Auda Letitia Hill

From FreeBMD: Registration of birth of Anda Loetitia Vernon in 1862

July to September 1862: Registration of birth of [Anda Loetitia] Auda Letitia Vernon; in Droitwich, Worcestershire (Volume 6c, Page 357)

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Thursday, 21 August 1862 Page 8 Births

Births: Vernon. — On Monday, 18 August 1862 [inst.], at Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, Lady Georgina Vernon, of a daughter. Hanbury Hall, School Road, Hanbury, Worcestershire WR9 7EA 52.271788, -2.083261

From MyHeritage: Harry F Vernon: 1871 England & Wales Census

2 April 1871 Census for residents of Hanbury Hall, Hanbury, Worcestershire, England

• Harry F Vernon, head, married, male, aged 36 [born about 1835], in Hanbury, Worcestershire; J.P. Landowner
• Georgina S Vernon, wife, married, female, aged 31 [born about 1840], in Scotland
• Auda L Vernon, daughter, single, female, aged 8 [born about 1863], in Hanbury, Worcestershire
• 2 siblings, 3 visitors, 1 governess, 11 servants

From British Newspaper Archive: Worcester Journal Saturday, 25 August 1883 Page 5 Hanbury

Presentations to Miss Vernon, Hanbury Hall. — On Saturday last, 18 August 1883, Miss Vernon had the following presentations made to her on the anniversary of her birthday: From the workmen of the parish, an exceedingly handsome silver and engraved glass epergne, standing upon a beautiful plateau, and bearing the following appropriate inscription: — "From the cottagers and workmen of the parish of Hanbury, to Miss Auda Letitia Vernon, Saturday, 18 August 1883;" and from the farmers of Hanbury and neighbourhood, an envelope case, blotting book, inkstand, and pair of candlesticks, all made of solid Algerian onyx, with charming raised flowers carved from Italian shells and stones, all in the natural colours, the whole having a most beautiful effect. Both of the above were presented by Mr. J. A. Willis, bailiff of The Home Farm, with some well-chosen words. Also, at the same time and place, Mr. Millard, on behalf of the teachers of Hanbury Sunday School, in which Miss Vernon has for some years taught a class, presented a beautiful cross of the same materials and workmanship as the envelope case, etc., and matches them in every particular. The whole were supplied by Mr. Manning, High-street, Worcester. There were several other presents given at the same time, evincing the love and respect in which Miss Vernon and her family are held in the county.

From MyHeritage: Harry Foley Vernon: 1891 England & Wales Census

5 April 1891 Census for residents of Hanbury Hall, Hanbury, Worcestershire, England

• Harry Foley Vernon, head, married, male, aged 56 [born about 1835], in Hanbury, Worcestershire; Justice of the Peace [J.P.], Living on own means
• Georgina S Vernon, wife, married, female, aged 51 [born about 1840], in Mellerstoun, Worcestershire
• Auda L Vernon, daughter, single, female, aged 28 [born about 1863], in Hanbury, Worcestershire
• 6 servants

From MyHeritage: Harry Foley Vernon: 1911 England & Wales Census

2 April 1911 Census for residents of Hanbury Hall, Droitwich, Hanbury, Worcestershire, England; House with 45 rooms

• Harry Foley Vernon, head, married for 49 years [about 1862], 4 children, 2 still living, 2 deceased, male, aged 76 [born about 1835], in Hanbury, Worcestershire; Private means
• Georgina Sophia Vernon, wife, married for 49 years [about 1862], 4 children, 2 still living, 2 deceased, female, aged 71 [born about 1840], in Millerston, Berwickshire, North Britain [N. B.]; Private means
• Auda Letitia Vernon, daughter, single, female, aged 48 [born about 1863], in Hanbury, Worcestershire; Private means
• 5 servants

From Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference Published 1948 Page 53

Vernon, Bart. [Baronet] — Created 23 July 1885; Extinct 14 June 1940. Widow of 2nd Baronet: Doris, younger daughter of late James H. Allan, of The Wood House, Shrawley, Worcestershire; married 9 November 1905. Address — Hanbury Hall, Droitwich. Daughter of 1st Baronet: Auda Letitia [Hill, (Vernon)], J.P., married 28 September 1926, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Alexander Hill, formerly 12th Lancers, 2nd son of Thomas Hill, of Merrylee House, 33 Briar Road, Cathcart, Glasgow G43 2TL 55.813404, -4.284981. He died 4 August 1938. Address — Hanbury Mount, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Thomas A. Hill in 1926 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Auda L. Vernon in 1926

• July to September 1926: Registration of marriage of Auda L. Vernon and Hill; in St George Hanover Square, London (Volume 1a, Page 1110a)
• July to September 1926: Registration of marriage of Thomas A. Hill and Vernon; in St George Hanover Square, London (Volume 1a, Page 1110a)

From British Newspaper Archive: The Scotsman Thursday, 30 September 1926 Page 12 Marriages

Marriages: Hill — Vernon. — At [Christ Church Mayfair, Down Street, London W1J 7AR 51.5052887, -0.1486399], on Tuesday, 28 September 1926, by the Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedy, M. C., C. F., Thomas Alexander Hill, Lieutenant Colonel, late 12th Royal Lancers, second son of the late Thomas Hill, of Merrylee, Renfrewshire, to Auda Laetitia Vernon, daughter of the late Sir Harry Vernon, Bart. of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire.

From MyHeritage: Auda L Hill: 1939 Register of England & Wales (transcription only)

29 September 1939 Census for residents of The Mount, Rectory Gate, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England

• Auda L Hill, head, widowed, female, aged 77, born Monday, 18 August 1862; Householder Private Mean
• Phoebe Batts, single, female, aged 60, born Wednesday, 23 April 1879; Cook
• Mary C Lane (Millington), single, female, aged 24, born Friday, 2 July 1915; Domestic Servant

From FreeBMD - Registration of death of Auda L. Hill in 1957

October to December 1957: Registration of death of Auda L. Hill; aged 95 [born about 1862]; in Droitwich, Worcestershire (Volume 9d, Page 63)

From British Newspaper Archive: Birmingham Daily Post, Saturday, 19 October 1957 Page 9 Obituary

The last representative of the well-known Worcestershire family of Vernon, Mrs. Auda Letitia Hill has died at her home, Hanbury Mount, Hanbury Road, Hanbury, Worcestershire B60 4HJ 52.2761, -2.0589, aged 95. She broke her shoulder in a fall at home last month.

Mrs. Hill was the daughter of Sir Harry and Lady Vernon. Her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Hill, of the 12th Lancers, died in 1938.

Born at Hanbury Hall, Mrs. Hill was always interested in parish life, serving on the church and parish councils, and working for the nursing association which her mother founded. She was honorary secretary of the Worcestershire branch of the British Red Cross Society from 1920 to 1927, and had been a magistrate since 1922.

Mrs. Hill had been vice-president of the British Women's Emigration Association and a member of the Council of the Society for Overseas Settlement of British Women.

From findagrave: Auda Letitia Vernon Hill (1862-1957)

• Name: Auda Letitia Vernon Hill
• Born: Monday, 18 August 1862, Hanbury, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England
• Died: Wednesday, 16 October 1957 (aged 95), Droitwich Spa, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England
• Buried [St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Astwood Lane, Hanbury, Worcestershire B60 4BP 52.277847, -2.068455]
• About: Daughter of Sir Harry Foley Vernon and Lady Georgina Sophia Vernon (Nee Ballie-Hamilton).
• Inscription: To the precious memory of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Alexander Hill, 12th Royal Lancers, 2nd son of Thomas Hill, of Merrylee, Renfrewshire, born 13 January 1851, died 4 August 1938. "He asked life of thee and thou gavest him a long life, even for ever and ever" Psalm 21 verse 4. And of his wife, Auda Letitia Hill, daughter of Sir Harry Vernon and Lady Georgina Vernon, born at Hanbury Hall, 18 August 1862, died 16 October 1957. "He giveth his beloved sleep"

From Ancestry probate

Monday, 20 January 1958 probate of Auda Letitia Hill of Hanbury Mount, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, who died Wednesday, 16 October 1957, probate granted at Birmingham on Monday, 20 January 1958 to Anna Katherine Florence Morris (wife of David Morris). Effects £13164 10s.

From British Newspaper Archive: Birmingham Daily Post, Friday, 21 February 1958 Page 16 £1,000 Bequest for Hanbury Church

Mrs. Auda Letitia Hill, of Hanbury Mount, Bromsgrove, who was organising secretary of the British Women's Emigration Society from 1897 to 1905, was associated for many years with the Society of Overseas Settlement of British Women, and former chairman of Droitwich magistrates, left £13,164 (£12,908net).

She left £1,000 to the Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance, on trust to pay the income to the Hanbury Church fabric fund, requesting that it be primarily spent on maintenance and repair of the Vernon aisle, and some furniture to the National Trust.

From MyHeritage: Auda Laetitia Hill (born Vernon): FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Auda Laetitia Hill (born Vernon)
• gender: Female
• parents: Harry Foley Vernon, Georgina Sophia Vernon (born Baillie-Hamilton)
• born: 1862 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
• born: Monday, 18 August 1862 at Hanbury, England
• christening: Sunday, 14 September 1862, Hanbury, England
• siblings: Evelyn Georgina Vernon, Bowater George Hamilton Vernon, Hubert Edward Vernon
• marriage: on Tuesday, 28 September 1926 at St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
• husband: Thomas Alexander Hill
• census: Sunday, 2 April 1871 at Hanbury
• census: Sunday, 5 April 1891 at Hanbury, England
• died: Wednesday, 16 October 1957 at Droitwich, England
• burial: 1957, England
• source: FamilySearch

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• Residence: 1891 - Hanbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom