Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Birth18 Mar 1833, Stanhope St, Mayfair.
Baptism29 Apr 1833, St George, Hanover Sq parish church, London
Death17 Jun 1896, Lilford Hall, Northants
Burial20 Jun 1896, Achurch, Northants
General4th baron. Ornithologist: observer and collector, F R Zoo S.
EducationHarrow. Ch Ch, Oxon, matric: 1851.
MotherMary Elizabeth Fox (1806-1891)
Notes for Thomas Littleton Powys Lord Lilford
m. (1) Emma Elizabeth Brandling, (2) Clementina Georgina Baillie-Hamilton (no issue)
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Ancestry (thanks) have the image of his baptism register, with my transcript:

“                               Fol.584
“                              BAPTISMS
“Solemnized in the Parish of ST GEORGE, Hanover Square, in the Month of April 1833
“. . . .
“When Baptized:       29 April [ 1833 ]
“No:                  78
“Child’s Forename:    Thomas Littleton
“Parents’ Forenames:  Thomas Atherton & Mary Elizabeth
“Parents’ Surname:    Powys
“Abode:               Stanhope Street
“When Born:           18 Mar 1833
“Profession:          Lord Lilford
“Celebrant:           G.S. Sandilands
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His baptism abstract from FindMyPast, but no longer with an image so I may have to order one from the City of Westminster Archives:

First name(s)           Thomas Lyttleton
Last name               Powys
Birth year              1833
Birth date              18 Mar 1833
Baptism year            1833
Baptism date            29 Apr 1833
Father's first name(s)  Thomas Atherton
Mother's first name(s)  Mary Elizabeth
Parish                  St George, Hanover Square
County                  Middlesex
Country                 England
Archive                 City of Westminster Archives Centre
Page                    584
Record set              Westminster Baptisms
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In the 1871 census the family was, with extra details added from the enumerators form:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

Thomas L  Powys  Head  M  M  38  1833  Peer of the Realm Landowner  London, Middlesex
Emma E    Powys  Wife  M  F  44  1827  Peeress                      Gosforth, Northumberland
Thomas A  Powys  Son   -  M   9  1862  Scholar                      London, Middlesex
John      Powys  Son   -  M   8  1863  Scholar                      Lilford, Northamptonshire
Stephen   Powys  Son   -  M   2  1869  -                            Lilford, Northamptonshire
Florence  Lewis  Gnss  U  F  23  1848  Governess                    Dalison, Middlesex
Godfrey Welb   Vstr  U  M  39  1832  Civil Service                Milford, Surrey

Plus a further visitor and then 24 live-in staff then a page of 20 odd people in families living in the coach house,

Address & Ref:
Street             Lilford Hall
Parish             Thorpe Achurch
County             Northamptonshire
Archive reference  RG10
Piece number       1510
Folio              60
Page               8

Composite Ref: 1871 ref: RG10, piece 1510, folio 60, p. 8
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Mon Inscripts notes for Thomas Littleton Powys Lord Lilford
From the Northants FHS booklet of Mon Inscriptions for St John the Baptist, Thorpe Achurch, pub 2015:

On a brass plate:
“To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Thomas Littleton, IV Baron Lilford, born 18th of March 1833, died 17th of June 1896.  This east window is erected by his relations and friends.  “When the ear heard me then it blessed me and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me.” Job XXI. II. “Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name liveth for evermore.” Ecclesiasticus XLIV. 14.”
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DNB Main notes for Thomas Littleton Powys Lord Lilford
Powys, Thomas Littleton, fourth Baron Lilford 1833-1896

Name: Powys, Thomas Littleton
Title: fourth Baron Lilford
Dates: 1833-1896
Active Date: 1873
Gender: Male

Field of Interest: Animals and Birds, Science and Mathematics
Occupation: Ornithologist
Place of Birth: Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London
Education: Dr. Bickmore's school, Berkswell, Warwickshire ,   Harrow,   Lausanne,   Christ Church, Oxford
Death: Lilford
Spouse: Emma Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert William Brandling, esq.,   Clementina (daughter of Ker Baillie Hamilton)
Likenesses: 1...,   2...
Sources: `Lord Lilford ¬ a Memoir by his Sister,'...
Contributor: B. B. W. [Bernard Barham Woodward]

Article
Powys, Thomas Littleton, fourth Baron Lilford 1833-1896, ornithologist, was the eldest son of Thomas Atherton Powys, third Baron Lilford, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Richard Fox, third Baron Holland, and Elizabeth Vassall, his wife). He was born in Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London, on 18 March 1833. He was educated at Dr. Bickmore's school, Berkswell, Warwickshire, from 1843 to 1848, and at Harrow, which he quitted at midsummer 1850 for residence with a tutor at Lausanne. He then entered at Christ Church, Oxford, whence he matriculated 12 June 1851, but left the university without taking a degree.
At an early age he had manifested a love for animals, and when at Harrow kept a small menagerie, and thence wrote his first published paper. He kept a larger menagerie at Oxford, and all his spare time, during vacation and subsequently through life, as far as his health would permit, was devoted to travel for the purpose of studying animals, and especially birds in the field. In 1853 he visited Scilly, Wales, and Ireland, and becoming acquainted with Edward Clough Newcome, the best falconer of his day, shortly after took up falconry himself. In 1854, on the embodiment of the militia, he joined that of his county and served at Dublin and Devonport, giving up his commission at the end of 1855.
From 1856 to 1858, accompanied by the Hon. Hercules Rowley, he made an extended yachting cruise in the Mediterranean. Returning to England in the following year, he married, 14 June 1859, Emma Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert William Brandling, esq., of Low Gosforth, Northumberland.
Between 1864 and 1882 he paid frequent visits to Spain and the Mediterranean, rediscovering the rare gull Larus Audouini. The death in 1882 of his eldest son, and in 1884 of his wife, greatly distressed him, and his lifelong malady, the gout, subsequently attained such a hold as to render him a permanent invalid, his affliction being relieved by the devoted attention of his second wife, Clementina (daughter of Ker Baillie Hamilton, C.B.), whom he married on 21 July 1885.
He had been elected a fellow of the Zoological Society in 1852, and of the Linnean Society in March 1862. He was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1858, and its president from March 1867. He was also a liberal supporter and first president of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, founded in 1876, and a prominent member of the `Old Hawking Club.'
His aviaries at Lilford were the envy of field ornithologists, and especially noted for the collection of birds of prey.
His zeal for his favourite science never flagged, and he projected and issued his famous work, `Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands,' which, however, he did not live to complete, his malady causing his death at Lilford on 17 June 1896.
In addition to some two dozen papers on ornithological subjects, contributed to the `Ibis' (of which he was a generous supporter), the `Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' and other scientific journals, he was author of: 1. `Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands,' completed by Osbert Salvin [q.v.], with a biography by Professor A. Newton, and a portrait, 7 vols., London, 1885-97, 8vo. 2. `Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood,' 2 vols. illustrated, London, 1895, 4to.

Sources:
`Lord Lilford ¬ a Memoir by his Sister,' and a preface by Mandell Creighton, bishop of London, London, 1900, 8vo (with portrait); Professor A. Newton's Preface to `Coloured Figures,' &c.; Ibis, 1896, p. 593; Proc. Linn. Soc., 1896-7, p. 59; Burke's Peerage.
Contributor: B. B. W.

published  1901
Notes for Thomas Littleton & Emma Elizabeth (Family)
The image of their marriage register, thanks Ancestry, transcript by me:

“                          Page 79
“1859.  Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of
“   St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex
“No:            157
“When Married:  June 14 [ 1859 ]

                   His                     Hers
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“Name:          Thomas Lyttleton Powys  Emma Elizabeth Brandling
“Age:           full age                full age
“Condition:     Bachelor                Spinster
“Profession:    Honourable              -
“Residence:     Down Street             Half Moon Street
“Father:        Thomas Atherton Powys   Robert William Brandling
“Father’s job:  Lord Lilford            Esquire

“Married in the parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies
“  of the Established Church by Licence by me,  Horace Sodor & Man

“This Marriage was solemnized between us,  Thomas Lyttleton Powys, Emma Elizabeth Brandling
“  in the presence of us,  John Brandling, Rachel A ???
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