Robert Mildmay Clerk

I'M ASSUMING THIS IS HIM & HIS SON:

Captain Robert Vere Clerk of the Cameronian Scottish Rifles, and the only son of Colonel Robert M Clerk, OBE DL, of Westholme Somerset, England. This soldier was killed in action at the head of his company at Gallipoli in June, 1915 at the age of 31 years.

FINGAL ANGLICAN CHURCH. (1924, February 16). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954), p. 14. Retrieved December 31, 2010, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23716655

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Her (Agnes Dora) eldest brother saw much service in the English Army, and survives her.

OBITUARY. (1934, March 28). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 30, 2010, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24921907

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Eldest son of the late Robert Clerk, Esq., of Westholme, and of The Nook, Hobart, Tasmania, by Agnes Bertha, who d. 1885, eldest dau. of the late John Edward Cox, Esq., of Launceston, Tasmania; b. 1844; m. 1st 1879 Mary Jacintha, who d. 1894, only child of the late Col. Richard Leckonby Phipps, J.P., D.L., of Charlton House; 2ndly 1896 Ethel Mary, younger dau. of Thomas

p. 216

[Source: Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom

1920

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(1) Robert Mildmay, of Charlton House, Somerset, major Madras staff corps, dep=asst.-adj-genl. Madras 1883, born 7 Dec, 1844; married 16 Sept., 1879, Mary Jacintha, only surviving child of late Col. Richard Leckonby Phipps, of Charlton House, Somerset, and has a son and daughter.

  Robert Vere, born 25 Dec, 1883; Nora May, born 31 May 1881.

Source: Royal Lineage book, page 112

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About CHARLTON HOUSE, Somerset

Charlton House is dated as being built in 1726 by Thomas Lyte on the site of an earlier building.

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Mackrell

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Detached house. Dated 1726, with later extensions. Local lias stone cut and squared with painted Ham stone dressings; hipped mansard roof covered with Welsh slates, behind low parapets; stone chimney stacks. 2 storeys with attics; west elevation of 7 bays, the end bays being set back and slightly lower....

Source: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262841

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A luxury country house with a unique story- built in 1630 and opened as a hotel in 1996 by Roger Saul the creator of the British design label, Mulberry and his wife Monty...

Source: http://www.historytimes.com/historical-places-to-see/historical-hot...