Frank Scott Haydon

From British Newspaper Archive: The Examiner Sunday, 15 December 1822 Page 15 Births

Births: At Lisson Grove, on Thursday, 12 December 1822 [inst.] of a son, the lady of B. R. Haydon, Esq. Historical Painter. Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London NW8 8EB 51.5247788, -0.1683147

From University of Cambridge: Francis Haydon

• Francis or Frank Scott Haydon 1822–1887
• age 19, sic Admitted "Pensioner" [Fee paying student] at Gonville & Caius College Thursday, 17 December 1840 Gonville and Caius College, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TA 52.2059, 0.1179
• elder Son of Benjamin Robert Haydon historical painter: (for whom see D.N.B. )
• Born London, Thursday, 12 December 1822
• Educated Wappenham School, now Wappenham Village Hall, School Lane, Wappenham, Northamptonshire NN12 8SG 52.104843, -1.086893
• Matriculated October 1841
• Migrated to Jesus College Thursday, 20 January 1842 Jesus College, Cambridge 52.20917, 0.12333
• Graduated BA 1845
• Junior Clerk: in Record Office November 1845 Public Record Office, now Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LR 51.5153, -0.1106
• Senior Clerk: Record Office 1860
• Assistant Keeper: Record Office 1885-87
• amateur photographer in the early days of that art
• Published: "Edited the Eulogium Historiarum (3 volumes) for the Rolls series; the Calendar of Patent Rolls 1881-87"
• Published: "Edited Works of his father"
• Died shot himself Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, Saturday, 29 October 1887
• (Venn, II. 253; Boase, I. 1386 (Frank); The Times Tuesday, 1 November 1887; D.N.B. (Frank).)

From MyHeritage: Mary Haydon: 1851 England & Wales Census

30 March 1851 Census for residents of 9 Douro Cottages, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England [possibly] 9 Cochrane Mews, St Johns Wood, London NW8 6NY 51.5334065, -0.1713618

• Mary Haydon, head, widow, female, aged 57 [born about 1794], in St Neots, Cornwall; Pensioner and Fundholder
• Frank Haydon, son, single, male, aged 28 [born about 1823], in Lisson Grove, Marylebone; Civil Service Clerk in Record Office; B.A. of Cambridge
• 1 sibling, 1 servant

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Ellen Mary Rayne in 1858 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Frank Scott Haydon in 1858

• October to December 1858: Registration of marriage of Frank Scott Haydon; in Croydon, Surrey (Volume 2a, Page 277)
• October to December 1858: Registration of marriage of Ellen Mary Rayne; in Croydon, Surrey (Volume 2a, Page 277)

From British Newspaper Archive: Sussex Advertiser Tuesday, 19 October 1858 Page 6 Marriages

Marriages: Haydon — Rayne. — Thursday, 14 October 1858 at the parish church of Merton, in Surrey, Frank Scott Haydon, Esq., to Ellen Mary Rayne, eldest surviving daughter of the late Edward Rayne, Esq., of West Barnes Park, in the county of Surrey, Rev. T. Pelham Dale, rector of St. Vedast Foster, London, and the Rev. W. Rigg, of Kingston, officiating. [Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Church Path, Merton, London SW19 3HJ 51.4100859, -0.2040745]

Author of Eulogium (historiarum sive temporis): chronicon ab orbe condito usque ad annum Domini M.CCC.LXVI. edited by Frank Scott Haydon Public Record Office Published 1858-1863

From MyHeritage: Frank S Haydon in 1861 England & Wales Census

7 April 1861 Census for residents of [Merton Road, South Wimbledon, London SW19 1EG 51.4176692, -0.1926117]

• Frank S Haydon, head, married, male, aged 38 [born about 1823], in Middlesex London; Senior Clerk Public Record Office; M.A. Cambridge; Editor of Chronicles & Memorials under direction on Master of The Roles
• Ellen [ERROR S CORRECTION M] Haydon, wife, married, female, aged 32 [born about 1829], in Merton, Surrey
• Ellen M M Haydon, daughter, single, female, aged 1 [born about 1860], in St Marylebone, Middlesex
• Mary Cowley, servant, single, female, aged 23 [born about 1838], in Tooting, Surrey; House Servant
• Ann Richardson, servant, single, female, aged 17 [born about 1844], in Tedworth, Wiltshire; House Servant

From MyHeritage: Frank S Haydon: 1871 England & Wales Census

2 April 1871 Census for residents of [Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, location?]

• Frank S Haydon, head, widower, male, aged 48 [born about 1823], in London; Senior Clerk, Public Record Office
• Ellen M M Haydon, daughter, single, female, aged 11 [born about 1860], in London; Scholar
• Mary Snell, servant, single, female, aged 29 [born about 1842], in Instow, Devon; Servant, General Domestic

From MyHeritage: Frank S Hayden: 1881 England & Wales Census

3 April 1881 Census for residents of Southy Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, England

• Frank S Haydon, head, widower, male, aged 58 [born about 1823], in London; Clerk in The Public Record office
• Ellen M M Haydon, daughter, single, female, aged 21 [born about 1860], in Middlesex London
• Annie Wiles, servant, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1863], in Canning Town, Essex; General Domestic Servant

From FreeBMD: Registration of death of Frank Scott Haydon in 1887

October to December 1887: Registration of death of Frank Scott Haydon; aged 64 [born about 1823]; in Kingston (Volume 2a, Page 168)

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Tuesday, 1 November 1887 Page 3 Distressing Suicide

Distressing Suicide. — Last evening Monday, 31 October 1887, Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at Wimbledon as to the death of Mr. Frank Scott Haydon, aged 64 years, assistant keeper at the Public Record-office, Chancery Lane, who shot himself with a revolver at his residence, Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, on Saturday, 29 October 1887. Mr. Haydon was a son of the late Mr. Benjamin Haydon, the celebrated painter, who committed suicide in 1846. —

Miss Ellen Haydon stated that her father had been engaged at the Record-office for upwards of 40 years. She first noticed a change in his health and manner in November of last year when he lost a brother. After that he became very emotional and violent in his temper. On Sunday, 7 August 1887 he had an attack of apoplexy, and since then he had laboured under the delusion that he was being followed about and that he was liable to be arrested. He had possessed a revolver for the past four years, and early on Saturday morning, 29 October 1887 she heard a report, and on proceeding to her father's room she found that he had shot himself. —

Mr Rodney, clerk at the Public Record-office, said he had known Mr. Haydon about eight years, and always thought him very strange mentally. About two years ago Mr. Haydon's brother was very violent, and was confined in Bethlehem Hospital, where he died. —

After medical evidence a verdict of temporary insanity was recorded.

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Tuesday, 1 November 1887 Page 3 Distressing Suicide

Distressing Suicide. — Last evening Monday, 31 October 1887, Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at Wimbledon as to the death of Mr. Frank Scott Haydon, aged 64 years, assistant keeper at the Public Record-office, Chancery Lane, who shot himself with a revolver at his residence, Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, on Saturday, 29 October 1887. Mr. Haydon was a son of the late Mr. Benjamin Haydon, the celebrated painter, who committed suicide in 1836. —

Miss Ellen Haydon stated that her father had been engaged at the Record-office for upwards of 40 years. She first noticed a change in his health and manner in November of last year when he lost a brother. After that he became very emotional and violent in his temper. On Sunday, 7 August 1887 he had an attack of apoplexy, and since then he had laboured under the delusion that he was being followed about and that he was liable to be arrested. He had possessed a revolver for the past four years, and early on Saturday morning, 29 October 1887 she heard a report, and on proceeding to her father's room she found that he had shot himself. —

Mr Rodney, clerk at the Public Record-office, said he had known Mr. Haydon about eight years, and always thought him very strange mentally. About two years ago Mr. Haydon's brother was very violent, and was confined in Bethlehem Hospital, where he died. —

After medical evidence a verdict of temporary insanity was recorded.

From British Newspaper Archive: Sheffield Evening Telegraph Wednesday, 2 November 1887 Page 2 Hereditary Suicide: Death of A Famous Painter's Son

Mr. A. Braxton Hicks, the Mid Surrey Coroner, held an inquiry at the Local Board Offices, Wimbledon, on Monday night, 31 October 1887, as to the death of Mr. Frank Scott Haydon, aged 64 years, assistant keeper at the Public Record Offices, Chancery lane, who shot himself with a revolver at his residence, Southey Lodge, Kingston road, Wimbledon, on Saturday last, 29 October 1887. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. Benjamin Haydon, the celebrated painter, who wrote his own biography and then committed suicide. —

Miss Ellen Mary Middleton Haydon, a daughter of the deceased, stated that her father had been engaged at the Record Offices for upwards of 40 years. She first noticed a change in his health and manner in November of last year, when he lost a brother. After that he became very emotional and violent in his temper.

On Sunday, 7 August 1887 he had an attack of apoplexy, and since then he had laboured under the delusion that he was being followed about, and that he was liable to be arrested for a criminal offence. He spoke of these matters in such circumstantial manner that witness at times thought there was some truth in what he said. On Friday, 28 October 1887 he went to the City to attend to his business, returning in the evening in his usual condition.

He had possessed a revolver for the past four years, and had remarked that "when they came for him they should not have him alive." Until Friday the revolver had been put away, but on that night he wanted to take it to bed with him. Witness persuaded him to place it on a chest of drawers. At a quarter past two on Saturday morning, 29 October 1887 she heard a loud report, and on proceeding to her father's room she found that he had shot himself. —

Dr. Frederick H. Blake, of Southey road, Wimbledon, described the position of the body after death, and stated that the deceased had undoubtedly pushed the muzzle of the revolver far into his mouth and fired it with both hands. The bullet had lodged in the brain. Witness knew him very well and saw him on Friday, when he seemed calmer than usual. —

A verdict of "Temporary insanity" was returned.

From The Tenby Observer Thursday, 3 November 1887 Mr. Frank Scott Haydon

Mr. Frank Scott Haydon, a clerk in the Public Record Office, residing with his daughter at Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Wimbledon, committed suicide on Saturday morning, 29 October 1887, by shooting himself with a revolver. The daughter on hearing a loud report, went into her father's bedroom, and found that he had shot himself by placing the revolver in his mouth. Dr. Bate, who had been attending the deceased, was called in and pronounced life extinct. Mr. Hayden was a widower, and in his 60th year.

From British Newspaper Archive: Diss Express Friday, 4 November 1887 Page 3 “triumphant Democracy”

The late Mr. Frank Scott Haydon, B.A., one of the Assistant Keepers of the Public Records, was son of the unfortunate Benjamin Robert Haydon, the Royal Academician, who was instrumental in bringing the Elgin marbles to this country, and whose death, in June 1836, created such a painful sensation in society.

Mr. Frank Scott Haydon edited for the series of Record publications, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, the "Eulogium (Historiarum sive Tomporis); chronicon ab orbe condito usque ad Annum Domini, 1366; a monacho quodam Malmesbiriensi exaratum.”

From MyHeritage: Probate index 1887

22 December 1887 probate of Frank Scott Haydon Esq., late of Southey Lodge, Kingston Road, Merton, Surrey, Assistant Keeper of the Records, a widower, who died 29 October 1887, at Southey Lodge, probate granted (administration) at the Principal Registry on 22 December 1887 to Ellen Mary Middleton Haydon, of Southey Lodge, spinster, the daughter and only next of kin. Effects £376 15s. 0d.

From MyHeritage: Frank Scott Haydon: FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Frank Scott Haydon
• gender: Male
• parents: Benjamin Robert Haydon Jr., Mary Corse
• born: Thursday, 12 December 1822 at London, England
• christening: Monday, 13 July 1829, Saint James, Paddington, London, England
• siblings: Alfred Haydon, Mary Mordwinoff Haydon, Newton Haydon, Henry Haydon, Fanny Haydon, Harry Haydon, Fanny Mordwinoff Haydon, Frederick Wordworth Haydon, Rev Orlando Hyman, Simon Hyman Jr
• marriage: Ellen Mary Rayne on Thursday, 14 October 1858 at Merton, Surrey, England
• wife: Ellen Mary Haydon (born Rayne)
• children: Ellen Mary Middleton Haydon, Haydon
• died: Saturday, 29 October 1887 at Wimbledon St Mary, Surrey, England
• source: FamilySearch