Colonel Grey Townsend Skipwith

Colonel Grey Townsend Skipwith

• Born on 2 November 1838.
• Son of Fulwar Skipwith and Mary Philadelphia Adams.
• Married Elizabeth Helen Wemyss, daughter of Major James Wemyss and Helen Reilly, on 3 December 1867.
• Married Sophia Flora Cooke-Yarborough, daughter of Colonel Charles Cooke-Yarborough and Flora Emily Sophia Grant, in September 1887.
• Died on 12 August 1900 at age 61.
  
• Justice of the Peace (J.P.) Kent.
• Gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royal Engineers.
• He lived Loversal Hall (Doncaster).

Children of Colonel Grey Townsend Skipwith and Elizabeth Helen Wemyss

• Mary Effie Skipwith2 b. 16 Jan 1872, d. 17 Oct 1945
• Fulwar Estoteville Skipwith b. 9 Jun 1874, d. 23 Dec 1963
• James Wemyss Skipwith b. 25 Nov 1875, d. 5 Nov 1950
• Frederick Skipwith b. 23 Dec 1877, d. 17 Apr 1964

Children of Colonel Grey Townsend Skipwith and Sophia Flora Cooke-Yarborough

• Flora Blanche Skipwith b. 10 Feb 1889, d. 6 Sep 1965
• Frances Helen Skipwith b. 10 Feb 1889, d. 19 Jul 1979
• Charles Grey Yule Skipwith b. 20 Apr 1890, d. 29 Jan 1967
• Granville Arthur Skipwith b. 17 Jun 1893

The Peerage

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192636040/gray-townsend-skipwith