Birth1808
Death17 Jun 1840
Burial17 Jun 1840, St Michael, Highgate, Middlesex
General5th dau.
Spouses
1Rev Thomas Henry Causton [36], [3, His death, Q2 of 1854, St Pancras dist, vol 1b, p. 101], [4, `1851 ref: RO107, piece 1498, folio 662, p. 8]
Notes for Frances Hester Powys
Baptism not found.
I cannot find her death record on FreeBMD.
O Barron in the Northants Genealogy volume, p. 265, gives her birth as in 1808, m. on 3 Apr 1831 and d. on 17 Jun 1840.
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Their children were:
Last name First name(s) Year Of Birth Year Of Death Year Location
Causton Ellen Mary 1832 — 1832 St Botolph Aldersgate, London
Causton Henrietta Maria 1835 — 1835 London
Causton Thomas Lilford Neill 1836 — 1836 Highgate, St Michael, Middlesex
Causton Ann Elizabeth 1837 — 1837 Highgate, St Michael, Middlesex
Causton Edward Atherton 1838 — 1838 Highgate, St Michael, Middlesex
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Her burial (no death registration found):
First name(s) Frances Hester
Last name Causton
Age as transcribed 31
Birth year 1809
Death year 1840
Burial year 1840
Burial date 17 Jun 1840
Occupation Clerk
Parish Highgate, St Michael
County Middlesex
Country England
Relationship Wife Of Thomas Henry And 5Th Daughter Of Lord Lilford
Notes Biblical Text
Source Middlesex Burials & Memorial Inscriptions
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February, 2022, TFPL: Thanks to Ancestry, an image of the burial register has been found, transcript by me:
“ Page 78.
“BURIALS in the Parish of Saint Michael Highgate
“ in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1841 & 41
“. . . .
"Name: The Honble. Frances Hester Causton
“No: 628
“Abode: Highgate
“When buried: Jun 24th 1840
“Age: 32
“Celebrant: B(?). Harvey
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In The Globe of 22 June 1840, there was this notice:
“DEATH OF THE HON MRS CAUSTON. The demise of this lady took place at Highgate vicarage, on Thursday last, in her 28th year. She was the Hon. Frances Hesther Powys, fifth daughter of the late, and sister to the present Lord Lilford, on of the lords in waiting to the Queen. She married, 5th April, 1831, the Rev Thomas Henry Causton, by whom she has left an infant family.”
Not sure about this birth year of c.1813.
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Notes for Thomas Henry & Frances Hester (Family)
Their marriage abstract detail in the London Courier and Evening Gazette of 9th April 1831:
On Tuesday, the 5th instant, at St John’s Hampstead by the Hon, and Rev. Horace Powys, the Rev. Thomas Henry Causton, vicar of St Botolph, Aldersgate, and eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Causton, Prebendary of Westminster, to the Hon. Frances Hester Powys, fifth daughter of the late Lord Lilford.
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And this Marriage Licence was issued:
“LONDON DIOCESE 4th April 1831
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“APPEARED PERSONALLY the Reverend Thomas Henry Causton of the Parish of Saint Botolph Aldersgate in the County of Middlesex Clerk a Bachelor of the life of twenty one years and afterwards
“and prayed for a Licence for the Solemnization of Matrimony in the Parish Church of Saint John Hampstead in the County of Middlesex
between him and the honorable Frances Hester Powys of the said parish of Saint John Hampstead a Spinster of the age of twenty one years & upwards
“and made oath that he believeth that there is n o Impediment of Kindred or Alliance, or any other lawfuyl Cayse, nor any Suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court to bar or hinder the Proceeding of the said Matrimony, according to the tenor of such Licence. And he further made Oath, that the said honourable Frances Hestger Powys hath had her usual Place of Abode within the said Parish of Saint JKohn Hampstead for the Space of Fifteen Days last past.
[sgnd] Ellen Mary T H Causton
Sworn before me
[sgnd] John Darlington
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