Salusbury Humphreys, I

According to Handley's book: "Salisbury Humphries, full age, single, unmarried, clergyman, Weedon Lodge, Bucks, son of Salisbury Davenport, Admiral, married Martha Handley, full age, spinster, of North Muskham, daughter of John Handley Esq." "Salisbury Humphries' former marriage dissolved, nulled and made void by Act of Parliament". The ceremony was performed by Rev. C R Handley, the bride's youngest uncle, and her elder brother John was one of the witnesses".

According to the Register, his spelling should be Salusbury (as was his father, the admiral) and Humphreys. Why his surname was Humphreys and not Davenport, is not clear. I have not been able to trace him in the 1841 Census,nor either of them in later Censuses as a married couple. However, his death registration from Ostend gives his first wife as being Harriet Ruthan Clark (status divorced).

He seems to have had a son, also Salusbury, from his first marriage.

Death registration: British Military Death Overseas RG35 / Piece 3 / Folio 198 Ostend 25.08.1855