Stevenage [12]
Residence	1885	Stevenage [4, 10]
Occupation	1891 - 1896	St Mary the Virgin, Little Wymondley ; Vicar [7]
Occupation	Apr 1891	Hitchin ; Preparatory Schoolmaster, Clerk in Holy Orders, Not acting [3]
Residence	Apr 1891	The Grange, High St, Hitchin [3]
Occupation	1895 - 1897	Bigshotte Rayles, Crowthorne ; Preparatory School Principal [13]
Occupation	Leased Bigshotte Rayles in Crowthorne Berkshire from the Marquess of Downshire in 1895 to set up a preparatory school named Bigshotte Rayles. Left the school in 1897. [13] Bigshotte School closed in 1977 but there is an active School Reunion Association with its own website
Occupation	1897 - 1899	St Dubricius, Whitchurch, Herefordshire ; Rector [7]
Death	18 Feb 1899	Whitchurch, Herefordshire [5, 7, 14, 15, 16]
Death	On the 18th inst., at Whitchurch, the Revd. John Lingen Seager, Rector of Whitchurch, Herefordshire, aged 52. Funeral at Stevenage, on Thursday. [The Times]
Burial	23 Feb 1899	St Nicholas, Stevenage [15]
Probate	30 Oct 1899	London ; £992 0s. 4d. [16]
Probate	Seager the reverend John Lingen of the rectory Whitchurch Herefordshire clerk died 18 February 1899 Probate London 30 October to Thomas Seager Barry gentleman. Effects £992 0s. 4d. [NPC]
Notes	Seager, John Lingen. Stevenage. Trin. Coll. Camb. B.A. 1870, M.A. 1875. Deacon 1875 by Bp. of Rochester. Priest 1877 by Bp. of St. Alban's. Cur. of Much Wymondley w. St. Ippolyts, Dio. of St. Alban's, 1881. Formerly cur. of Stevenage, 1875-79; Weston, Herts, 1879-81. [Crockford's, 1885] Adm. pens. at Trinity, Dec. 13, 1865. S. of [the Rev.] John Osborne. B. Feb. 8, 1847, at Stevenage, Herts. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1875. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1875; priest (St Albans) 1877; C. of Stevenage, Herts., 1875-9. C. of Great Wymondley, 1879-91. V. of Little Wymondley, 1891-6. R. of Whitchurch, Heref., 1897-9. Died Feb. 18, 1899. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Feb. 21, 1899.) [Cambridge University Alumni] John Lingen Seager was born on 08 Feb 1847 at Stevenage, son of the Revd John Osborne Seager. He attended Rugby School and was admitted to Trinity as a pensioner on 13 Dec 1865. He graduated BA 1871 and MA 1875. He was a member of the boat club and coxed the eight which won the King's Lynn Challenge Cup in Sep 1867. After leaving Trinity he was curate of Stevenage 1875-79, Great Wymondley 1879-91, vicar of Little Wymondley 1891-96 and Rector of Whitchurch in Herefordshire 1897-99. He died 18 Feb 1899. [communication from Trinity College, Cambridge]
Person ID	I3313	Tatham \| Meaburn branch \| Parent of spouse
Last Modified	26 Sep 2012

Family Frances Gertrude Newcomen Gleadowe, b. abt May 1855, Neston, Cheshire d. 18 Oct 1928, Stevenage (Age ~ 73 years)

Marriage 25 Apr 1878 St Mary & St Helen, Neston [2, 6]

Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church of Neston in the County of Chester, 25 April 1878:
- John Lingen Seager, of full age, Clerk in Holy Orders, resid Stevenage, father John Osborne Seager, Clerk in Holy Orders;
- Frances Gertrude Newcomen Gleadowe, of full age, spinster, resid Neston Vicarage, father Richard William Gleadowe, Vicar of Neston;
Officiating Minister: J Osborne Seager;
Witnesses: George Venables Oddie, Thos S Gleadowe, Cecily Mary Yorke, Eleanor Osborne Seager.

Notes

children Mar 1901: Margery, 22 b Stevenage; Joan, 18 b Stevenage (d 1979 aged 96); John Edward, 17 b Stevenage; Janet, 14 b Stevenage; Lydia, 10 b Stevenage; Julia, 8 b Stevenage; Elizabeth, 6 b Stevenage; Florence, 5 b Wokingham St Sebastian; Richard Lingen, 3 b Wokingham St Sebastian.

Children

1. Elizabeth Seager, b. 04 Jul 1894, Stevenage

d. 24 Mar 1982, Haywards Heath

(Age 87 years)

Family ID F0908 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Sep 2012

Histories
John Lingen Seager (1847-1899)
Founder of Bigshotte Preparatory School, Crowthorne

Sources

[S02] BMD Index, 1Q1847, birth reg Hitchin.
[S02] BMD Index, 2Q1878, marriage reg Wirral.
[S01] Census, 1891, UK.
age 44 b Stevenage
[S05] The Times, 23 Aug 1917, forthcoming marriages.
dau Elizabeth
[S02] BMD Index, 1Q1899, death reg Monmouth.
age 52
[S06] Parish Registers, 25 Apr 1878, marriages, St Mary & St Helen, Neston.
[S15] Cambridge University Alumni.
[S20] School and College Registers, Rugby.
[S01] Census, 1861, UK.
age 14 b Stevenage
[S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory.
[S01] Census, 1871, UK.
age 24 b Stevenage
[S01] Census, 1881, UK.
age 34 b Stevenage
[S27] Personal Communication, Nicholas Jenkins.
[S01] Census, 1901, UK.
wife widowed
[S05] The Times, 21 Feb 1899, death notice.
[S14] Probate Register.