George Edmund Tatham b. 12 Nov 1830 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury d. 25 Oct 1910 Good Shelter, Penn: The Tatham Family of County Durham

1830 - 1910 (79 years)

Name	George Edmund Tatham [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Name	Curtis: "sometimes called Geo. Meaburn Tatham" - but no instances yet seen
Birth	12 Nov 1830	45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Birth	born at 4 o'Clock on Friday afternoon [Family Bible]
Baptism	04 Jan 1831	St Michael Paternoster Royal, London [7]
	My brother George was born in November 1830. He was I think baptised at St. Katharine's Tower of London, by our Grandfather, as he was always called, my Mother's Guardian [Rev. George Louisa Nicolay]. [Charles Meaburn Tatham, "Recollections"] at College Hill, London, on the 4th Jany. 1831 [Family Bible]
		Charles Meaburn Tatham (1828-1924) and George Edmund Tatham (1830-1910) Baptism register
Residence	abt 1835 - 1837	Guernsey [6]
Residence	My brother George, when he was about 4 years old, I suppose, was taken by Colonel Harvey's family to Guernsey for a long visit, staying there, I think, two years.
Education	Oct 1838 - Jun 1845	Highgate School [4, 8]
Residence	Jun 1841	Mill Field Lane, Highgate [3]
Education	1845 - 1846	Sedbergh School [4, 8]
Education	Jan 1847 - Dec 1848	Highgate School [8]
Education	left in Dec 1849 per school register; seems one year too late
Education	1849 - 1852	Merton College, Oxford [4]
Education	Matriculated into Queen's College 25 Jan 1849; later migrated to Merton College as a Postmaster [scholar].
Occupation	Mar 1851	Oxford University ; Undergraduate [2]
Residence	Mar 1851	David's, Merton St, Oxford [2]
Degree/Qualif.	1852	Oxford University ; BA [4]
Degree/Qualif.	Lit. Hum., 3rd class [8]
Occupation	1853 - 1857	Highgate School ; Assistant Master [8, 9]
Occupation	1854 - 1857	St Michael, Highgate ; Curate [9]
Occupation		St Michael, Highgate Thomas Henry Causton, Vicar, 1838-1854 Ralph Raisbeck Tatham, Curate, 1845-1848 George Edmund Tatham, Curate, 1854-1857 Reginald Walter Oldham, Curate, 1876-1882
Ordination	1854	London ; Priest, Church of England [9]
Ordination	by Bishop of London, Charles Blomfield
Degree/Qualif.	1856	Oxford University ; MA [4]
Residence	Oct 1857	Highgate [10]
Marriage	13 Oct 1857	St Michael, Highgate [4, 10, 11, 12]
Marriage	Elizabeth Susan Block, b. 26 Jul 1834, Kentish Town , d. 02 Jul 1917, 10 Hanover House, High St, St John's Wood
Occupation	abt Nov 1857 - Dec 1858	All Saints, Selworthy ; Curate [9]
Occupation		All Saints, Selworthy George Edmund Tatham, Curate, 1857-1858 Alfred Edward Buchanan, Rector, 1899-1908 [3x cousins, 2x removed]
Occupation	1858 - 1859	St Theobald, Great Hautbois ; Rector [4]
Occupation		St Theobald, Great Hautbois George Edmund Tatham, Rector, 1858-1859
Occupation	08 Jan 1859 - 1884	St Andrew, Great Ryburgh ; Rector [13, 14, 15]
	On Saturday last the Rev. George Edmund Tatham, M.A., was instituted to the Rectory of Ryburgh Magna, with the Vicarage of Ryburgh Parva annexed, in this county, on the presentation of Meaburn Tatham, Esq., of Merton Lodge, Highgate, Middlesex. [Bury and Norwich Post, Tue 11 Jan 1859] An account of the restoration of the church transcribed from an unidentified press cutting of 1860, pasted into the George Tatham's Preacher's Book with his annotations, can be viewed at the St Andrew's, Great Ryburgh, website
		St Andrew, Great Ryburgh Interior in 1906, after the 1860s restoration under George Edmund Tatham & before that of 1910-12 under his son Frederick Hugh
Occupation	Apr 1861	Rector of Ryburgh, Norfolk [16]
Residence	Apr 1861	Parkfield, Highgate West Hill [16]
Residence	visiting father-in-law Allen Block
Post/Rank/Title	1871 - 1884	Rural Dean, Brisley & Toftrees [9]
Occupation	Apr 1871	Rector of Great Ryburgh [17]
Residence	Apr 1871	Rectory, Great Ryburgh [17]
Occupation	Apr 1881	Rector, Great Ryburgh [1]
Residence	Apr 1881	Rectory, Great Ryburgh [1]
Event	26 May 1884	Great Ryburgh ; Presentation [18]
	RYBURGH. Presentation to the Rev. G. E. and Mrs. Tatham. - Expression was given to the regard entertained for the Rector of Great and Little Ryburgh, and for his amiable and excellent lady, at a meeting held in the school-house at Ryburgh, on Monday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Mesney, the respected churchwarden of 40 years and upwards, when a massive silver inkstand was presented to the rev. gentleman, and an elegant silver tea caddy to Mrs. Tatham. The inscriptions on these memorials of parochial affection were as follows: - Presented to the Rev. G. E. Tatham, Rector of Great and Little Ryburgh, by 128 subscribers, members of the church and other parishioners, as a mark of their esteem and sincere regard, on his leaving Ryburgh, having been minister of the united parishes for over twenty-five years. May 26th, 1884. Presented to Mrs. G. E. Tatham, wife of the Rector of Ryburgh, by members of the church and choir and other friends in the parish, as a token of their love and high appreciation of her great kindness and many virtues, having superintended the organ and choir upwards of twenty-five years. May 26th, 1884. Mr. Mesney made the presentation in touching and stirring terms, and Mr. Tatham as feelingly replied. Mrs. Tatham also essayed to personally return her thanks, but she was too much overcome and had to abandon the effort. Mr. Tatham is about to take the living of Moulsey, near Surbiton. The inkstand and caddy were supplied by Mr. Hands, of London Street, Norwich. [Fakenham Times]
		George Edmund Tatham - leaving present 1884 Brought into Great Ryburgh church to the display at the open weekend 12-13 Jun 2010. The custodian had found it as a drawer lining when clearing out the old St John's Hall.
Occupation	1884 - 1894	St Paul, East Molesey ; Vicar [4, 9]
	brother-in-law Charles Edward Block was his curate at E Molesey 1887-1890
		St Paul, East Molesey George Edmund Tatham, Vicar, 1884-1894 Charles Edward Block, Curate, 1887-1890
Post/Rank/Title	1884 -	Surrogate, Diocese of Winchester [9]
Event	14 Jan 1886	Great Ryburgh ; Reception [19]
Event	The marriage of our late Rector's second son, the Rev. William Meaburn Tatham, of St. Saviour's, Folkestone, to Miss Valetta Buller, daughter of S. P. Buller, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service, was celebrated on the 14th of January [1886], at Earl's Court, London, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, assisted by the Rev. G. E. Tatham, father of the bridegroom, and Vicar of St. Matthias, Earl's Court, London. In connection with this event a tea was given the same evening in the school-room, Great Ryburgh, to the members of the Ryburgh Benefit Club, their wives, and other friends, the company numbering 84 persons. After tea Mr. W. Mesney, who has since left Ryburgh, spoke a few words to the members, and read a letter from our late Rector, which brought tears to the eyes of many of the members. The tables were then cleared. Several songs were sung by Mrs. Bradley and Mr. W. Mesney, and a skilfully-executed violin solo, by Mr. Horace Hammond, was well received. Dancing was then indulged in until eleven o'clock. In the intervals between the dances other songs were sung by Messrs. Cooper, Slegg, Butler, Howman, and Nelson. Before breaking up cheers were given for the bride and bridegroom, the Rev. G. E. Tatham, the giver of the feast and the founder of the society, and to Mrs. Mesney, who, assisted by other ladies, had so ably carried out all the arrangements for the feast. Next day the school children were regaled, and Mrs. Mesney kindly gave them oranges, apples, and nuts. [Dereham & Fakenham Times, 23 Jan 1886] Note: Walter Mesney was the Tatham family's tenant of Keeling Hall at that time.
Occupation	Apr 1891	St Paul, East Molesey ; Vicar [20]
Residence	Apr 1891	St Paul's Vicarage, East Molesey [20]
Residence	also resid, Beatrice Ann Fowle, 26 b London, student of music. She was younger sister of Mary Welbank Fowle, fiancée of his son G A Ralph Tatham. Meanwhile Ralph was visiting the Fowle family at Islip Rectory.
Residence	1895	Old Manor House, Carshalton [4]
Occupation	Mar 1901	Clergyman (Church of England) [21]
Residence	Mar 1901	30 St John's Wood Rd, St John's Wood [21]
Residence	- 1910	30 St John's Wood Rd, St John's Wood [22]
Residence		George Edmund Tatham (1830-1910) abt 1905
Death	25 Oct 1910	Good Shelter, Penn [4, 5, 22, 23]
Death	home of his daughter Emily; his son-in-law Harry Molony died there in 1918. Tatham -- On the 25th Oct., 1910, at "Good Shelter", Penn, the Reverend George Edmund Tatham, of 30, St. John's Wood-road, London, in his 80th year. No flowers, by request. [The Times, 26-27 Oct 1910] On Tuesday 25th dear Uncle George died. He was I think 81 [79], and was the last of Pubsey's brothers. Four younger than him, and they are all dead. Uncle George once made me promise never to wear black for him. [Silvia Tatham, Diaries, vol XI] Rev. George Edmund Tatham ... departed this life at "Good Shelter" Penn Bucks Oct 25 1910 ... [11]
Burial	28 Oct 1910	St Margaret, Tylers Green [11, 24]
Burial	... & was buried in Tyler's Green Churchyard Oct 28th 1910 aged 79. [Family Bible] [11] A memorial was to be designed by J Ninian Comper but it has not been traced. Possibly the commission was never carried out. Grave not located at visit to churchyard in 2011.
Notes	Officiated at marriage of his nephew Meaburn Talbot Tatham & Clara Susan Miers, 22 Dec 1883 at St Mary, Shortlands. Tatham, George Edmund: 30 St Johns Wood Rd, NW - Queen's College, Oxford, 1849. Late Postmaster of Merton College 1849; BA (3rd cl Lit Hum) 1852, MA 1856. Deacon 1854, Priest 1854, Bishop of London. Asst Master Sir Roger Chomley's Grammar School Highgate 1853-57; Curate of Highgate 1854-57; of Selworthy, Somerset, 1857-58; Rector of Hautbois Magna, Norfolk, 1858-59; of Great Ryburgh with Little Ryburgh 1859-84; Rural Dean of Brisley and Toftrees 1871-84; Vicar of St Paul, East Molesey [var. Moulsey] 1884-94 [Crockford, 1908 & earlier edns] Appointed to SPG chaplaincy at Campfen, Switzerland, for Aug 1892 [The Times 01 Aug 1892]
Person ID	I0025	Tatham \| Meaburn branch \| Descendant - male line
Last Modified	25 Feb 2015

Father	Meaburn Tatham, b. 14 Dec 1784, Barton, Whittingham , d. 02 Apr 1875, Merton Lodge, Highgate (Age 90 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Parker, b. 30 Oct 1799, Durham , d. 14 Jan 1872, Merton Lodge, Highgate (Age 72 years)
Marriage	29 Apr 1824	St Katharine-by-the-Tower, London [4, 5, 25, 26, 27]
	Marriage settlement of Meaburn Tatham of Lincolns Inn, gentleman and Elizabeth Parker of St Catherine's Cloisters near the Tower of London. 27 April 1824. [Durham Diocesan Records, Add.MS. 1632/7] Minister: G F L Nicolay [her guardian]. Witnesses: Thomas Porrett Hayes [1772-1850, solicitor in Bloomsbury], Sarah Jane Mitchell [her sister], Hannah Maria Wells, [...] Parker [unidentified], William Mitchell [her brother-in-law]. [Sarah Jane Parker & William Mitchell were married 2 months earlier on 24 Feb 1824, at the same church, by the same minister and with 2 of the same witnesses]
		Meaburn Tatham & Elizabeth Parker Marriage register
Notes	It is curious fact that one day, two or three years it may be before our going to Highgate, my Father and a friend of his, taking a long walk from Town, reached a field on the left of West Hill, Highgate, from which there was a beautiful view, comprising Caen Wood, a large pond, almost like a small lake in the next field between them and the open country as far, I believe, as Dutton Gap in Surrey. Stopping there for a few moments my father said: "This is the spot where I should like to build a house if I was ever to build one". It was the very spot where, two or three years later, he did build his house. It was, I think in the year 1834 that we left London and went into lodgings in Highgate, when the building began. [Charles Tatham, Recollections] (about the cottage on Highgate Hill where the family lived before Merton Lodge was completed). My Father returning home one evening from Town found my Mother in the little front garden shedding tears of despair because she could not get all the furniture - which had been brought from where it had been stored, I suppose - put inside the house. She was sitting in the midst of it, like Marius on the ruins of Carthage. It was all ultimately put in. [Charles Tatham, Recollections] Sunday, August 6th 1837. ... in the evening we took a walk up Milfield Lane & went to look at the new house which young Mr Tatham [sic; then aged 52] is building for himself; it is a very nice one & the situation lovely; ... . [Diary of Parthenia Pardoe, wife of Allen Williams Block. Their daughter Elizabeth (Betha) married Meaburn Tatham's son George at Highgate, 20 years later. ] Merton Lane was cut when Mr Meaburn Tatham built Merton Lodge, now in the possession of Mr John Glover, J.P. It was an ancient footpath leading across the fields in Hampstead; it was a field path in the time of Coleridge and was his favourite and constant walk. [John H Lloyd, History of Highgate, 1888] 1861 census: 3 live-in servants + 3 next door. In Apr 1881 Merton Lodge was the residence of John Glover, shipowner, age 51 b South Shields, his wife Louisa and 5 children.
Photos » Slide Show		Merton Lodge, Highgate Only known image of house in 20th century. Cropped from photo of former Holly Court School, closed 02 Aug 1990. Building then demolished and built over.
		Merton Lodge Coach House, Highgate. Photo abt 1900. Part of Merton Lodge, formerly the home of Meaburn Tatham (1784-1875) & family.
		Merton Lodge, Highgate In about 1888. Home of Meaburn Tatham (1784-1875) and family from its construction in 1838; house & contents sold after his death.
		Meaburn Tathams: Family grave Churchyard of St Andrew's, Great Ryburgh
		Meaburn Tathams: Family grave Detail of headstone showing damaged lettering
		Meaburn Tatham Family Vault Plaque set in south wall of St Andrew's Church, Great Ryburgh
		Meaburn Tathams - Family Grave at Great Ryburgh
Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 3: 1825-1831
		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 4: 1832-1872
		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 6: 1872-1917
Histories		The Tatham family and Ryburgh parish, Norfolk
Family ID	F0013	Family Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Susan Block, b. 26 Jul 1834, Kentish Town , d. 02 Jul 1917, 10 Hanover House, High St, St John's Wood (Age 82 years)

Marriage 13 Oct 1857 St Michael, Highgate [4, 10, 11, 12]

Officiating Minister: George Pardoe [Betha's uncle].
Witnesses: A W Block [Betha's father], P Block [Betha's mother]; M Tatham [George's father]; J B Dyne [headmaster of Highgate School]. [Marriage Register]
On the 13th inst., at St. Michael's, Highgate, by the Rev. George Pardoe, M.A., uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. J.B. Dyne, M.A., the Rev. George Edmund, second son of Meaburn Tatham, Esq., of Merton Lodge, Highgate, to Elizabeth Susan, eldest daughter of A.W. Block, Esq., of Parkfield, Highgate. [Morning Post, 16 Oct 1857]

George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block
Marriage register

Notes

sold on ebay 23 Mar 2008
LEATHER BOUND COMMEMORATION OF THE GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION OF GEORGE AND BETHA TATHAM OCTOBER 1907.
46 signatures of members of the above families who were present at the celebration.
Gilt decorations to boards-now faded along edges. Decorated script on frontispiece and on end page. Probably completed by one of family (Emmie Tatham)
Signatures-
Tatham 32
Moloney 8
Langstaff 6
3 serv + teacher in Apr 1881; 3 serv in 1901.

Children

	1. Marian Elizabeth Tatham, b. 29 Nov 1858, Aylsham , d. 12 Apr 1868, Mathon, West Malvern (Age 9 years)
+	2. George Allen Ralph Tatham, b. 14 Aug 1860, Great Ryburgh , d. 24 May 1933, Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea (Age 72 years)
+	3. William Meaburn Tatham, b. 30 Jul 1862, Great Ryburgh , d. 18 Oct 1938, Vicarage, Cantley (Age 76 years)
+	4. Charles Edmund Tatham, b. 05 Aug 1864, Great Ryburgh , d. 27 Feb 1925, 38 Arkwright Rd, Hampstead (Age 60 years)
+	5. Edward Ernst Tatham, b. 02 Apr 1866, Great Ryburgh , d. 22 Dec 1948, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (Age 82 years)
+	6. Frederick Hugh Tatham, b. 17 Feb 1868, Great Ryburgh , d. 19 Jan 1947, Rectory, Great Ryburgh (Age 78 years)
+	7. Edith Gertrude Marian Tatham, b. 12 Dec 1869, Great Ryburgh , d. 04 Jul 1953, Leaden Hall, 70 The Close, Salisbury (Age 83 years)
+	8. Agnes Elizabeth Marian Tatham, b. 06 Mar 1872, Great Ryburgh , d. 11 May 1960, Paris, France? (Age 88 years)
	9. Meaburn Tatham, b. 14 Dec 1873, Great Ryburgh , d. 04 Mar 1876, Rectory, Great Ryburgh (Age 2 years)
	10. Emily Betha Marian Tatham, b. 20 Dec 1875, Great Ryburgh , d. 31 Mar 1955, Brooklands Nursing Home, Haywards Heath (Age 79 years)

Photos

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St Andrew, Great Ryburgh
George Edmund Tatham, Rector, 1859-1884
Frederick Hugh Tatham, Rector, 1910-1947

George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block
Golden Wedding, 13 Oct 1907

George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block
Golden Wedding Dinner Menu, 13 Oct 1907

George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block
shortly before George's death in 1910

Clayton & Tatham family - 4 generations- 1916
Elizabeth Susan Block (1834-1917)
William Meaburn Tatham (1862-1938)
Beryl Valetta Mary Tatham (1886-1959)
Oswald John Clayton (1916-1985)

Documents

Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams
Page 7: Family of George Edmund Tatham, births 1860-1864

Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams
Page 8: Family of George Edmund Tatham, births 1866-1875

Last Modified 30 Sep 2013

Family ID F0017 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
George Edmund Tatham (1830-1910)

Sources

[S01] Census, UK, 1881.
age 50 b London
[S01] Census, UK, 1851.
age 20 b London
[S01] Census, UK, 1841.
[S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham.
[S28] Family Bible, Meaburn Tathams.
[S42] Charles Meaburn Tatham - Recollections.
[S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Michael Paternoster Royal, 04 Jan 1831.
b 12 Nov 1830
[S20] School and College Registers, Highgate.
[S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1908.
[S36] Marriage Certificate, 13 Oct 1857.
[S28] Family Bible.
[S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Edmonton, 4Q1857.
[S03] Family Members, MRT.
[S20] School and College Registers, Sedbergh School Register.
cited by Curtis
[S07] Other Sources, Rev. F.H. Tatham, "Great Ryburgh", , abt 1945.
[S01] Census, UK, 1861.
[S01] Census, UK, 1871.
[S11] Newspaper, Fakenham Times, 07 Jun 1884.
[S11] Newspaper, Dereham & Fakenham Times, 23 Jan 1886.
[S01] Census, UK, 1891.
[S01] Census, UK, 1901.
[S05] The Times, death notice, 26 Oct 1910.
[S02] BMD Index, death reg Amersham, 4Q1910.
[S33] Family Letters, Frederick Hugh Tatham, 11 Jul 1911.
from J Ninian Comper
[S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Katharine-by-the-Tower, 29 Apr 1824.
[S53] Marriage Licence, Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations, 27 Apr 1824.
[S22] IGI / BVRI, batch M019072.