George Clutterbuck Tugwell

George Clutterbuck Tugwell , the son of George Hayward Tugwell and Sarah Tugwell was born at the family home in Bath and was baptized in Holy Trinity, Bradford-on-Avon, on the 29th November 1799. He entered Harrow School in May 1813 and went on to become a successful banker.

1. On 20th August 1828, at Brighton, George Clutterbuck Tugwell married Christiana Cranstoun Metcalfe and they had four children:

• George Tugwell (1829- 1910), Rev. Rector of Bathwick, Bath, Somerset

• Thomas Cranstoun Tugwell(1830-1839), twin of

• Charles Cranstoun Tugwell (1830-1839)and

• Henry William Tugwell (1833-1919), of Crowe Hall, Bath, Somerset

Tragically, on 24th January 1839, at Bath, Christiana Tugwell died of prussic acid poisoning together with the 8 year old twins, Thomas and Charles, leaving George Clutterbuck Tugwell with two young children.

2. On 4th May George Clutterbuck Tugwell married for the second time, Virginia Arnold, daughter of Major General George Mackie C.B. at Exeter. She was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and died in Salcombe, Devon.

• Arthur Bryan was the only son of George and Virginia. Born at Bath he entered Eton College in 1868 and Christchurch, Oxford in 1870, B.A. 1874; M.A. 1879.

On Thomas Daviss death in 1783 George Hayward Tugwell comes into his inheritance and is shown as the new owner of Freshford House. George Hayward Tugwell, was the eldest of the children born to William and Elizabeth Tugwell. His childhood was full of tragedy, with his father and brother-Daniel, both dying when he was just 7 and then his mother Betty dying 4 years later.He would have spent a few brief years at Freshford Manor, before moving to his grand parents home in Bradford on Avon.He was to inherit both his parents and Grandparents substantial properties in Freshford, Bradford upon Avon and He is still only 16 and the property is let to Henry Fisher, who in the same year inherits part of the large estate in Limpley Stoke previously owned by George Dyke of Waterhouse. He himself goes into banking with Robert Clement at the High Street Bank and is subsequently mayor of Bath in 1817 and 1827. He is also shown as one of the main shareholders in the Kennet and Avon Canal. In 1804 he moves to Crowe Hall in Widcombe where the family continued to live until 1919 as wealthy Bankers. George later lets the house to a Mr Wilmot and then Mr Gilpin until 1795 when it is bought by Thomas Joyce.

Westwood. He married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Clutterbuck in 1798. Daniel was a successful attourney in Bradford upon Avon and formed one of the first banks in Bradford and Bath. The building in Trym Street,Bath now known as General Wolves House, designed by Thoomas Greenway has almost the same front as Freshford Manor. He bought a large house in Widcombe -Crowe Hall, which was to be the home of the Tugwells until the 1930`s. His property in Freshford was leased to Henry Fisher who rented the Manor until the year of his death in 1795. The following year George sold the house and grounds to Thomas Joyce. George Clutterbuck , the son of George Hayward Tugwell was born at the family home in Bath and was baptised in Holy Trinity, Bradford-on-Avon, on the 29th November 1799. He entered Harrow School in May 1813 and went on to become a succesful banker. On 20th August 1828, at Brighton, he married Christiana Cranstoun Metcalfe and they had four children: George Tugwell (1829- 1910), Thomas Cranstoun Tugwell(1830-1839),Charles Crartstoun Tugwell (1830-1839)and Henry William Tugwell (1833-1919). 

The eldest son, George, went to Eton College in 1844 and on to Oriel College, Oxford in 1848 and was Rector of Bathwick, with Woolley 1871-1904. He had no children from two marriages.

Henry William was a partner in Tugwell, Mackenzie and Clutterbuck, bankers in the High Street, Bath; subsequently Tugwell & Co., 1850; Tugwell, Brymer Clutterbuck & Co., 1833; Prescott, Dimsdale Cave, Tugwell & Co. Ltd, 1899.

Tragically, on 24thJanuary 1839, at Bath, Christiana Tugwell died accidentally of prussic acid poisoning together with the 8 year old twins, Thomas and Charles, leaving George Clutterbuck Tugwell with two young children.

On 4th May he married Virginia Arnold, daughter of Major General George Mackie C.B. at Exeter. She was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and died in Salcombe, Devon. After the death of George she re-married Edward Hamilton Anson of the Bengal Service. Arthur Bryan was the only son of George and Virginia. Born at Bath he entered Eton College in 1868 and Christchurch, Oxford in 1870, B.A. 1874; M.A. 1879. He was a student at Lincoln's Inn. In 1871 he married Eleanor Sasy Maud and they both died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Elizabeth Dorothy Maud Tugwell was their only daughter, who died, a spinster. 

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• Name George Clutterbuck Tugwell
• Gender Male
• Burial Date 19 Mar 1868
• Burial Place